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McNeil is fighting the wrong battle

Morning File, Friday, July 31, 2020

July 31, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 7 Comments

News 1. Cabinet roundup: Masks, schools, borders, and the Yarmouth ferry Jennifer Henderson participated by phone in yesterday’s post-cabinet meeting. (Eight “major” news organizations were allowed to take part in person; the Examiner was not included.) In her roundup, Henderson says the province has still not set a date for opening to the rest of […]

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Policing the pandemic

Morning File, Tuesday, March 31, 2020

March 31, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 10 Comments

News 1. Daily COVID-19 update: Community transmission has arrived The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. We all knew community transmission of COVID-19 was coming. Dr. Strang has said so repeatedly in his daily briefings. But I’ll admit I still felt a chill when I saw the news yesterday. Tim has the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alexander McClelland, apocalypse, Brendan Elliot, Charles Heinstein, Chris Lambie, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 testing, Donkin coal mine, Dr. Robert Strang, East Coast Forensic Hospital (ECFH), food supply, Halifax Regional Police (HRP), Howard Hyde, Imam Ibrahim Alshanti, Imam Wael Haridy, internet access, Kameron Coal, Laurie Penny, Lythel Miller, mental illness, Michael Gorman, mosques online, non-violent crisis intervention, Noushin Ziafati, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), pandemic, policing during pandemic, Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), Sheree Fitch, taser, Tom Ayers, Zoom

Let’s play The Game of Halifax!

Morning File, Thursday, February 27, 2020

February 27, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 7 Comments

News 1. Indigenous students at Hants East high school say they face tougher suspensions Aly Thompson at CBC reports on Indigenous students at Hants East Rural High School who say they are being discriminated against when it comes to punishments from staff. Thompson spoke with several students, including 16-year-old Xavier Sack from the Sipekneꞌkatik First […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Airbnb, Aly Thompson, anti-Indigenous racism, bullying, Caora McKenna, Councillor James Goyetche, councillor Shawn Cleary, David Shepherd, East Hants Rural High School, Erin MacInnis, Fairbnb Coalition, Game of Halifax, Gary Adam, Kelly Cameron, Laurie Graham, Mayor Brenda Chisholm-Beaton, Metro X commuter service, Michael Zwaagstra, Miguel Greer, MLA Hugh MacKay, Pink Shirt Day, Premier Stephen McNeil, PREVNet, Richmond County Council, short term rentals, Stuart Peddle, Susan McClure, Suzette Belliveau, Thorben Wieditz, Tom Ayers, Tourism Accommodations Registration Act, Travis Price, Warden Brian Marchand, Wendy Craig, Xavier Sack

Another loss for local journalism

Morning File, Tuesday, January 7, 2020

January 7, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch Leave a Comment

News 1. Blue Mountain–Birch Cove Lakes Tim Bousquet wrote this item. “Environmentalists who celebrated extra cash in last year’s municipal budget for park land protection are worried a reduced budget for next year means the city is again forgetting about Blue Mountain–Birch Cove Lakes,” reports Zane Woodford: Halifax regional council is working on the capital […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Advocate Media, Alex Cooke, André Valotaire, Annapolis Group, Archbishop Anthony Mancini, Blue Mountain – Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness, Bruce Frisko, Church Point, community paper closure, Councillor Jim Mustard, Église Sainte-Marie, Elmsdale Lumber, Enfield Weekly Press, hot idle, income assistance, Inverness Beach, Jim Vibert, Justice James Chipman, Katy Jean, Michael Gorman, Northern Pulp closure, Owls Head Park, Pat Healey, Pictou Landing First Nation (PLFN), Robin Wilbur, Shannon Proudfoot, the Laker, Tom Ayers, Zane Woodford

Are anti-vaxxers meeting with your MLA?

Morning File, Tuesday, November 5, 2019

November 5, 2019 By Erica Butler 11 Comments

November subscription drive It’s getting frosty out there, which means its the time of year when we at the Examiner take a stab at convincing you and yours (those who aren’t already subscribers) to support the continued existence and growth of the Halifax Examiner. From her first Morningfile back in May 2015, El Jones has […]

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“Hands off our protected areas, and lay off our Crown land”

The proposed Inverness airport will either encroach on or be very near to the Masons Mountain Nature Reserve, a protected nature reserve. It's not the kind of place one wants to have commercial jets “screaming in and out," says the Raymond Plourde, the Ecology Action Centre's wilderness coordinator.

