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Can we have a fuller conversation about racism?

Morning File, Monday, October 19, 2020

October 19, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 19 Comments

News 1. Arrests in violent attacks The RCMP announced two arrests over the weekend related to the violence in Southwest Nova Scotia. The first arrest was related to the attack on Chief Michael Sack: RCMP charge man with assault of Chief Sack  October 17, 2020, New Edinburgh, Nova Scotia…Meteghan RCMP have laid charges in relation […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Adam LeRue, anti-Indigenous racism, archaeology, Chief Michael Sack, Chris Gerald Melanson, Const. Kenneth O’Brien, COVID-19, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett, Elizabeth McSheffrey, exposure advisory, Fisheries and Oceans Minister Bernadette Jordan, Great Lakes, Indigenous fishers, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller, Keith Matheny, lobster fishery, Meteghan, Mi'kmaq fishers, Michael Burton Nickerson, moderate livelihood fishermen, Patty Cuttell, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, Racism, Saulnierville, Straits of Mackinac, women on Halifax council

Women win big in Halifax election, full unofficial results delayed in some districts

October 17, 2020 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

Just two years after guys named Steve outnumbered women on regional council, Haligonians have opted for near gender parity. At least seven women were elected to serve as councillors in Halifax Regional Municipality for the next four years, according to unofficial election results tallied Saturday night. Just after 11 p.m., Halifax announced it wouldn’t be […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: Becky Kent, Cathy Deagle Gammon, councillor Bill Karsten, Councillor Lindell Smith, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, Councillor Russell Walker, councillor Steve Streatch, Deputy Mayor Lisa Blackburn, Iona Stoddard, Kathryn Morse, Maggie-Jane Spray, Mayor Mike Savage, municipal election, Pamela Lovelace, Patty Cuttell, Trish Purdy, women on Halifax council

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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