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Study: the pandemic hit to the restaurant industry will continue for years

August 11, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont 3 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free The work-from-home trend sparked out of necessity by COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on Canada’s hospitality industry. A new report released by Dalhousie University on Tuesday suggests the industry could lose up to $20 billion in revenues in the next year, with 30% of […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, food industry, pandemic, restaurants, Sylvain Charlebois, work from home

Report: Canadians plan to avoid restaurants ‘for the foreseeable future’

Take-out and delivery kept many businesses afloat throughout the pandemic, but we're more wary when it comes to dining-in.

June 9, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. We may have embraced ordering take-out and delivery food throughout the pandemic, but a majority of Canadians say dining in at restaurants is off the table for the foreseeable future. That’s one of the takeaways of a new survey released Tuesday. The COVID-19 restaurant survey […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Howard Ramos, lockdown, pandemic, physical distancing, restaurants, social distancing, Sylvain Charlebois

A new way of thinking about food

We're going from worrying the grocery shelves are bare to loving our local farmer.

April 17, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. For most of us, COVID-19 marks the first time we’ve had to worry about our food supply or even think about how the food chain works. That was one of the insights shared by Nova Scotia farmer Katie Keddy on Thursday during a panel discussion […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: agriculture, coronavirus, COVID-19, food supply, Katie Keddy, pandemic, Philip Keddy, Sylvain Charlebois, temporary foreign workers

Drive-thrus and social distancing

Customers are not always respecting the risk they're bringing to service people.

April 1, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont 2 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. A manager working at a busy Halifax drive-thru restaurant says despite stringent measures and precautions, she’s concerned about potential community spread of COVID-19 via drive-thrus. That’s why she’s urging members of the public to do their part. “People really think that the drive-thru thing is […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Diana Morrissey, drive-thrus, social distancing, Starbucks, Sylvain Charlebois

“A victory for tenants everywhere”

Morning File, Wednesday, November 27, 2019

November 27, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 5 Comments

Party this Sunday! The annual Halifax Examiner subscriber party takes place at Bearly’s (1269 Barrington Street) on Sunday, Dec 1, from 4 pm – 7 pm. Music! Giveaways! Merch! Writers meeting readers! Free entry for Examiner subscribers. You can subscribe here or you can buy a subscription at the event. I look forward to seeing […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aaron Naparstek, Black Power Hour, Chris Milburn, CN strike, Corey Rogers, double strollers, Doug Gordon, El Jones, Elizabeth Fry Society, Elizabeth McMillan, Gerald Regan, housing crisis, Jenna Hopson, Mayor Bill Steinberg, Pam Berman, parking rates, Peter Ziobrowski, public transit, Rebekkah Hyams, rent control, Sarah Goodyear, Sharon Hyman, Sylvain Charlebois, tenants rights, Uber

The CODCO comedy troupe is criminally under-recognized

Morning File, Thursday, March 14, 2019

March 14, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 5 Comments

News 1. Lung transplant news Carolyn Ray has written an excellent series of stories for CBC on Nova Scotia lung transplant patients. Lungs are the only organs not transplanted in the province, and patients have to travel to Toronto for the procedure. The trouble is that lungs do not last long outside the body and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: accessibility, Andrew Burke, Andy Jones, Bob Joy, Canada Food Guide, Carolyn Ray, Cathy Jones, Chris Pallies, climate action strike, CODCO, disabilities, Francis Campbell, Fridays for the Future, Greg Malone, Greta Thunberg, Harold Kennedy, Kids in the Hall, King Kong Bundy, lung transplants, Margot Aldrich, Mary Walsh, Meredith Chiasson, Mike Jones, Minister Margaret Miller, Minister Randy Delorey, mobility issues, New Scott, Nigel Markham, plastic bag ban, professional wrestling, Samuel Chun, Scott Thompson, Shawn Michaels, Sylvain Charlebois, Tommy Sexton, Troy Merrick, Zuppa Theatre

More Photos of Buildings and Food

Morning File, Thursday, January 17, 2019

January 17, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 9 Comments

I’m Philip Moscovitch, taking a break from the book I’m writing on Nova Scotia fermented foods and drinks to bring you today’s Morning File. News 1. Northern Pulp and us The Chronicle Herald begins a four-part series by Aaron Beswick on Northern Pulp today. The series looks at “what a permanent closure of the Northern […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aaron Beswick, Andrew Murphy, fluoride treatment, food inspections, Hannah Moscovitch, Jean Laroche, Northern Pulp and the Chronicle Herald, plastic straw ban, Robert Summerby-Murray, Saint Mary's University Faculty Union, SMU strike, Sylvain Charlebois, Taryn Grant, teeth are important, thermal disposal of waste, tickets online

Taking it to the bank: Morning File, Thursday, January 18, 2018

January 18, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 16 Comments

News 1. Melford Mary Campbell discusses the business case for the proposed Melford Terminal on the Strait of Canso. Campbell was contacted by Richie Mann, the former MLA who now runs “government relations” for Melford International Terminal Inc, and the two had an interesting discussion about the differences between the proposed Sydney terminal and the proposed Melford […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aaron Beswick responds, affordable housing, APL Properties, Class A office space downtown, Cobequid Pass tolls, George Armoyan, Joachim Stroink, Judy Haiven, living wage, Mary Campbell, Melford terminal, minimum wage, Northern Pulp advertorial, Richie Mann, Rights At Work Nova Scotia, Shawn Cleary is conflicted, Sylvain Charlebois, Tom Ayers, Willow Tree proposal, World Trade and Convention Centre, Zane Woodford

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Mo Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

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. Everyone else will have to wait until tomorrow to listen to it.

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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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