July 21, 2019 By Joan Baxter Leave a Comment

In the past month or so, an awful lot of people — especially people with nothing to gain from a new airport that would serve a couple of luxury golf resorts in Inverness — have put forward more than enough good reasons for both the federal and provincial governments to tell Cabot Links and Cabot […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Aaron Beswick, Andrew Macdonald, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Ben Cowan-Dewar, Build Cape Breton, Cabot Links airport, Cabot Links financing, Cape Breton Island Airport Community Interest Company, Carlyle Group, Daniel Gallivan, Darlene Grant Fiander, Darrell Dexter, Francis Campbell, Frank McKenna, Inverness Airport, Inverness Beach, Jennifer Alkenbrack, Margaree Environmental Association, Mary Campbell, Masons Mountain Nature Reserve, Mike Keiser, Minister Bernadette Jordan, MP Rodger Cuzner, Neal Livingston, Raymond Plourde, Rodney MacDonald, Steven Joyce, Tom Ayers

Alex Cameron’s “conquered people” brief is odious, but he’s got a good case against the McNeil government

Morning File, Thursday, July 18, 2019

July 18, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. “Conquered people” secrecy “The Nova Scotia government has won another temporary victory in its attempts to keep court documents sealed relating to a controversial brief that suggested the Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia were a conquered people,” reports Jean Laroche for the CBC: On Wednesday, Supreme Court of Canada Justice Russell Brown sided with the province […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alex Cameron, Andre Hemlin, Atlantic Compassion Club Society, Ben Cowan-Dewar, Cabot Links airport, cannabis, Colton Bordage, conquered people, Corbett Lake, Corez Williams, David Patriquin, Icarus Report July 18 2019, Indigenous rights, James Donald Gore, Jean Laroche, John MJ MacKeigan, Mi'kmaq, Tarra Comeau, Tom Ayers, Travis Dwyer, William Matovu

Is executive fraud behind the bankruptcy of VistaCare Communications?

Morning File, Tuesday, July 9, 2019

July 9, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

News 1. Power rates “Nova Scotia Power has filed an application that would see power rates rise 1.5% a year for residential customers in each of the next three years, if approved by the Utility and Review Board (UARB),” reports Jennifer Henderson: The increases are related to rising fuel costs and purchases of imported power. […]

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The economic development grift, Cape Breton edition

Morning File, Thursday, May 23, 2019

May 23, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Health Authority “For the first time since the McNeil government dismantled nine regional health authorities and created one provincial agency to run hospitals four and a half years ago, the Nova Scotia Health Authority opened a portion of one of its Board meetings to the public,” reports Jennifer Henderson: Yesterday’s meeting took place […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 38 Studios, ACOA, Albert Barbusci, Atlanta Consulting Group, Byung Il Bang, Cumberland Regional Development Authority, Curt Schilling, Dan Relton, Develop NS, Donkin mine fire, economic development grift, Frank Anderson, Grey Healthcare Group, Harold Carroll, Joseph Gerardi, Kristy Kirkup, living wage, Mary Campbell, Michael MacDonald, Michelle Malette, Mike Dull, Peter Bang, Phase V Communications, prison assault allegations, Raleigh Business and Technology Centre, Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC), Rhonda Charmaine Kelly, Steve Stenger, Terri Sponseller, Tom Ayers, Wells Fargo Bank

Taxing Issues

Morning File, Wednesday, March 20, 2019

March 20, 2019 By Philip Moscovitch 6 Comments

News 1. John Risley’s South African Adventure Out from behind the paywall: Tim’s epic piece on how Nova Scotia billionaire John Risley wound up in bed with an arms dealer suing the South African government over an apartheid-era contract. The short version: After his racing career, Portuguese Formula 1 driver Jorge Pinhol became an arms […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alex Cooke, Andrew Metledge, Anmet Holdings Ltd, club sandwiches, digital subscriptions tax credit, donair spice dispute, Donkin coal mine infractions, Eat This Town, Fenwick Tower redevelopment, gas prices, gas tax, Jean Laroche, Jeff mahoney, John Risley’s South African Adventure, Johnny Dibb, Lindsay Nelson, Mayor Mike Savage, Phil’s new printer, Sancton Access Inc, Shawn Cleary, Templeton Properties, Tom Ayers, volunteer tax clinics, Will Martin, Wyatt Gillis

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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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

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