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The hanging of Daniel Sampson: Morning File, Tuesday, December 5, 2017

December 5, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News 1. IMP “The city has dropped its Integrated Mobility Plan (IMP), a hefty 193-page document designed to help Halifax achieve its Regional Plan target of reducing the share of trips we all make in private vehicles,” reports Erica Butler: In 2006, council set a goal to reduce vehicle trips down to 70 per cent […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aly Thompson, Barbara Darby, black candidates in North End Dartmouth, Black in Halifax, Carlos Beals, Christopher Garnier, Coles book signing cancelled, Daniel Perry Sampson, Duane Jones, Erica Butler, Francis Campbell, Integrated Mobility Plan (IMP), Jayde Tynes, Joan Baxter, Kathy Cloutier, last man executed in Halifax, Lindell Smith, Northern Pulp, RCMP Cpl. Jody Allison, Reducing the number of councillors, Residential construction stats, Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard, The Mill: Fifty Years of Pulp and Protest, Yvette d'Entremont, Zane Woodford

The company’s not saying, but Bier Markt seems to have abandoned its Halifax plans: Morning File, Tuesday, October 17, 2017

October 17, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. “Whose Explosion is it, anyway?” Jennifer Henderson reports on a panel discussion held at Dalhousie University last week, which looked at how Halifax was transformed following the 1917 Explosion, and how our collective memory has shifted over time. For instance, reports Henderson: Retired Dalhousie history professor and author David Sutherland asks a pointed question: […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bier Markt, drones, MLA Susan Leblanc, Nova Centre, Nova Star sues Nova Scotia, rent control, Rental Fairness and Affordability Act, Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd. (ST Marine), Yarmouth ferry, Yvette d'Entremont

Halifax Armageddon: Morning File, Tuesday, June 13, 2017

June 13, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 14 Comments

News 1. Downtown, the waterfront, and Armageddon Canada Day is of course a very big deal this year, so I was wondering what is going on. Unfortunately, the city’s Canada Day website is confusing: on the Events page, it lists the Tattoo as the one and only community event on Canada Day: Thinking that can’t be […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: BEEA Honey with Heart, bees, Citadel Hill viewplane, Deep Panuke, election recount, Elizabeth McMillan, Elizabeth Taylor, events at the Commons, floating boardwalk, Frances Willick, Halifax development downtown, Halifax waterfront, Joe Ramia, Peter Ziobrowski, Queen's Marque construction, skyscraper forum wankers, U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier, Waterfront Development Corporation, Yvette d'Entremont

The stupid, mean violence of North Dartmouth: Morning File, Thursday, June 8, 2017

June 8, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 11 Comments

News 1. Chelsie Probert, North Dartmouth poverty, and violence A police release from last night: The suspicious death that occurred last night in Dartmouth has been ruled a homicide. At approximately 10 p.m. on June 6, Halifax Regional Police responded to a report of a female in medical distress on a pathway in the 0-100 […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Business Cape Breton, Chelsie Probert, cigarette butts, Dartmouth Family Centre, Greg MacDonald, Jerri Southcott, Mary Campbell, Nena's, North Dartmouth, North Dartmouth Community Centre, poverty, The Echo, Tony Mancini, violence, Yvette d'Entremont

Election File, Tuesday, April 25, 2017

April 25, 2017 By Katie Toth 11 Comments

I’m Katie. It’s Tuesday and there are lots of things happening today. News 1. Private prosecution “Tomorrow a Harrietsfield woman will become the first citizen in Nova Scotia to lay charges or undertake a ‘private prosecution’ under the Environment Act against two individuals and two numbered companies,” report Jennifer Henderson and Linda Pannozzo for the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Accessibility Act, Edward Cornwallis removal, Halifax street checks, Keith Doucette, statues, Yvette d'Entremont

Perplexed by Wanda’s strange disappearance: Morning File, Wednesday, January 25, 2017

January 25, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 19 Comments

News 1. Teachers “Nova Scotia’s 9,300 public school teachers got their first look at the latest contract offer from the province Tuesday with union leaders telling them it was ‘the best deal that was available,’” reports Michael Gorman for the CBC: The four-year deal is worth an extra $60 million, but it was given a lukewarm reception, at […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Catherine Coady, Lindell Smith, liquor regulation change, Meredith Annett, Michael Gorman, Old Armoury renovations, Parker Donham, residential development Coburg Road, Sandra Rashed, Teachers and inclusion, teachers strike, Yvette d'Entremont, Zane Woodford

Russell Walker needs a new catchphrase: Morning File, Wednesday, November 2, 2016

November 2, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

November Subscription Drive The following is written by Selena Ross. When she was working as a reporter for the Chronicle Herald, Ross was co-author of the award-winning article on the death of Rehteah Parsons. Since leaving the Herald, Ross has worked for the CBC and the Globe & Mail. She now lives in New York City. When I […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrew Curran, Chris Parsons, clearcuts, death candy, Fazal Malik, Halloween, Liberal Party, Linda Pannozzo, Michel Samson, Richmond County, Robert Devet, Russell Walker, Selena Ross, Stephen Kimber, Steve Sampson, Trade Centre Ltd., World Trade and Convention Centre, Yvette d'Entremont

There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts! Morning File, Thursday, October 20, 2016

October 20, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Dartmouth Crossing expansion in dispute The developer of Dartmouth Crossing is appealing the city’s rejection of an application to expand the sprawling complex. The appeal is made to the provincial Utility and Review Board. The conflict revolves around land designated for parks that the developer is required […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Carla Allen, Centre Plan, Chronicle Herald strike, Colin Stuttard, Dartmouth Crossing, EDM, Environmental Design and Management, Jennifer Taplin, Margot Young, Mark Foley, raccoons, Trevor Creaser, Yarmouth, Yvette d'Entremont

Dalhousie president Tom Traves retired in 2013, but he’s still the highest paid public employee in Nova Scotia: Morning File, Wednesday, August 10, 2016

August 9, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Public Accounts The province yesterday published the public accounts for the 2015-16 fiscal year, which ended March 31. I’ve been slowly going through the documents, and as I find interesting items I’ll report on them. For now, I’ve just scanned for the big salaries. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Adina Bresge, Alex MacDonald, David Wheeler, Elizabeth Chiu, Kent MacDonald, Milestone Properties, Morning File, OpenHydro, Pemberley Suites, Peter Cowan, Ray Ivany, Richard Florizone, Richard Starr, Robert Summerby-Murray, Scotia Tide, Supreme Court appointments, Tom Traves, Yvette d'Entremont, Zane Woodford

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The Wrongful Conviction of Glen Assoun

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.

Click here to read the Halifax Examiner's extensive reporting on the case.

DEAD WRONG

A botched police investigation and a police coverup shed light on the murders of dozens of women in Nova Scotia.

Click here to go to the DEAD WRONG home page.

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