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There’s not much to say, so here’s a cool video of Jupiter

Morning File, Wednesday, October 21, 2020

October 21, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

News 1. The Goldboro Gamble, Part 2 Yesterday we published the second part of Joan Baxter’s two-part “Goldboro Gamble” series. In Part 2, Baxter shows how and why Canadian and German environmentalist activists are coming together to oppose the proposed Nova Scotian liquified natural gas plant. For example, writes Baxter: Andy Gheorghiu is a policy advisor […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Acadia University, Glen Assoun compensation, health transfers, homecoming parties, Hotel Association of Nova Scotia, hotel bailout, Jupiter, Kevin Toth, NASA, Richard Starr, Tourism, Tourism Sector Financing Assistance Program

Nova Scotia cabinet round-up: Mandatory masks, open borders and more

July 31, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 2 Comments

Premier Stephen McNeil’s cabinet met Thursday and took questions from reporters afterward. Here’s what they talked about: Masks mandatory as of today Health Minister Randy Delorey was asked how his department intends to enforce a new policy requiring most adults and children over age 2 to wear a non-medical mask when they are inside public […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), Brian Flinn, Business Minister Geoff MacLellan, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 and public schools, COVID-19 waiver, Dr. Robert Strang, Education Minister Zach Churchill, Health Minister Randy Delorey, Justice Minister Mark Furey, masks, mass shooting inquiry, Minister Bill Blair, Minister Labi Kousoulis, Minister Leo Glavine, pandemic, Premier Stephen McNeil, school reopening, St. Francis Xavier University (StFX), Tourism, Transportation Minister Lloyd Hines, Yarmouth ferry cancellation, Yarmouth ferry costs

COVID-19 update: Most businesses in Nova Scotia can reopen June 5

May 27, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Today, the Department of Health and Wellness announced one newly discovered case of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia. Dr. Robert Strang, the province’s chief medical officer of health, said the new case is a resident of the Northwood retirement home, which now has 16 active cases […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Robert Strang, pandemic, Premier Stephen McNeil, reopening business, stimulus, Tourism

Let’s go on holiday… to late 1960s PEI!

Morning File, Wednesday, May 6, 2020

May 6, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 4 Comments

News 1. COVID-19 update: Strang defends Northwood as deaths mount Zane Woodford covered yesterday’s COVID-19 briefing by premier Stephen McNeil and chief medical officer of health Robert Strang. The good news: new daily cases were in the single digits again, with just six reported. The bad news: three more deaths, bringing the provincial total to […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: COVID-19 clusters, COVID-19 testing, fake cop, false positive, Feed Nova Scotia, food banks, Halifax Infirmary, Halifax Transit Burnside garage, impersonating police officer, Mary Jane Hampton, masks, Michael Gorman, Nebal Snan, park reopening, Prince Edward Island (PEI), Rachel Delano, social distancing, Tourism

Tourism is dead in its tracks: Where to from here?

April 9, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. “There is nothing that compares to this, says Ross Jefferson, the CEO of Discover Halifax, a non-profit agency that works with Tourism Nova Scotia to promote the city to visitors. “It is eclipsing the financial crisis of 2008 and 9/11 when we saw the world […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Airbnb, coronavirus, COVID-19, Darlene Grant Fiander, Glenn Squires, Halifax Convention Centre, hotels, Noelle McGough, Out of the Cold emergency shelter, pandemic, Ross Jefferson, Tourism, Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia (TIANS)

The Ivany Report set a target of a $4 billion tourism industry in Nova Scotia by 2024. We’re nowhere near that. Now what?

December 3, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

Despite making significant progress in attracting more visitors and generating $2.6 billion in revenue last year, the province’s tourism industry is still a long way from the goal of $4 billion by 2024 envisioned by the Ivany Report five years ago. “We’re updating our strategy which we are calling The Second Half,” Judy Saunders told...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Airbnb, Boeing 737 MAX grounding, Develop NS, Donna Hatt, ghost hotels, Halifax International Airport Authority, Halifax Stanfield International Airport, high speed internet, Ivany Report, Joyce Carter, Judy Saunders, Michele Saran, Minister Geoff MacLellan, short term rentals, South Shore Lobster Crawl, Tourism, Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia (TIANS), Virginia Tudor

It’s going to be a long Monday: Morning File, Monday, July 24, 2017

July 24, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News 1. Lyle Howe “The CBC headline — ‘Halifax Lawyer Lyle Howe Found Guilty of Professional Misconduct, Incompetence’ — was simple,” writes Stephen Kimber: And it is accurate. So far as it goes. But the actual 140-page decision by a bar society disciplinary panel… IN THE MATTER OF: The Legal Profession Act, S.N.S. 2004, c. 28 […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Austin Connelly, Bloomfield Street extended streetwall, Frank Magazine, Hotel room nights decline, Ryan van Horne, Tourism

Mushroom File, Thursday, September 1, 2016

City protects plants; province neglects plants; scientists peer at plants. We are literally watching grass grow today, but stay with me -- it matters.

September 1, 2016 By Katie Toth 10 Comments

Today’s Morning File is written by Katie Toth. I’m a reporter and writer who’s hopped up on cold brew coffee and cranky letters, so let’s do this. News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. ‘FRO’ to Blue Mountain developers, City staff says From CBC: HRM staff recommended council avoid developing the Blue […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anthem of the Seas, Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lake Wilderness, child support, Dartmouth, Dinkin Mine, education, energy, environment, Lisa Roberts, NDP, shooting, sponges, Tourism

The Yarmouth ferry: a review

August 27, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

I took the ferry from Yarmouth to Portland Wednesday. The boat departs at 8:30am, but you’re required to be there by 7:30am, so realistically that means overnighting in Yarmouth. I had hoped to explore Yarmouth a bit Tuesday, but didn’t arrive until 7:30pm, so after checking in at the Lakelawn Hotel, I only had time […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured, Province House Tagged With: Alakai, Tourism, Yarmouth ferry

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.

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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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