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Lock your doors and make sure to post about it on social media

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:32:02 GMT

Note: As Tim Bousquet mentioned yesterday, in lieu of our annual subscribers’ party (not happening because of COVID-19), the Examiner is taking the opportunity to have some fun and answer questions from readers. We’re taking questions until October 31. After that we’ll record a special podcast in which Bousquet and the rest of the Examiner […]

The self-isolation requirement for travellers is working

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:41:34 GMT

Note: We’re gearing up for the annual Halifax Examiner November subscription drive. This year, we’re going to put together an “Ask Us Anything” session, where readers can ask us whatever they want about the Examiner and our work. (If you don’t know what an Ask Me Anything is, read here.) Philip Moscovitch has agreed to […]

"COVID refugees”: with low numbers of new cases, Nova Scotia is seeing an influx of ...

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 10:54:48 GMT

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. “COVID Refugees.” That’s how Dave Rapson describes why he’s currently living in Nova Scotia instead of the United States, where he’s a full-time economics professor at the University of California in Davis. Like all his colleagues, Professor […]

Accountability ain’t what it used to be

Sun, 25 Oct 2020 11:59:27 GMT

ac·count·abil·i·ty | \ ə-ˌkau̇n-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē \ Definition of accountability: the quality or state of being accountable, especially : an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions // public officials lacking accountability Merriam-Webster online dictionary Accountability. At 10:19pm Atlantic time last Friday night — after much of the business of the political media world had wrapped for the day, […]

Stephen McNeil’s former chief of staff Kristan Hines lobbied for tourism relief program ...

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:36:14 GMT

News 1. Inquiry “Reports from the public inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting are due in 2022, and a third commissioner has been appointed to conduct the inquiry, the federal and provincial governments announced on Thursday,” reports Zane Woodford: In a news release, the two levels of government announced Kim Stanton — a lawyer […]

Reports from inquiry into Nova Scotia mass shooting due in 2022, third commissioner announced

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 20:58:28 GMT

Reports from the public inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting are due in 2022, and a third commissioner has been appointed to conduct the inquiry, the federal and provincial governments announced on Thursday. In a news release, the two levels of government announced Kim Stanton — a lawyer specializing in Indigenous and constitutional issues […]

A survey on sexual harassment and violence in the workplace

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 13:02:12 GMT

News 1. Injunction issued to end threats and blockades against Sipekne’katik fishers Paul Withers at CBC reports on the temporary injunction issued by Justice Jamie Chapman to stop blockades and end threats against Sipekne’katik band members fishing on the province’s southwest coast. The band applied for the injunction yesterday. As Wither reports, this injunction means the […]

The Tideline, episode 2: Tara Thorne with Aquakultre

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 21:42:38 GMT

Episode 2 of The Tideline with Tara Thorne will be published tomorrow (Thursday) morning; a teaser: This week, Tara catches up with hip hop artist Lance Sampson aka Aquakultre, who’s been poised for a big year since winning CBC Searchlight in 2018, only to find his release date smack in the middle of quarantine. […]

There’s not much to say, so here’s a cool video of Jupiter

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:38:18 GMT

News 1. The Goldboro Gamble, Part 2 Yesterday we published the second part of Joan Baxter’s two-part “Goldboro Gamble” series. In Part 2, Baxter shows how and why Canadian and German environmentalist activists are coming together to oppose the proposed Nova Scotian liquified natural gas plant. For example, writes Baxter: Andy Gheorghiu is a policy advisor […]

Runner-up to request recount in tight Halifax council race

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:17:36 GMT

The second place finisher in last weekend’s council race for District 11 plans to ask for a judicial recount, but he isn’t getting his hopes up. Bruce Holland received just 28 fewer votes than Patty Cuttell in the 12-way race for District 11 – Spryfield-Sambro Loop-Prospect Road. Cuttell received 1,662 votes, and Holland received 1,634. It […]

The Goldboro Gamble

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:31:19 GMT

In Part 2 of this two-part series about the Goldboro LNG project, the Halifax Examiner delves into some of the opposition to the proposal, where it is coming from, and what’s the project means for Nova Scotia. When Pieridae Energy announced in 2018 that it had received “written confirmation of eligibility in principle” for “prospective” […]

Reading, from books to Coffee News

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 13:25:25 GMT

News 1. Goldboro LNG plant: no guaranteed loans, no definite source of gas Yesterday, the Examiner published the first installment of Joan Baxter’s new two-part series on the proposed LNG plant near Port Hawkesbury. In the intro to the piece, called “The Goldboro Gamble,” Baxter writes: Not much about the project’s prospective financing and gas […]

The Goldboro Gamble

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 20:05:17 GMT

Recent news that Calgary-based Pieridae Energy’s has found a new engineering firm for its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Goldboro, and worked out an agreement with a Calgary firm and the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs to build and operate a huge work camp at the site, has prompted headlines that suggest […]

Can we have a fuller conversation about racism?

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 13:00:47 GMT

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 […]

Following delay in Halifax election results, Patty Cuttell unofficially wins District 11 by 28 votes

Sun, 18 Oct 2020 17:06:23 GMT

Patty Cuttell is the unofficial winner in District 11 — Spryfield-Sambro Loop-Prospect Road, beating runner-up Bruce Holland by just 28 votes. Cuttell’s was one of six districts with delayed results after the municipality stopped reporting late Saturday night, but it was the only one too close to call. According to the now-complete unofficial results, Cuttell […]

Troubled waters

Sun, 18 Oct 2020 11:38:13 GMT

There is no excuse — period, full stop — for the violence and vandalism currently taking place in southwest Nova Scotia. That said, the crisis there — and the tangled, troubled history behind it — is far more complex, nuanced and slippery that any simple hashtag-RACISM tweet can ever capture. Yes, ingrained, historic racism plays […]

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

Sun, 18 Oct 2020 02:50:13 GMT

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 […]

Eldercare advocacy groups and unions join forces to press for more nursing home funding

Sat, 17 Oct 2020 12:22:32 GMT

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. For the first time in Nova Scotia, two eldercare advocacy groups have joined forces with unionized healthcare workers to push the provincial government to address chronic labour shortages and underfunding affecting thousands of seniors requiring nursing home care. Below is the coalition’s call to action: […]

Lobsters quickly sell out in front of Nova Scotia legislature: ‘They have a treaty right to ...

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:43:02 GMT

Within about half an hour of setting up shop outside Province House, Cheryl Maloney was sold out of lobster. By noon on Friday, the line-up stretched around the corner, from Hollis to George Street. There was no scale, and Maloney sold one or two lobsters to each person until she ran out. She sold a […]

Police are being criminally investigated for their involvement in the wrongful conviction of ...

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 12:10:32 GMT

News 1. Investigating cops, and non-investigating cops Yesterday, at the post-cabinet scrum with reporters, Justice Minister Mark Furey told me that the Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) has agreed to investigate police action related to the wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun. Last month, SIRT Director Felix Cacchione told me that in his opinion the Assoun […]