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The stickiness of harmful habits

Morning File, Tuesday, March 1, 2022

March 1, 2022 By Philip Moscovitch 2 Comments

News 1. Portapique: 13 dead in 40 minutes, children left alone for hours This article includes graphic descriptions of intimate partner violence, multiple murders, and trauma to children. Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson report on documents released by the Mass Casualty Commission, laying out just what happened in Portapique on the night of April 18, […]

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A terribly depressing read from start to finish

Morning File, Thursday, June 14, 2018

June 14, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

News 1. Fool’s Gold, Part 4 We’ve published the fourth and final instalment of Joan Baxter’s “Fool’s Gold” series. Part 4 looks at how the mining lobby is working to undermine environmental protection in Nova Scotia. In particular, the Mining Association of Nova Scotia (MANS) wants to open up protected wilderness areas to mining. Writes […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 911 call about salad, CAO Wayne Anstey, Cape Breton Spectator, Colin Woodard, conflict of interest commissioner, Dominique Dionne-Simard, IWK Health Centre, Merlin Nunn retirement, Michael Gorman, Mine safety, minimum wage Stats Canada study, Peter Kelly, René Morisette, Scott Ferguson, Stephen D'Arcy, Susan Dodd, Tracy Kitch, Trade Centre Limited, World Trade Centre Association (WTCA), Yarmouth ferry subsidy

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

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

Two young white women, one with dark hair and one blonde, smile at the camera on a sunny spring day.

Episode 79 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Grace McNutt and Linnea Swinimer are the Minute Women, two Haligonians who host a podcast of the same name about Canadian history as seen through a lens of Heritage Minutes (minutewomenpodcast.ca). In a lively celebration of the show’s second birthday, they stop by to reveal how curling brought them together in podcast — and now BFF — form, their favourite Minutes, that time they thought Jean Chretien was dead, and the impact their show has had. Plus music from brand-new ECMA winners Hillsburn and Zamani.

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

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