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The company behind the proposed Canso spaceport is lobbying the federal government for funding

Morning File, Tuesday, May 22, 2018

May 22, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. Nova Scotia’s looming oil-drilling disaster Canadian regulators have failed to reduce the likelihood of a Deepwater Horizon-like blowout at BP’s deep-sea well on the Scotian Slope, and the company plans to respond to a blowout with an oil dispersant that could compound the catastrophe, reports Linda Pannozzo. Click here to read “Nova Scotia’s looming oil-drilling […]

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Don’t Smile Be Happy

Morning File, Monday, May 14, 2018

May 14, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. From who me to #metoo Writes Stephen Kimber: In which Stephen McNeil continues to be Stephen McNeil, dismissing calls to apologize to a young man for the province’s own security failure. But there is also some small hint of change in the #metoo air. We take our good news where we find it. Click […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Assumption Fund, Cape Breton Spectator, data collection, David Burke, facial recognition technology, imminent terrorist attack, Joseph Crook, Kevin Mitchell, Kyle Duggan, Mary Campbell, Nova Scotia drivers' licences, Public Service Commission, Registry of Motor Vehicles, Sydney Novaporte, This is why you should subscribe to the Halifax Examiner, U.S. Consulate security alert, Unisys

Me and the Buddhists: Morning File, Wednesday, November 29, 2017

November 29, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 17 Comments

How local news survives Earlier this week, Torstar and Postmedia announced a deal that will result in the closure of more than 30 community newspapers and the firing of 290 people, mostly journalists. Reports H.G. Watson for J-Source: Postmedia is acquiring 24 newspapers, among them Metro Ottawa and Metro Winnipeg. Of them, only one — […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrea Gunn, Annapolis Group, Atlantic Immigration Pilot Project, Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes, Christopher Garnier murder trial, Dianne Penfound, fake taxis, H.G. Watson, How local news survives, Ian Whytock, Jacob Boon, James Vincent Walsh, Jeff Samsonow, Mary Campbell, reader-supported online sites, St. Andrews Community Centre, Stephen Archibald and Halifax Explosion, This is why you should subscribe to the Halifax Examiner, Torstar and Postmedia, Zane Woodford

Thank you, we love you, never stop: Morning File, Thursday, November 23, 2017

November 23, 2017 By Erica Butler 9 Comments

I’m Erica Butler, one of the people paid through your subscriptions, to research and write in hopes of helping you better understand what the heck is going on around here. It’s November, and so time to remind subscribers how important your support is. (Seriously, there’s no Examiner without your monthly contributions. Thank you. We love […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anjuli Patil, dwellings needing repairs census, Erica Butler, Halifax worst collision rate, Jake McKenna, Mylene Belanger, PEI goes to the Feds over Northern Pulp, Spencer Osberg, Stephen Thomas, Teresa Wright, This is why you should subscribe to the Halifax Examiner, Tracy Kitch off list, vehicle-pedestrian collisions in Halifax, VIA Rail regional service

Why aren’t people burning shit down? Morning File, Wednesday, November 22, 2017

November 22, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News 1. Dirty Dealing This morning, the Halifax Examiner published Linda Pannozzo’s in-depth investigation of the proposal to clean up Boat Harbour: Earlier this month a delegation of fishers from Nova Scotia, PEI, and First Nations met with the Nova Scotia Environment Minister Iain Rankin, Central Nova MP Sean Fraser, and Pictou West MLA Karla […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Boat Harbour, Icarus Report Nov 22 2017, justification for paywall, Paul Withers, Peter McGuire, This is why you should subscribe to the Halifax Examiner, Tracy Kitch, Yarmouth Ferry dispute

Bearing Witness and Paying Tribute: Morning File, Saturday, November 18

November 18, 2017 By El Jones 8 Comments

1. What it’s like when someone dies in custody. An original report from prisoners Background. November 22nd will be 10 years since the death of Howard Hyde in custody. Hyde was tasered by correctional officers during a mental health crisis. His death also marks the last time there was a public inquiry in the province into […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Betty Peterson, Charlotte Guy-Jeffies, Const. Greg McCormack, Corey Rogers, death in custody, El Jones, Howard Hyde, Judge Anne Derrick, Lynn Jones, Matthew Hines, Muriel Duckworth, New Waterford Power Plant Riot, police murder of a striking miner, Scot Wortley, the first statue of women in Halifax, This is why you should subscribe to the Halifax Examiner, Viola Desmond, William Davis

A blast from the past: Morning File, Thursday, November 16, 2017

November 16, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

A blast from the past Rewatching that video, which publicly introduced the Examiner at its launch in 2014, the first thing I notice is how young I was. The second thing I notice is that it’s all about me, and that bothers me. I couldn’t predict then to what extent I could grow this operation, […]

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Tales from a windswept bay in eastern Canada: Morning File, Tuesday, November 14, 2017

November 14, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

This is why you should subscribe to the Halifax Examiner Earlier this month, I published an article looking at Justice Lawrence O’Neil’s ruling that gives custody of a five-year-old boy to a father with a history of domestic assault. Last night, I took the article from behind the paywall so everyone can read it for […]

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The Wrongful Conviction of Glen Assoun

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.

Click here to read the Halifax Examiner's extensive reporting on the case.

DEAD WRONG

A botched police investigation and a police coverup shed light on the murders of dozens of women in Nova Scotia.

Click here to go to the DEAD WRONG home page.

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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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