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Natural born quillers

Morning File, Monday, November 22, 2021

November 22, 2021 By Philip Moscovitch 1 Comment

We are into the home stretch of the Halifax Examiner annual subscription drive. If you are already a subscriber, thank you. If you are not yet a subscriber, please subscribe. A few weeks ago, Jeremy Klaszus of the Calgary digital news site The Sprawl tweeted that he had been thinking a lot about a quote […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: car crashes, Cheryl Simon, French tacos, Haley Ryan, hemlock, Indigenous art, Jean Laroche, Josie McKinney, Kay Sark, Lyle Howe, Matthew Byard, Montreal, Nova Scotia Barristers' Society, Philip Croucher, Philip Moscovitch, Quill art, Quilling, Robie Street, Scott Smith, StarMetro Halifax, Stephen Kimber, Steve MacKay, Taryn Grant, The Quill Sisters podcast, The Star Halifax, Tim Covell, Traffic, Traffic calming, Typewriters, Underwood, Yvette d'Entremont, Zane Woodford

Councillor vs cars: Guess who wins

Morning File, Wednesday, July 29, 2020

July 29, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 8 Comments

News 1. Feds and province change course, call inquiry After several days of outrage and demonstrations, including a sizable one in Bridgewater that began at provincial justice minister Mark Furey’s constituency office, the provincial and federal governments announced yesterday that there will be a full public inquiry into the mass murders of April 18 and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Cayle Eagles, Councillor Mercedes Brian, far right Germans Cape Breton, Glen Assoun podcast, Glen Matthews, Halifax Regional Police Code of Ethics, Kayla Borden, Kirk Starratt, mass shooting inquiry, Mayor Jeff Cantwell, Mining Association of Nova Scotia (MANS), MP Lenore Zann, parking, Paul Wells, Peter Herbin, Stay Healthy Main Street, Traffic, Uncover: Dead Wrong podcast, Wolfville, Wolfville Business Development Corporation

Cheerios and lard

Morning File, Wednesday, July 22, 2020

July 22, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 2 Comments

News 1. Northern pulp: an endless flow of largesse (and effluent) Joan Baxter has the second in her two-part series Corporate Shell Game on Northern Pulp, the web of companies it belongs to, and what its filing for creditor protection in BC means for money owed to the people of Nova Scotia. In this installment, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: alternatives to policing, Art Legraw, beer, Berglind, Bob Allison, Cheerios, councillor Waye Mason, Craft beer, Craft Brewers Association of Nova Scotia (CBANS), Craft Brewers Association of NS, Emily Tipton, Huddle, Labatt Breweries, lard, Mac MacKay, Oland, Sarah A. Seo, taxable benefit, Traffic, traffic laws, Trevor Nichols, Wade Keller, War on Cars, whales

We’ll soon be driving more again, so watch out for animals that have gotten used to car-free roads

June 2, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. As traffic ramps up after months of pandemic-related isolation that has kept many off the roads, drivers are urged to be aware of the increased risk for wildlife collisions. “Because it’s been quieter, the species are very quickly adapted to behaving differently…(They) get out on […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Allison Dean, coronavirus, COVID-19, Karen Beazley, pandemic, Sierra Club Canada Foundation, Traffic, Watch for Wildlife, wildlife

A look at Halifax’s foot-dragging around opening up streets to cyclists and pedestrians during COVID-19

May 6, 2020 By Zane Woodford 6 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Kourosh Rad picked a hell of a time to get into the restaurant business. On Feb. 1, the city planner turned small business owner took over Garden Food Bar and Lounge at the corner of Clyde and Queen streets, near the Halifax Central Library in […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: active transportation, Brad Anguish, Bruce Zvaniga, Brynn Budden, CAO Jacques Dubé, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, councillor Shawn Cleary, COVID-19, Crosswalk Safety Society of Nova Scotia, cycling, Ecology Action Centre (EAC), Halifax Cycling Coalition, HRM Safe Streets for Everyone, Kelsey Lane, Kourosh Rad, street closures, sustainable transportation, Taso Koutroulakis, Traffic, traffic authority, Walk and Roll Halifax

Mike Savage wants your housing costs to go up: Morning File, Thursday, September 21, 2017

September 21, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 20 Comments

News 1. Solitary confinement “A youth has been held in solitary confinement in the adult Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Pictou for an entire year, severely compromising his treatment and rehabilitation, and negatively affecting his fragile mental health,” reports Robert Devet: In a recent decision Justice Anne Derrick argues that the young man should […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anna Maria Tremonti, commuting into Halifax, Equifax hack, Mayor Savage and Amazon HQ, Mayor Savage and housing prices, new Mumford Terminal, Thom Oommen, Traffic

Rethinking the Willow Tree

Could closing off a street actually make traffic move faster? We're missing out on an opportunity to find out.

October 4, 2016 By Erica Butler 9 Comments

The Willow Tree intersection at Robie Street and Quinpool Road is one of Halifax’s craziest crossroads. While it’s not on the city’s immediate list for a fix, it represents an amazing opportunity to make improvements that could benefit drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians simultaneously. And we could even reclaim some public space in the Halifax Common while […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured Tagged With: Ben Wedge, Halifax Cycling Coalition, NACTO, National Association of City Transportation Officials, roundabout, Tiffany Chase, Traffic, Willow Tree intersection

Do the “your speed” signs on the MacKay Bridge approach work?

July 17, 2014 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

Towards the end of Monday’s Police Commission meeting there was a short discussion about the value of “your speed” signs that tell drivers both the posted speed limit and the speed they are actually travelling. Deputy Chief Bill Moore cited the before-and-after experience of the Bridge Commission, which has put such signs at the approach to the […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Bill Moore, Police Commission, Traffic

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.

Subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your device — there’s a great instructional article here. Email Suzanne for help.

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