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The Halifax stadium proposal: private profit for Anthony Leblanc, socialized risk for the public

Morning File, Tuesday, October 1, 2019

October 1, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. More stadium updates MLA Susan Leblanc, whose Dartmouth North district includes the Shannon Park site of the proposed stadium, has come out swinging against it: Tomorrow I will table legislation on behalf of the @NSNDP caucus that would block public money for a CFL stadium. #nspoli #HRM #Dartmouth — Susan Leblanc (@susanleblancMLA) September […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anthony Leblanc, Atlantic Schooners, bus tickets, CAO Jacques Dubé, CFL stadium proposal, city janitorial services, Councillor Tim Outhit, Halifax Transit tickets, living wage policy, MLA Susan Leblanc, poverty wages, protected areas, stadium financing, StadiumCo, Trapeze Software, Tristan Cleveland

A bad day for people on bikes

Morning File, Thursday, July 25, 2019

July 25, 2019 By Erica Butler 9 Comments

News 1.  Two collisions send two cyclists to hospital A pick-up truck driver who hit a cyclist on Waverley Road Wednesday morning has been charged with “Vehicle Passing a Bicycle while Travelling on Right When There is Less than 1 Metre between the Vehicle and Cyclist” according to the RCMP. The cyclist was taken to […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: bike lanes, bus lanes, Carolyn Ray, Chignecto Isthmus, climate change, cyclist struck John Brackett Drive, cyclist struck Waverley Road, David Burke, drive-by shootings, handguns, Jacob Boon, micromobility lanes, OCEARCH, Philip Croucher, sea level rise, transit fares, Tristan Cleveland, vehicle/cyclist collision

Morning File: Filthy Mouths & Bad Attitudes

Monday, March 12, 2018

March 12, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

1. Nova Scotia Power “When Chris Huskilson retires as president and CEO of Emera at the end of this month, there is nothing to prevent his successor Scott Balfour from assuming Huskilson’s executive position and continuing in his current role as the Chair of the Board at Emera-owned Nova Scotia Power,” reports Jennifer Henderson: A […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: bad teachers, Duncan Black, John Risley, Premier Stephen McNeil, Seafood exports and social welfare utility, The Icarus Report March 12 2018, Tristan Cleveland

An interview with friendly dogs: Morning File, Monday, February 12, 2018

February 12, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

1. PC Leadership race Reporter Jennifer Henderson attended the Progressive Conservative Party’s annual general meeting Friday night. Former leader Jaimie Baillie was notably absent, but Henderson heard from each of the five prospective future leaders, who positioned themselves such that Henderson dubbed them “The Reformer” (Tim Houston), “The Woman” (Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin), “The Dark Horse” (Julie […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Abdoul Abdi emergency request, Albert Barbusci, Benjamin Perryman, Chris Enn's wife beaten and kidnapped, Halifax Transit filed an ethics complaint, James Power House restoration, Mary Campbell, Port of Sydney CEO Marlene Usher, Sydney container terminal skepticism, Sydney Harbour Investment Partners (SHIP), Tristan Cleveland, Wanderers Ground bleachers

Fracking ain’t what it’s cracked up to be: Morning File, Monday, January 15, 2018

January 15, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. Immigration Writes Stephen Kimber: Reading news accounts of last week’s meeting of the legislature’s committee on economic development, you could be forgiven for assuming the much fooforahed Ivany Report’s call to action on immigration had already become a neatly gift-wrapped fait accompli, topped with a pretty government-tied bow. Not so fast… Click here […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Blair Rhodes, Calvin Clarke, Constable Gary Basso, constructive dismissal suit against Chronicle Herald, Criminal Investigation Division (CID), Fracking, Jacob Boon, James Kunstler, Judy Haiven, Nova Scotia Department of Energy Onshore Atlas, Paul Withers, police evidence room audit, Richard Starr, Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), service industry workers' tips, Steve Parcell, Tristan Cleveland, ugly buildings

