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The Ministry of Thought: Morning File, Thursday, September 15, 2016

September 15, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Engage, or else Halifax council’s Community Planning & Economic Development Committee meets this morning. I have in the past given this committee a bit of grief, but I take it all back; to its great credit, the committee demanded some accounting from the provincial […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anjuli Patil, Bob Richards, Dartmouth Sportsplex, Engage Nova Scotia, Haley Ryan, Matt Brand, Ministry of Thought, Peter Kelly, Peter MacKay, Robert Devet, Tristan Cleveland, Westlock

“I’m not running against anybody, I’m running for Dartmouth”: Examineradio, episode #70

July 15, 2016 By Russell Gragg Leave a Comment

    This week we speak with journalist and community organizer Kate Watson about her nascent campaign to replace Gloria McCluskey in Dartmouth’s District 5. Also, despite calls in Charlottetown for Peter Kelly’s contract as CAO to be nullified while he’s still in his probationary period, city council chose to ignore the allegations of fiscal malfeasance at his […]

Filed Under: Featured, Province House Tagged With: Charlottetown, Dartmouth, Examineradio, Kate Watson, Mooseheads, Peter Kelly, podcast, Westlock

Why would we Google? Examineradio, episode #69

July 8, 2016 By Russell Gragg 3 Comments

  This week we speak with Jonathen Brigley of Nova Scotia ACORN about that organization’s push for mandatory landlord licensing in Halifax. Also, Peter Kelly’s cross-Canada tour of fiscal malfeasance continues. After improper loans to concert promoters and the mismanagement of a dead woman’s estate here in Halifax, he’s now accused of overstepping his authority money-wise in the Alberta […]

Filed Under: Featured, Province House Tagged With: ACORN, Charlottetown, Examineradio, housing, Peter Kelly, podcast, Westlock

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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