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Enough with the cop-speak, and other policing stories

Morning File, Friday, June 5, 2020

June 5, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 3 Comments

News 1. Has the RCMP’s move away from community policing created an information gap? Colchester County councillor Mike Gregory used to be an RCMP officer, working out of the force’s now closed building on Main Street in Tatamagouche. He understands that policing has changed over the years, but he wonders if the force’s move away […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Chantel Moore, cop speak, Dayna Lee-Baggley, El Jones, Free Press, Judge Corinne Sparks, Julia-Simone Rutgers, Justice Minister Mark Furey, street checks apology, Washington Post, Wortley report, Yvonne Colbert

Street check apology misses the point: Black people continue to be profiled and surveilled

Before and after Friday, the community and media will be caught up in the wording of the apology, whether we are happy with the apology, and whether we accept the apology or not. All of this is happening on the terms of the police. Let us not forget that they refused to apologize, then changed their minds, and yet we are expected to show up when they finally feel like it.

November 28, 2019 By El Jones 3 Comments

On Friday, November 29, Halifax Police Chief Dan Kinsella will apologize to the African Nova Scotian community for street checks. The apology comes after the police initially rejected calls to apologize. The Halifax Board of Police Commissioners prepared a statement at their April 15th meeting asking both the RCMP and the Halifax Regional Police to […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bill Blair, Halifax Board of Police Commissioners, Kirk Johnson, Manisha Krishnan, Police Chief Dan Kinsella, racial profiling, street checks apology, Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino, traffic stops

A place with islands to give away

Morning File, Tuesday, November 19, 2019

November 19, 2019 By Erica Butler 3 Comments

You can’t be everywhere at once. That’s why I’m thankful for the Halifax Examiner’s Jennifer Henderson. If I’m regretting not being able to go to this public meeting or that important announcement, Henderson has been, and can tell me all about it in the Examiner. Whether it’s the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s pursuit of P3 […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anjuli Patil, Carrie Low, Cassie Williams, Cheryl Maloney, Chief Morley Googoo, Chief Perry Bellegarde, El Jones, homelessness, Hurricane Island, Laura Fraser, Lionel Desmond, Liv Bank, Maureen Googoo, Meg Inwood, Minister Carolyn Bennett, Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association (NSNWA), Out of the Cold Shelter, Police Chief Dan Kinsella, Premier Stephen McNeil, rape investigation, Shaina Luck, street checks apology, Tripartite Forum, Zane Woodford

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Keonté Beals. Photo: Keke Beatz

Episode #21 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

The young R&B artist Keonté Beals — Tara’s former NSCC student, by the way — started out singing in church in North Preston and performing popular covers before digging into who he is an artist. On his debut album KING, he sings about love, loyalty, and authenticity. He zooms in for a chat about its creation, his children’s book, and how not even a pandemic can keep him down.

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Uncover: Dead Wrong

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

About the Halifax Examiner

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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