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Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 6 — Harbourview-Burnside-Dartmouth East

September 25, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

Tony Mancini first won his seat in a byelection in 2016 after the former councillor became the area’s member of parliament. Mancini had to defend that seat just a few months later in a general election, and beat the only other candidate, Carlos Beals, now his colleague on the board of police commissioners. This time […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, District 6, Douglas Day, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Ibrahim Manna, living wage, Tony Mancini

The contradiction of being Councillor Cleary

Shawn Cleary is the chief flag-waver for the city's most unpopular high-rise proposal — and its developer. But he refuses to accept campaign donations from developers, and is promoting municipal campaign finance reform. He dismisses the significance of the fact the developer's chief lobbyist is a good friend, yet he is spearheading a proposal for a municipal lobbyist registry. Only in Halifax you say...

June 23, 2018 By Stephen Kimber 13 Comments

“We don’t build buildings because of public opinion. We build them for good planning… And so I think this is a good thing for us… In terms of the design, I think we’ve mitigated most of the concerns…” —Councillor Shawn Cleary June 19, 2018 Shawn Cleary’s suitcase of sophistry requires a little unpacking. Councillor Cleary […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: Armco Capital, Bill Karsten, Brendan Elliott, Centre Plan, councillor Shawn Cleary, David Hensebee, Joachim Stroink, lobbyist registry, Matt Whitman, Mayor Mike Savage, Richard Zurawski, Russell Walker, Stephen Kimber, Steve Adams, Steve Craig, Steve Streatch, Tony Mancini, Willow Tree Tower

The stupid, mean violence of North Dartmouth: Morning File, Thursday, June 8, 2017

June 8, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 11 Comments

News 1. Chelsie Probert, North Dartmouth poverty, and violence A police release from last night: The suspicious death that occurred last night in Dartmouth has been ruled a homicide. At approximately 10 p.m. on June 6, Halifax Regional Police responded to a report of a female in medical distress on a pathway in the 0-100 […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Business Cape Breton, Chelsie Probert, cigarette butts, Dartmouth Family Centre, Greg MacDonald, Jerri Southcott, Mary Campbell, Nena's, North Dartmouth, North Dartmouth Community Centre, poverty, The Echo, Tony Mancini, violence, Yvette d'Entremont

Rethink: Halifax council calls for a much-needed second opinion on our bus route network

December 20, 2016 By Erica Butler

Colour me impressed. Halifax city councillors have voted to get a second opinion on the city’s new bus route plan, Moving Forward Together. Though it’s already been approved and the five-year implementation plan is underway, most of the heavy changes aren’t scheduled until 2018 and beyond, so there’s time to rework it. (In fact, the...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: bus route plan, DalTRAC, Halifax Transit, Integrated Mobility Plan, It's More Than Buses, MFT, Moving Forward Together, Tony Mancini, Waye Mason

MFT changes discussion postponed to December 6

Councillors gear up to defend proposed changes, while IMTB asks to bring in an expert

November 23, 2016 By Erica Butler

Last night, Halifax council opted to defer a decision on a long list of changes to the Moving Forward Together transit plan until its meeting on December 6th. The plan, which was actually already approved in the spring, was before councillors Tuesday as they considered a staff report rejecting nearly all of the 23 changes proposed...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Halifax Transit, IMTB, It's More Than Buses, Lorelei Nicholl, MFT, Moving Forward Together, Tony Mancini, Waye Mason

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

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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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