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Nova Scotia cabinet round-up: Mandatory masks, open borders and more

July 31, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 2 Comments

Premier Stephen McNeil’s cabinet met Thursday and took questions from reporters afterward. Here’s what they talked about: Masks mandatory as of today Health Minister Randy Delorey was asked how his department intends to enforce a new policy requiring most adults and children over age 2 to wear a non-medical mask when they are inside public […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), Brian Flinn, Business Minister Geoff MacLellan, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 and public schools, COVID-19 waiver, Dr. Robert Strang, Education Minister Zach Churchill, Health Minister Randy Delorey, Justice Minister Mark Furey, masks, mass shooting inquiry, Minister Bill Blair, Minister Labi Kousoulis, Minister Leo Glavine, pandemic, Premier Stephen McNeil, school reopening, St. Francis Xavier University (StFX), Tourism, Transportation Minister Lloyd Hines, Yarmouth ferry cancellation, Yarmouth ferry costs

Trails association wants to ban off-highway vehicles

Morning File, Wednesday, December 19, 2018

December 19, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 19 Comments

News 1. Northern Pulp Mill wins temporary injunction “A setback for the ‘No Pipe’ movement and a victory for the Pictou County pulp mill yesterday,” reports Jennifer Henderson. “Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge Denise Boudreau granted Northern Pulp a temporary injunction to prevent local fishermen from continuing with blockades she ruled interfered with a vessel […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aaron Murnaghan, ATVs, Bay Ferries, Catherine Tully, Halifax Regional Trails Association (HRTA), Heritage Advisory Committee, Justice Heather Perkins McVey, Larry Haiven, Lloyd Hines, Louie Lawen, Margaret Marshall Saunders, Marie Henein, Michael Gorman, Off-Highway Vehicles (OHVs), Potemkinvile, Rouvalis family, Spring Garden development, Tim in a hoodie, Tom Parry, Tom Servaes, Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, Yarmouth ferry costs

Saint Mary’s University’s problematic relationship with the Confucius Institute

Morning File, Tuesday, December 18, 2018

December 18, 2018 By Tim Bousquet and Lewis Rendell 2 Comments

News 1. Weather There’s weather. 2. Reasonable grounds “Police officers who lawfully pull over a driver no longer need reasonable grounds to demand a sample of their breath,” reports Kaitlyn Swan for the CBC: New changes in the Criminal Code that take effect Tuesday give officers more authority when screening drivers for alcohol in hopes of reducing impaired […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alexander Quon, Ashley Taylor, Bay Ferries Limited, Benjamin Perryman, Bill Priestap, Catherine Tully, Chinese Communist Party, Confucius Institute, Const. Chad Morrison, Cory Taylor, Fred Sanford, Habitat for Humanity Nova Scotia, impaired driving, Justice Joshua Arnold, Kaitlyn Swan, Lewis Rendell, Margaret Murphy, Marshall Sahlins, Paradigm Investments, People’s Republic of China, Rinzin Ngodup, Sergeant Greg Robertson, Steve Doane, Tim White, Willard Comeau, Yarmouth ferry costs

Tidal energy investors and fish: the Minas Basin is full of sharks

Morning File, Wednesday, September 5, 2018

September 5, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. Nursing home legislation An NDP proposal would legislate minimum nursing home staffing levels and make public inspection reports, reports Jennifer Henderson. 2. Damage control at Cape Sharp Tidal Yesterday, Cape Sharp Tidal and Stacy Pineau of Emera issued the following statement: Cape Sharp Tidal continues to take positive steps in the process to establish ongoing […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Brett Bundale, Cape Sharp Tidal, Darren Porter, Emera, Halifax Transit carbon footprint, Jennifer Henderson, Lindsay Souvannarath, motorcycle collision, motorcycle death, Myra the shark, new bus technology, OpenHydro, Russell Walker, Stacy Pineau, Yarmouth ferry costs, Zach Churchill

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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