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Nova Scotian taxpayers funded technology being used by US tech startup: Morning File, Wednesday, February 22, 2017

February 22, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. Teachers The Liberal government passed the third and final reading of Bill 75 yesterday afternoon. All 33 Liberal MLAs voted for the bill, and all 17 opposition MLAs voted against. Once proclaimed (no doubt this morning), a new contract will be imposed on the province’s teachers. As Michael Gorman reports for the CBC: […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Austerity regimes, Bill 75, BodiData Inc, body scanning booth, J. Bruce Terry, Kent Worsnop, Margie Manning, MeID, Mi'kmaq-made baskets, Michael Gorman, neoliberalism, Robert Kutnick, Stephen Archibald, Tanya Shaw, teachers contract, Tim Krochak, Tuoc Luong, Unique Solutions

Unique Solutions is kaput and taxpayers have lost $5.6 million: Morning File, Wednesday, August 3, 2016

August 3, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 19 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Unique Solutions is kaput The board of directors of MeID, which is the rebranded name for Unique Solutions Ltd, voted to cease operations yesterday, and all employees were given termination notices, effective immediately. The move came after secured creditors initiated foreclosure proceedings. Unique Solutions was […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bill Powers, Chronicle Herald, Dennis Connor, Frances Kordyback, Gail Lethbridge, Harry Smith, Ian Thompson, Judy Myrden, Morning File, Nova Scotia Business Inc, Patricia Brooks, Patricia Hurley, Peter Moreira, Sharon Montgomery-Dupe, Tanya Shaw, Tuoc Luong, Unique Solutions

Dartmouth body scan company on the verge of going belly-up

Unique Solutions needs to raise $4 million in six weeks, and $10 million in all. If it can't, it will cease operations, and Nova Scotia Business Inc. will lose its entire $5.6 million investment.

March 24, 2016 By Tim Bousquet

Unique Solutions Design Ltd will cease operations if it doesn’t find $10 million in new investment. In fact, if the company doesn’t raise $4 million in the next six weeks, “assets will likely be liquidated to satisfy secured creditors and it is unlikely that there will be any residual value for shareholders.” That’s the bleak assessment of the...

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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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