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City still ridin’ the stadium train

Morning File, Wednesday, October 23, 2019

October 23, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 4 Comments

News 1. Stadium This item is written by Tim Bousquet. Halifax council yesterday rejected Sam Austin’s bid to immediately end a staff review of the Schooners’ stadium proposal. Had Austin been successful, the stadium proposal would have effectively been rejected. In October 2018, council passed a motion outlining how it would deal with the stadium […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bill 203, blue barge Bedford Basin, CAO Jacques Dubé, CFL stadium proposal, Christine Saulnier, councillor Bill Karsten, Councillor David Hendsbee, Councillor Lindell Smith, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, councillor Matt Whitman, Councillor Paul Russell, councillor Richard Zurawski, Councillor Russell Walker, Councillor Sam Austin, councillor Shawn Cleary, councillor Steve Adams, councillor Steve Streatch, Councillor Tim Outhit, councillor Tony Mancini, councillor Waye Mason, crown attorneys, Cst. John MacLeod, Danny Chedrawe, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), Discover Halifax, Duggers building, early childhood educators (ECE), Education Minister Zach Churchill, Jenica Atwin, Lesley Frank, Lisa Blackburn, Margot Nickerson, Mayor Mike Savage, Micco, Michael Gorman, Michele McKenzie, Mickey MacDonald, Paul Hollingsworth, Perry Borden, Ross Jefferson, Ross McNeil, Schooners Sports and Entertainment (SSE), Spring Garden Road Business Association, Sue Uteck, Westwood Developments, Willow Street homicide, Yvette d'Entremont

Council candidates answer two questions

October 5, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 18 Comments

I’ve asked two questions of candidates: 1. Will you support a living wage ordinance? (background here and here) 2. If elected, what single thing would you want to accomplish as councillor (or mayor)? The candidates’ unedited responses follow. I’ll update this page as I receive more responses Use these links to jump ahead to specific […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured Tagged With: Alison McNair, Anthony Kawalski, Brenden Sommerhalder, Bruce Smith, Carlos Beals, Colin Castle, Dawn E. Penney, Dominick Desjardins, Gabriel Enxuga, Iona Stoddard, Irvine Carvery, John Bignell, Kate Watson, Kevin Copley, Kyle Woodbury, Linda Mosher, Lisa Blackburn, living wage ordinance, Mike Savage, municipal election, Pamela Lovelace, Richard Zurawski, Sam Austin, Shawn Cleary, Shelley Fashan, Steve Streatch, Sue Uteck, Tim Rissesco, Trevor Lawson, two questions, Warren Wesson, Waye Mason

Peter Kelly is personally liable for $194,000, says lawyer: Morning File, Tuesday, August 2, 2016

August 2, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Lawyer: Peter Kelly is personally liable for $194,000 Peter Kelly is personally liable for $194,000 in costs incurred by Westlock County, Alberta, but it would be difficult to get a court judgment against him. That’s the opinion of Kelsey L. Becker Brookes, a […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bud Massey, David Irish, David Jones, Elissa Barnard, Hōkūle‘a, Kelsey L. Becker Brookes, Marilla Stephenson, Morning File, Peter Kelly, Randy Matheson, Rhett Tolmie, Sabrina Fabian, Stephen Kimber, Stephen McNeil, Sue Oberg, Sue Uteck, Tina Comeau, Tom McCoag

“I miss the job” – Sue Uteck. Examineradio, episode #72

July 29, 2016 By Russell Gragg Leave a Comment

After losing her long-held south-end seat by fewer than 100 votes, former city councillor Sue Uteck is gearing up to challenge incumbent Waye Mason in this October’s municipal election. What’s inspiring her run and what does she think the city should be doing better? Plus, CBC steps in it by “explaining” that North Preston is some sort […]

Filed Under: Featured, Province House Tagged With: CBC, El Jones, Examineradio, Jacques Dubé, Lameia Reddick, Marilla Stephenson, North Preston, podcast, Sue Uteck

Kid Rock was right! Examineradio, episode #63

May 27, 2016 By Russell Gragg Leave a Comment

This week we speak to restaurateur and mayoral candidate Lil MacPherson. With her business partner Chris Bower and a handful of other forward-looking chefs and restauranteurs, MacPherson brought the concept of local and sustainable to a new level in Halifax. MacPherson now wants to bring that ethos to a civic level. Plus, Scott Ferguson is finally exiled to the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Province House Tagged With: Black Eyed Peas, Chronicle Herald, climate change, Examineradio, Lil MacPherson, Mark Lever, podcast, Reg Rankin, Scott Ferguson, Sue Uteck, TCL, Waye Mason, Wooden Monkey

PRICED OUT

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents
PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

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.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

A young white woman with dark hair and a purple shirt lies on a large rock at dusk, looking up at the sky and playing her banjolele.

Episode 85 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Logan Robins (writer/director/composer) and Katherine Norris (star/composer) of the Unnatural Disaster Theatre Company are on the show this week ahead of their provincial tour of HIPPOPOSTUMOUS, Robins’ musical exploration of invasive species, colonization, environmentalism, and history. Hear how Pablo Escobar’s personal hippos have invaded and are ruining a section of Colombia, why Robins was intrigued to make a show about it, and all the places you can catch it this July. Plus Norris cracks out the banjolele to perform one of the show’s songs. And the new jam from Beauts!

Listen to the episode here.

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