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Adventures in journalmalism: Morning File, Thursday, September 28, 2017

September 28, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

News 1. The best next thing in naming rights: The Rogers Grafton Street Glory Hole “Rogers Communications announced Wednesday it acquired naming rights to an outdoor plaza at the Nova Centre, a million-square-foot complex that includes the new Halifax Convention Centre, office space and a hotel,” reports Brett Bundale for the Canadian Press. You’ll recall […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Erin Moore, free advertising in local papers, Grafton Street lot, Halifax Convention Centre, HRM By Design, Joe Ramia, journalmalism awards, Lorne Yeo, naming rights, Nova Centre, NSCC journalism class, Paul Withers, Preston land titles, Rogers Communications, Rogers Grafton Street Glory Hole, Sherri Borden Colley, Wooden Monkey

There goes the neighbourhood: Queen’s Marque construction is hitting nearby businesses hard

Recognizing the problem, Waterfront Development is spending big money to help out the Murphy's businesses, and the city is being asked to pitch in with even more financial help. Meanwhile, however, the crown corporation is ignoring the plight of a business right across the street from the construction zone.

May 4, 2017 By Jennifer Henderson

The proliferation of bulldozers, cranes, and work crews punching new towers into the Halifax skyline has also raised a controversial question at ground level: should businesses whose sales are hurt by the construction receive compensation from the developer and/or the public purse? The question gets even stickier when government is an investor — as it is...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, Investigation, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Calum Johnston, Dennis Campbell, Financial compensation for Murphy's, Lil MacPherson, Mary Dempster, Mike Turner, Nova Centre and Construction Mitigation, Peter Bigelow, Queen's Marque construction, Scott McCrea, Sean Buckland, Strange Adventures Comix and Curiosities, Waterfront Development Corp (WDC), Wooden Monkey

Is the convention centre really going to open in January? Morning File, Tuesday, February 28, 2017

February 28, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 10 Comments

News 1. Police evidence “Tens of thousands of dollars and several kilograms of illicit drugs are still missing from Halifax Regional Police evidence, but the chief says there’s no indication anything ‘untoward’ has happened within his force,” reports Zane Woodford for Metro: “We’re very confident that our officers did not do anything untoward,” Blais told […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: air rage, Ben Cowan-Dewar, Cabot Links, Michael Gorman, Nova Centre, police evidence, Tim's fear of flying, Tourism Nova Scotia, Wooden Monkey

Kid Rock was right! Examineradio, episode #63

May 27, 2016 By Russell Gragg Leave a Comment

This week we speak to restaurateur and mayoral candidate Lil MacPherson. With her business partner Chris Bower and a handful of other forward-looking chefs and restauranteurs, MacPherson brought the concept of local and sustainable to a new level in Halifax. MacPherson now wants to bring that ethos to a civic level. Plus, Scott Ferguson is finally exiled to the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Province House Tagged With: Black Eyed Peas, Chronicle Herald, climate change, Examineradio, Lil MacPherson, Mark Lever, podcast, Reg Rankin, Scott Ferguson, Sue Uteck, TCL, Waye Mason, Wooden Monkey

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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