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Understand how Andy Fillmore derailed a plan to demolish the Cogswell Interchange and you’ll understand how we got the Nova Centre

Morning File, Wednesday, May 9, 2018

May 9, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News 1. The Halifax Examiner and Cape Breton Spectator’s exposé on the security failure Yesterday, the Halifax Examiner and Cape Breton Spectator went to court to ask Justice Gregory Lenehan to unseal a search warrant Halifax police executed on the house of a 19-year-old Halifax man suspected of illegally downloading information from the FOIPOP website. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andy Fillmore, Andy Fillmore's secret council meeting, CAO Jacques Dubé, Cape Breton Spectator, Cogswell Interchange demolition, cop stabbed, Cst. Andrew Gordon, Employment Systems Review, Hardman Group, HRM By Design, Ian Fairclough, Inglis Street fire, Jennifer Keesmaat, Joe Ramia, Nova Centre, Racism at City Hall, Raymond Sheppard, search warrant exposé, Tim Krochak, Zane Woodford

News from Florida, ticketed for being poor, and headless in Truro

Morning File, Wednesday, May 2, 2018

May 2, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 11 Comments

News 1. Raw sewage This was an odd and exasperating story I reported yesterday afternoon: An apparent act of sabotage on the MacKay Bridge resulted in a loss of communications between sewage pumping stations and the Dartmouth sewage plant; that in turn led to raw sewage being dumped into Halifax Harbour. When we asked a […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Barbara Darby, business school bullshit, Cody McEachern, Daytona Beach News Journal, Florida wildfire, George Armoyan in Florida, Geosam Capital, Laura Brown, Lezlie Lowe, New Smyrna Beach, panhandling from median strips, Solemnization of Marriage Act, Squeegee Kid Act, Three more cannabis stores, Ticketed for being poor, Tim Krochak, Truro tree statues

Nova Scotian taxpayers funded technology being used by US tech startup: Morning File, Wednesday, February 22, 2017

February 22, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. Teachers The Liberal government passed the third and final reading of Bill 75 yesterday afternoon. All 33 Liberal MLAs voted for the bill, and all 17 opposition MLAs voted against. Once proclaimed (no doubt this morning), a new contract will be imposed on the province’s teachers. As Michael Gorman reports for the CBC: […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Austerity regimes, Bill 75, BodiData Inc, body scanning booth, J. Bruce Terry, Kent Worsnop, Margie Manning, MeID, Mi'kmaq-made baskets, Michael Gorman, neoliberalism, Robert Kutnick, Stephen Archibald, Tanya Shaw, teachers contract, Tim Krochak, Tuoc Luong, Unique Solutions

Why you shouldn’t use the Halifax airport’s wifi: Morning File, Thursday, November 17, 2016

November 17, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

November Subscription Drive Yesterday’s article by Chris Lambie on the filling in of Halifax Harbour (linked to below) is an example of what the Halifax Examiner does best, I think. I’ve long been aware that fill has been deposited at the Fairview Cove shipping terminal, but wasn’t really conscious of the extent of the operation until […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Chris Lambie, Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, Greg Weston, Halifax Airport, Halifax Harbour infill, Jen Taplin, Jeri MacNeil, Lori Marino, Michael MacDonald, Ron Foley Macdonald, Ryan Gallagher, Security Forum, Tim Kaine, Tim Krochak, upkeep idle properties, Whale Sanctuary Project, wifi

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 blonde woman and a white man with a dark beard, both wearing pajama bottoms and either a red or a pink bra, have a pillow fight on a bed.

Episode 84 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

After a year’s worth of singles and videos, the Halifax duo is finally releasing its first recorded project in the form of FLUTTER, a six-song genre-agnostic EP that’s deeply personal and incredibly catchy. Art Ross and Aaron Green return to the show a year later to dish on their music-industry immersion, why Ross’ sapphic lyrics strike all kinds of chords, and where you can see them this summer.

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

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