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The Oak Island effect: how Nova Scotia can profit by selling a nonsense tale to the Chinese

Morning File, Tuesday, April 9, 2019

April 9, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. Tidal turbine “Energy and Mines Minister Derek Mombourquette announced last week the province intends to ‘eventually retrieve’ the abandoned 1,000-tonne, five-storey turbine abandoned at the bottom of the Bay of Fundy near Parrsboro,” reports Jennifer Henderson: “Eventually” is the key word in that sentence since there is no timeline and no obvious financial […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aly Thompson, Andrea Winn, Atlantic Business, Carol Merchasin, Horus, Jeff MacKinnon, Mipham Mukpo, Oak Island effect, Paul Chiasson, Selina Bath, Shambhala scandal, Sidewalk clearing tender, Stephen Kimber, Sunshine Report, the Curse of Oak Island, The Island of Seven Cities, Tom Murphy, Wickwire Holm investigation, women in media and business

Bad behaviour everywhere

Morning File, Thursday, August 2, 2018

August 2, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

1. An apology The Halifax Examiner acknowledges that the Armour Group Limited neither hired, nor fired, the janitors previously employed to clean Founder’s Square. Further, The Halifax Examiner retracts, and apologizes for the allegation that Armour Group engaged in racial discrimination in determining to no longer engage with GDI Integrated Facility Services. The original article […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrea Winn, Andrew Rankin, architectural drawings, Armour Group Limited, Bedford Highway Functional Plan, Bill Turpin, Blue Mountain – Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Park, Cassie Williams, Catherine Tully, Chronic Relief, Convention centre, councillor Waye Mason, development proposal Robie and Pepperell, dispensary fire, Drug Information System (DIS), Events East, Founders Square, Fred MacGillivray, Harold MacKay, Icarus Report August 2, Jacque Dubé, Joe Ramia, Leitches Creek, Nova Centre appeal, Parker Donham, Robyn Keddy, Shambhala community, Sobeys pharmacist privacy breach, Stephanie Domet, Sunshine Report, Ticket Atlantic, Trade Centre Limited

Shambhala leader sexually assaulted a Chilean woman, published account alleges

Morning File, Thursday, July 12, 2018

July 12, 2018 By Tim Bousquet and Joan Baxter 3 Comments

News 1. Detailed allegations of sexual assault by Shambhala leader Carol Merchasin is one of the authors of the “Sunshine Report” that examined allegations of sexual assaults by Shambhala leader Mipham Mukpo, who goes by the title Sakyong Mipham. Tuesday evening, Merchasin updated one of the accounts in the Sunshine Report, as follows: Within 24 hours of the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bruce Frisko, Carol Merchasin, Chilean Metals, dump truck accident, Fairview Cove Sequestration Facility, Gary Richard, Joan Baxter, Louise Julig, Martin Parker, Michael Wile, Mineral Resources Development Fund grants, Mining Association of Nova Scotia (MANS), Minister Derek Mombourquette, right whale research, Sakyong Mipham (Mukyo), Scotiascapes, Sean Kirby, Shambhala Canada Society properties, Shambhala leader sexual assault allegations, shut down business schools, Sunshine Report, Sustainable Northern Nova Scotia (SuNNS), Taryn Grant, Transition Metals, working while American

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

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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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