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Tales of toxic workplaces

Morning File, Wednesday, September 30, 2020

September 30, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 4 Comments

News 1. The biomass power shuffle Jennifer Henderson learns that not one sawmill in Nova Scotia has shut down since Northern Pulp closed in January. But large biomass boilers in the province are “running flat-out” to provide replacement markets for bark, woodchips, and sawmill waste. Henderson went to Tuesday’s meeting of the legislature’s standing committee […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bruce Wark, Conyer Clayton, Coun. Dan Keenan, Councillor Lindell Smith, Frank McKenna, Fredericton, Jacob MacIsaac, Jamie Brownlee, Jean-Paul Boudreau, Jenna Lyn Albert, Jennifer Llewellyn, Laura Dillman, Maritime Noon, McKenna donation, Mount Allison University, Mt. A, poem, Premier Stephen McNeil, racism in justice system, toxic workplaces, working from home

Signs, signs, everywhere a sign

Morning File, Wednesday, July 15, 2020

July 15, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 8 Comments

News 1. Change is Brewing: New collective brings queer and BIPOC presence to the brewing industry Evelyn C. White brings us the story of The Change is Brewing Collective, a group of queer and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour) workers in the food, beverage, and hospitality industries, who recently launched a new beer […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 1-833-352-0719, abortion access, Angela Quinn, Betsy Morris, Christine Saul, Dalhousie University, Dr. Barry Rubin, heritage property, hospital, Martha Paynter, P3, P3 hospital, ParticipAction, pro choice, Pro-Choice Cape Breton, Sarah Moore, Seven rules of Zoom meeting etiquette, Stairs House, Stairs Street, Summer Wind Holdings, Susan Leblanc, The summer of play, Tim Halman, Victoria General, Wall Street Journal, William Grant Stairs, William James Stairs, working from home, Zoom meetings

Historical sexual harassment on Sable Island

Morning File, Friday, July 10, 2020

July 10, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 11 Comments

News 1. McNeil doesn’t want any negative talk about assault at border This item was written by Tim Bousquet CTV reporter Natasha Pace asked McNeil about a provincial worker being assaulted on the border, and the union’s demands that those workers be given better support. McNeil tries to dodge the question by giving that “I […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, gender divide, Graham Steele, Isabel Humphrey, Kerry Clare, Natasha Pace, Nova Scotia Archives, online classes, P.S. Dodd, pandemic, Premier Stephen McNeil, provincial worker assaulted at border, Ronit Milo, Sable Island, school reopening, Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), shooting Eastern Passage, Sylvia Fuller, transcribing, working from home, working mothers, Yue Qian

Child’s play: researchers want to know what kids are doing with unstructured time

April 22, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The fact that Jessie-Lee McIsaac’s toddler wanders into the room while the Mount Saint University professor is being interviewed about her latest project highlights just how different life is for families in a COVID-19 world. The researcher and her team at the university’s Early Childhood […]

Filed Under: Education, Featured, News Tagged With: child's play, Christine McLean, coronavirus, COVID-19, Jessie-Lee McIsaac, pandemic, playing, social distancing, working from home

No, landlords can’t require you to tell them if you have COVID-19

Morning File, Tuesday, March 24, 2020

March 24, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 17 Comments

News 1. Here’s why the liquor stores are open The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. I’ve seen a lot of joking about the liquor stores being open when almost everything else is shut down. Boy, we sure love our liquor in Nova Scotia, eh? If you’re wondering why it’s important to […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Accessible Canadian Emergency Announcements in SL, coronavirus, councillor Waye Mason, COVID-19, eviction, homeschooling, Jim Vibert, landlords, Leah Genge, Linda Campbell, Nicole Munro, psychiatric treatment, working from home

Inez Rudderham: The face of the healthcare crisis in Nova Scotia

Morning File, Friday, April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 5 Comments

I’m Suzanne Rent  and I’m filling in for Tim this morning. You can follow me on Twitter @Suzanne_Rent News 1. Basic income Erica Butler chatted with Evelyn Forget who wrote Basic Income for Canadians. Forget will one of several speakers be at the Basic Income: The Evidence Speaks conference at the Halifax Central Library tomorrow. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrew Rankin, Andy Bowers, beer, Blacklegged tick, brewing, Brewster Festival, Donna Lugar, Evelyn White, Inez Rudderham, Jeremy White, Kelly Costello, Lezlie Lowe, Lyme disease, Melanie Bock-White, Miranda Anthistle, NS Health Authority, paula Allen, Premier Stephen McNeil, sexist hockey fans, telecommuting, Terry Rudderham, Toronto Maple Leafs, working from home

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

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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.

About the Halifax Examiner

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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