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Not blowing up the casino is costing us $600,000

Morning File, Tuesday, November 27, 2018

November 27, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

November subscription drive We had great fun at our subscription drive party Sunday. A couple of photos: It was a wonderful night, with a large crowd, and everyone seemed happy. I enjoy hosting the annual subscription party, not just to have fun and meet people, but also to acknowledge that this enterprise would not exist […]

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John Risley, owner of a private island and a $30 million yacht, lectures us about thrift

Morning File, Thursday, November 15, 2018

November 15, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

November subscription drive Have you subscribed yet? This would be an excellent time, and if you buy an annual subscription this month, we’ll mail you a Halifax Examiner T-shirt. We’ve got lots of them: Also, any subscription gets you into our subscriber party, to be held Sunday, November 25, 4–7pm at Bearly’s Tavern. The band Museum […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alastair Simpson, Anthony George Sparks, Centre for Comparative Genomic and Evolutionary Bioinformatics (CGEB), city Employee Engagement Survey, ExxonMobil, food insecurity, Heidi Petracek, Hemimastigotes, Houssen Milad, Jennifer Henderson, John Demont, John Risley, Merle MacIsaac, Noble Regina Allen, Nova Scotia Choral Federation, offshore incident, old library, Sadie Toulany, Sobey School of Business, Square Roots, Steve Bruce, subscriber party 2018, subscription party 2018, T-shirt, taxi drivers sexual assault, Tim Callahan-Cross, Yana Eglit

Six public policy failures in one morning news recap

Morning File, Wednesday, November 14, 2018

November 14, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 14 Comments

November subscription drive Sorry to pester you again, but just a short note to say we’re in the middle of our annual subscription drive. The Halifax Examiner needs your money to make this work possible. Please subscribe. Subscription party details: Reserve Sunday, November 25 on your calendars. We have Bearly’s Tavern, 1269 Barrington Street, 4-7pm. The […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aaron Beswick, Angela MacIvor, Brian Mersereau, Burnside jail, Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, Clayton Cromwell, Costas Halavrezos, Councillor Tim Outhit, David Pugliese, Elmvale Strategies, Hill + Knowlton, Jean-Francois Guillot, Linden MacIntyre, lobbying, Mary Campbell, Naresh Raghubeer, Northern Pulp, old library, OpenHydro, Paul Withers, Scotian Basin Exploration Drilling Project, shipbuilding contract, subscription party 2018, Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, 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.

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month.

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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.

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