Delousing and other strategies for civic wealth: Morning File, Monday, December 18, 2017

December 18, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 25 Comments

News 1. Doctors “Nova Scotia has a doctor problem,” writes Stephen Kimber: Perhaps lack-of-doctor might be more accurate. And “crisis” is certainly a more apt description than the mundane problem. According to the province’s one-year-old “Need A Family Practice” list, 42,198 Nova Scotians — 4.6 per cent of the province’s population  — are currently officially […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: convention centre opened, Cop had sex with Jimmy Melvin Jr.'s ex-girlfriend, Federal jobs in Atlantic region, government institutions moving to Bayers Lake, Katie Toth, Pier 21 rebranding, Tristan Cleveland

Luxuriating in sponsorship cash, Stephen Archibald completely ignores the Vorarlberg gnome scandal: Morning File, Thursday, December 7, 2017

December 7, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Quad C “China Communications Construction Company International Holding Ltd, or CCCCI, the overseas investment and financing arm of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), is poised to buy the Canadian construction company Aecon for $1.5 billion,” reports Mary Campbell: CCCC is, of course, “Quad C,” the company our port promoter Albert Barbusci says may build […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aecon, Black in Halifax, Bruce Campion-Smith, China Communications Construction Company, Christopher Garnier murder trial, Constable George Farmer, Cop charged with voyeurism, El Jones, Halifax cops investigate Newfoundland cop, Icarus Report Dec 7 2017, Jayde Tynes, Joee Smith, Lindell Wigginton, Mary Campbell, Nova Scotia Serious Incident Response Team, Perry King, Quad C, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, Stephen Archibald and Vorarlberg, Tristan Cleveland

Tales from a windswept bay in eastern Canada: Morning File, Tuesday, November 14, 2017

November 14, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

This is why you should subscribe to the Halifax Examiner Earlier this month, I published an article looking at Justice Lawrence O’Neil’s ruling that gives custody of a five-year-old boy to a father with a history of domestic assault. Last night, I took the article from behind the paywall so everyone can read it for […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alderney ferry schedule, Ana Swanson, bureaucratic delays hitting City Hall, CAO Jacques Dubé, Colin Redding, criminal tenants, Danny Graham and Engage, Gidney Fisheries, Go Public, Judy Haiven reviews employee's rights, Justice Lawrence O'Neil, Lobster and trade agreements, Michael Gorman, Rosa Marchitelli, tenancy laws, That damn city website, The new city website is a piece of shit, This is why you should subscribe to the Halifax Examiner, Tristan Cleveland

The Burnside Expressway was realigned and it’s going to cost commuters lots of time, money, and pollution

The route of the highway was moved south of Anderson Lake because Dexter Construction was "not expected to be cooperative."

October 12, 2017 By Erica Butler 1 Comment

Just before the last provincial election, the Nova Scotia Liberals announced a seven-year, $390 million commitment to highway building and twinning. It was a distinct change from the stance they had taken the previous year during tolling consultations, when they made clear that Nova Scotia could not afford to twin highways without collecting tolls. One […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, Province House Tagged With: Anderson Lake, Burnside expressway, Dexter Construction, Erica Butler, Municipal Enterprises Limited, Tristan Cleveland

Here’s what we need for a great new Mumford Terminal

The city must first make big decisions on commuter rail and transit lanes in order to get the bus terminal right.

September 26, 2017 By Erica Butler

It’s finally happening. The city has started planning its redo of the ghastly, despised Mumford Terminal. The city has hired Dillon Consulting for phase one: figuring out where the heck to put the thing, designing how it will work, and giving a rough guess at how much it will cost to build. Dillon needs to...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Erica Butler, Halifax Transit, Integrated Mobility Plan, new Mumford Terminal, Nick Ritcey, Paul Dec, Tristan Cleveland

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Mo Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month. Everyone else will have to wait until tomorrow to listen to it.

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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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