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Cafés as centres for “queer memory, identity, and place” in Halifax

Morning File, Tuesday, March 29, 2022

March 29, 2022 By Philip Moscovitch 3 Comments

News 1. First officers on the scene at Portapique testify The Mass Casualty Commission began hearings again yesterday. Tim Bousquet was there for the Halifax Examiner, covering the testimony of the first three officers to arrive on the scene in Portapique on the night of April 18, 2020.  The testimony of the three officers — […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: Aaron Patton, Adam Merchant, Andrew Childerhouse, Barrington Street, Clayton Developments, crisis response, Ethan Lycan-Lang, folklore, Glitter Bean, Gord Johns, harm reduction, housing, Java Blend, Mass Casualty Commission (MCC), mental health, Mental Health Mobile Crisis, Mount Hope, Noticed in Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, opioids, overdose deaths, Portapique, Portland, RCMP, Sarah Budgell, Stephen Archibald, Stuart Beselt, Susan Leblanc, Ted Wheeler, Tim Bousquet

Ambulance system is ‘nearing the point of failure’

February 16, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

The province’s paramedics are burnt out and say higher wages, better working conditions and recruitment and retention top the list of what’s required to improve a system “nearing the point of failure.” That was the message delivered by members of the union representing paramedics during the province’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Wednesday. Held […]

Filed Under: COVID, Featured, Health, News, Province House Tagged With: #CodeCritical, ambulances, Brendan Maguire, Charbel Daniel, EHS, EMC, Emergency Health Services (EHS), Emergency Medical Services Inc., Fitch Report, International Union of Operating Engineers, IUEO Local 727, Kevin MacMullin, Michael Nickerson, off load times, Omicron, Samantha Hamilton, Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Susan Leblanc, Yvette d'Entremont

Signs, signs, everywhere a sign

Morning File, Wednesday, July 15, 2020

July 15, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 8 Comments

News 1. Change is Brewing: New collective brings queer and BIPOC presence to the brewing industry Evelyn C. White brings us the story of The Change is Brewing Collective, a group of queer and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour) workers in the food, beverage, and hospitality industries, who recently launched a new beer […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 1-833-352-0719, abortion access, Angela Quinn, Betsy Morris, Christine Saul, Dalhousie University, Dr. Barry Rubin, heritage property, hospital, Martha Paynter, P3, P3 hospital, ParticipAction, pro choice, Pro-Choice Cape Breton, Sarah Moore, Seven rules of Zoom meeting etiquette, Stairs House, Stairs Street, Summer Wind Holdings, Susan Leblanc, The summer of play, Tim Halman, Victoria General, Wall Street Journal, William Grant Stairs, William James Stairs, working from home, Zoom meetings

“8 is NOT Enough”: Disabled adults and their supporters demand more action on community housing from McNeil government

April 4, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

A letter signed by dozens of groups on behalf of more than 1,300 disabled adults waiting for housing called on the McNeil government Thursday to back up its earlier promise to find homes in the community for people who are needlessly institutionalized. Premier Stephen McNeil told journalists the “work is ongoing; we continue to work...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: assisted living, Barb Horner, Brian Hennen, Community Homes Action Group, Disability Rights Coalition, Donnie MacLean, Emerald Hall, Jeanne Whidden, Jen Powley, Minister Joanne Bernard, No More Warehousing, Nova Scotia Hospital, People First Nova Scotia, Premier Stephen McNeil, Roadmap for Choice, small option homes, Susan Leblanc, Walter Thompson

Mayor Mike Savage to shill for Shaw Communications: Morning File, Tuesday, October 3, 2017

October 3, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 18 Comments

News 1. Cornwallis panelists to be discussed in secret Halifax council will today appoint the “special advisory committee” to determine what to do with the Cornwallis statue. The panel will comprise: • Co-chairs from indigenous and non-indigenous community with leadership and chairing experience • An even number of members with experience and expertise in the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Cornwallis statue advisory committee, council advisory committees, Courtney Jones, Evelyn White, Fireside, Glen Assoun, Gloria McCluskey, Good Robot Brewing Company, Johanna Galipeau, John Young, Kayla Hounsell, Kelly Costello, Lenore Zann, Linda Mosher, Rebecca Moore, Spring Garden Road ad, Spring Garden Road Business Association, Susan Leblanc, Sydney Waterfront redevelopment, Tom Wile, Tom's Little Havana, treaty rights and climate change, Wrongful Conviction Day

The Ceramic Cartel must be brought to its knees: Morning File, Monday, June 5, 2017

June 5, 2017 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

News 1. Beatrice Hunter “Police have taken an Inuk woman into custody in Happy Valley-Goose Bay after she refused to promise a Supreme Court of N.L. judge she would stay away from the Muskrat Falls construction site in Central Labrador,” reports Justin Brake for the Newfoundland and Labrador Independent: Beatrice Hunter, a mother, grandmother and land […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Beatrice Hunter, beaurocrat-ese, Bullshitter of the Day Janet Knox, Cape Breton Spectator, David Burke, Gary Burrill, Justin Brake, Lionel Desmond, lobster truck spill, Mary Campbell, Michael MacDonald, Muskrat Falls, Nalcor, Nova Scotia Health Authority briefing note, Supreme Court Justice George Murphy, Susan Leblanc, Vicki Grant, Wade Smith

Low voter turnout and our broken political culture: Morning File, Thursday, June 1, 2017

June 1, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 41 Comments

News 1. Voter turnout It’s been declining for decades, but at 53.55 per cent, voter turnout was a record low for Tuesday’s provincial election. Part of that was by design. Stephen McNeil knows that low voter turnout generally benefits the party in power, and he certainly did everything in his power to schedule the election […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anthony McNeil, Cape Breton vote, Chris McNeil, Chris McNeil resignation, Halifax Regional Police Department, Joanne Bernard, Kyley Harris, Maggie Rahr, Mary Campbell, Maudie correction, Michelle Coffin, Premier Stephen McNeil's brothers, Robin McNeil, Susan Leblanc, The Other McNeils, voter turnout

Chronicle Herald strike hitting arts organizations hard

November 14, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

The newsroom strike at the Chronicle Herald, now in its tenth month, is hitting arts organizations in the pocketbook. “We’ve seen our [audience] numbers drop by half,” said Pamela Halstead, a director at the Valley Summer Theatre in Wolfville. “We’ve lost tens of thousands of dollars.” Halstead was speaking this morning at a press conference called by […]

Filed Under: Featured, Journalism, News Tagged With: Chronicle Herald strike, Pamela Halstead, Peggy Walt, Stephen Cooke, Susan Leblanc, Valley Summer Theatre, Zuppa Theatre

PRICED OUT

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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 man wearing a purple jean jacket and sporting a moustache lies on the green grass surrounded by pink plastic flamingos

Episode 80 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Singer-songwriter Willie Stratton has wandered a number of genre paths, starting with raw acoustic folk as a teen phenom, moving through surf rock as Beach Bait, and landing in a Roy Orbison-style classic country on his new album Drugstore Dreamin’. Ahead of his release show at the Marquee on Friday, he stops in to explain why mixing influences makes the best art, how he approaches the guitar, and what he likes about his day job as a barber.

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