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Halifax council approves grant program for non-profit housing in regional centre

September 30, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

Halifax will provide grants to non-profit organizations building or renovating affordable housing using a new program approved by regional council on Wednesday. When council passed the first half of the Centre Plan — the land-use bylaw governing peninsular Halifax and Dartmouth within Highway 111 — last year, it agreed to a density bonusing policy where […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: affordable housing, Ben Sivak, density bonusing, Jill MacLellan, non-profit housing, Ross Cantwell, Willow Tree development

Halifax developer proposes 23-storey tower for Robie Street under baked-in Centre Plan exception

May 27, 2020 By Zane Woodford

  Developer Danny Chedrawe submitted a new proposal for his Robie Street property this week, seeking approval for a 23-storey tower next to the Willow Tree site. The proposal, submitted by WSP Canada Inc. on behalf of Chedrawe’s Westwood Developments and posted on the city’s website on Monday, is for a development agreement on the...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: affordable housing, Armco, Carl Purvis, Centre Plan, Christina Lovitt, Councillor Lindell Smith, Danny Chedrawe, density bonusing, Shannex, Westwood Developments, Willow Tree development

With the hyper-financialization of housing, private equity firms and REITs are making obscene profits on the backs of everyday people in Dartmouth and Halifax

Morning File, Friday, February 28, 2020

February 28, 2020 By Tim Bousquet and Joan Baxter 11 Comments

News 1. Covid-19 I found yesterday’s New York Times’ The Daily podcast quite helpful in understanding the coronavirus, the threats of it, and the likely outcomes. The Guardian’s explainer is useful as well. The short of it: unless some surprise treatment emerges, this will probably become a global pandemic along the lines of the Spanish Flu […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Armco Capital, convention centre hotel, COVID-19, Cynthia van Kooten, financialization of housing, George Armoyan, Graeme Benjamin, Herveen Sachdeva, Highfield Park, Highfield Park Residential Inc., Hotel Barmecide, Howard Njoo, Jason Shannon, Katherine Williams, Michael Gorman, Michael Lawless, MLA Hugh MacKay, Patrick Condon, Penny Lawless, Prospectors and Developers of Canada Association (PDAC), Province House firearm, Public Health Agency of Canada, Push, REIT, Ron Meagher, Shannex, Sutton Place Hotel, Tedros Adhanom, Theresa Tam, Toronto Public Health (TPH), Urchin Properties, Willow Tree development

The “affordable housing” payout for the Willow Tree is a joke

Morning File, Monday, August 26, 2019

August 26, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

1. Tories play whack-a-mole in Northside-Westmount Just when you think you’ve gotten rid of one Tory candidate another pops up from the next hole over, reports Stephen Kimber: So there are now three Tories — one official, two unofficial — running in next week’s provincial byelection in Cape Breton’s Northside-Westmount riding. Could this entire mess […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anthony Leblanc, billboard, CFL stadium, Dennis Lennox, Frank Smeenk, Graeme Benjamin, Greta Thunberg, Maxime Bernier, nightmares, People's Party of Canada, Stephanie Levitz, True North Strong and Free Advertising Corp, vehicle crash North Kentville, Willow Tree development

Schooling Shawn Cleary on journalism education

Journalism is a generalist’s game. If you have curiosity, a determination to discover the facts, even the ones that don’t match your pre-conceived notions, and a passion for telling stories, there are — and should always be — many ways to learn journalism’s specific, ever evolving skills as well as its ethics and standards. It isn’t about where you learned, but how well you learned.

July 2, 2018 By Stephen Kimber

My Examiner column last week seemed to set off a modest Twitter tempest, mostly because its subject, Coun. Shawn Cleary, chose to respond to what I wrote and didn’t write (even when he didn’t seem to realize I’d written it); and then to respond in scattershot kind to various readers and constituents, who had taken umbrage at...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, Subscribers only Tagged With: councillor Shawn Cleary, journalism, Willow Tree development

The Halifax Examiner is four years (and one day) old

Morning File, Tuesday, June 19, 2018

June 19, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News 1. The Halifax Examiner is four years (and one day) old I missed it yesterday, but Monday was the fourth anniversary of the Halifax Examiner. I announced the Examiner with a promotional video that in retrospect was way too much about me: Wow, I sure look young there. But I don’t want this operation […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alan Ruffman, anti-Catholic vandalism, Clark Richards, Donald Forbes, government financing for private businesses, Halifax Examiner 4th birthday, homicide Hornes Rd. Eastern Passage, Jamie Baillie replacement byelection, offshore and Arctic earthquakes, SIRT, Taryn Grant, Willow Tree development

Side guards on trucks will save lives, but the trucking industry is hiring pricey lawyers to oppose them

Morning File, Wednesday, May 23, 2018

May 23, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. Side guards On Monday, November 17, 2008, 27-year-old Jaclyn Hennessey left the Tim Horton’s on Barrington Street (now a Starbucks) and was walking quickly southward, across Sackville Street, trying to beat the changing light. Just then, a dump truck driver was turning right from Barrington Street onto Sackville Street, apparently also trying to […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 1588 Building Preservation Society, Armoyan, Bruce Clarke, Canadian Press spaceport article revision, citizen survey, commemorative naming of fire stations, Erica Butler, Francis Campbell, Francis Drouin cleared, Jaclyn Hennessey, Johanna Dean, Khyber sold, Side guards on trucks, street car poles, wild turkeys, William Mahody, Willow Tree development

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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