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Who killed Robin Hartrick?

Morning File, Tuesday, September 11, 2018

September 11, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

News 1. “Culture of fear” “A former correctional officer who worked at Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility (the Burnside jail) is concerned that the lack of attention to conditions in the jail will lead to violence and to people getting hurt,” reports El Jones: The former correctional officer contacted the Halifax Examiner and spoke about […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Brenda Way, CAO Jacque Dubé, councillor Waye Mason, Dave Hebert, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, dumbass graffiti, Fred MacGillivray, Glen Assoun, Halifax Water, Margaret (Robin) Hartrick, NASA, ocean temperatures, Paul Withers, Scott Ferguson, Stephen Archibald and old schools, Ticket Atlantic, Trade Centre Limited, water restrictions Lake Major

The convention centre is running a $4 million operating deficit this year… and that’s just the beginning of the costs

Morning File, Monday, September 10, 2018

September 10, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. Mehta Stephen Kimber writes: Last winter, Acadia University said it was investigating [Rick] Mehta “for the manner in which you are expressing views that you are alleged to be advancing or supporting and, in some instances, time that you are spending on these issues in the classroom.” We need to parse that sentence. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Argyle Developments, Burnside jail demonstration, Convention centre operating loss 2018, Councillor Sam Austin, Emma Davie, Events East, Haley Ryan, HLT, Hurricane Florence, Ian Fairclough, Joe Ramia, Katy Jean, Michael Gorman, Michael Tutton, Minister of Justice Mark Furey, Mother Canada, Norma Jean MacPhee, Norwegian Dawn, Nova Centre tax assessment, racist graffiti, restaurants vs young children, Rick Mehta, Trade Centre Limited

Bad behaviour everywhere

Morning File, Thursday, August 2, 2018

August 2, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

1. An apology The Halifax Examiner acknowledges that the Armour Group Limited neither hired, nor fired, the janitors previously employed to clean Founder’s Square. Further, The Halifax Examiner retracts, and apologizes for the allegation that Armour Group engaged in racial discrimination in determining to no longer engage with GDI Integrated Facility Services. The original article […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrea Winn, Andrew Rankin, architectural drawings, Armour Group Limited, Bedford Highway Functional Plan, Bill Turpin, Blue Mountain – Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Park, Cassie Williams, Catherine Tully, Chronic Relief, Convention centre, councillor Waye Mason, development proposal Robie and Pepperell, dispensary fire, Drug Information System (DIS), Events East, Founders Square, Fred MacGillivray, Harold MacKay, Icarus Report August 2, Jacque Dubé, Joe Ramia, Leitches Creek, Nova Centre appeal, Parker Donham, Robyn Keddy, Shambhala community, Sobeys pharmacist privacy breach, Stephanie Domet, Sunshine Report, Ticket Atlantic, Trade Centre Limited

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

Stadium economic impact projections are nonsense: Morning File, Friday, January 12, 2018

January 12, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Accessible transportation Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler looks at two problems with accessible transportation — an ever-shrinking fleet of accessible taxis and an ever-increasing demand for Access-A-Bus — and sees a solution: Gerry Post thinks there’s a way to fix both these problems with one move: start contracting accessible taxis to take on […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anthony Leblanc, autism, Deloitte, Dylan Ames, Emma Smith, Gardner Pinfold, Marieke Walsh, Mary Campbell, Maureen Brennan, no snow, Nursing home homicide, polishing bullshit, Richard Woodbury, Stadium and economic impact projections, The Yelp and Trip Advisor marketing war, Trade Centre Limited, Trevor Tombe

How much would you pay for what remains of Stephen McNeil’s dignity? Morning File, Friday, October 13, 2017

October 13, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News 1. $750 “Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil bristled Thursday under NDP questioning about a Liberal fundraising club that will hold an event this weekend at the governing party’s annual general meeting,” reports the Canadian Press: During the legislature’s question period, NDP Leader Gary Burrill asked McNeil whether paying the $750 yearly fee to attend the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Carrie Cussons, Energy East Venn diagram, Events East press conference, Gary Burrill, Icarus Report October 16, Joe McGuinness, Joe Ramia, lawsuit against IWK, Lindsey Hubley, Nova Centre bookings, Premier Stephen McNeil and fundraising, Trade Centre Limited

Something fishy going on: Morning File, Friday, December 9, 2016

December 9, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 19 Comments

News 1. Big Halifax convention cancelled Another black eye for Halifax: ISPE’s 33rd International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE) will NOT be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia Bethesda, MD USA – December 7, 2017 — The International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) was notified that the Halifax Convention Centre that was scheduled to open […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Chronicle Herald, Halifax Convention Centre, Phil Hall, Stephen Archibald, Steven Baur, Trade Centre Limited

The government paid for Steve Murphy’s news coverage: Friday, November 18, 2016

November 18, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 19 Comments

November Subscription Drive Several readers have pointed me to Dan Rather’s recent Facebook post. Although written in response to the American election results, the same issues hold in Canada: A lot of you have asked me on this page, what can you do in the wake of this election. It’s a question that seems to […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alton Gas, Christmas tree, Cindy Day, conquered people, Convention Centre delay, CTV, Dan Rather, Evelyn C. White, Experient, Francis Campbell, Gaetan Dugas, Hilary Moors-Murphy, Joe Ramia, Margaret’s Justice, Rand Gaynor, Randy Shilts, Stan Matwin, Stephen McNeil, Steve Murphy, teachers strike, Trade Centre Limited

It started badly and it’s ending wrong: Morning File, Friday, October 21, 2016

October 21, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Tidal power “Inshore fishermen from the Bay of Fundy made a last-ditch plea to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia yesterday to stall the placement of two massive, five-storey-high turbines on the bottom of the Minas Passage near Parrsboro until an appeal of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Convention centre, Copenhagen, Deb MacNeil, Elizabeth Chiu, EllisDon, Institute for Big Data Analytics, Joe Henry, Joe Ramia, Matt Brand, Nova Centre, OxyContin, Phil Pacey, Scott Ferguson, Stan Matwin, Stephen Archibald, Suspicious Packages, Suzanne Fougere, Trade Centre Limited

The convention centre opening date is delayed… again.

October 4, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

The Halifax Convention Centre will not open as scheduled on April 1. A new opening date has not yet been established, but at least seven national and international conventions that have been booked into the convention centre are affected — Trade Centre Limited representatives are working for alternative arrangements, including rebooking the conventions into the existing […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Convention centre, delay, Joe Ramia, Nova Centre, Suzanne Fougere, TCL, Trade Centre Limited

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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

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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