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Is the demise of SaltWire Network the beginning of the end of local newspapers in parts of Atlantic Canada? The company filed for creditor protection this week. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Tim Bousquet, the founder of the independent media outlet the Halifax Examiner.

This week, I review a Dalhousie Law School graduate who challenged the Alberta Law Society's requirement to swear allegiance to the Queen, the Federal Crown asking the court to impose a retroactive publication ban (and then threatening to charge the Halifax Examiner with violating that publication ban) after an embarrassing display from a witness protection program witness, indigenous fishers charged in 54 cases in Nova Scotia, and a warning from the Supreme Court of NS about lawyers using artificial intelligence in their legal arguments. Before getting into the big stories, I mention the Trump lawyers who plead guilty this week to election interference charges, the Saskatchewan Parents' Bill of Rights passing, and the five year anniversary of the legalization of cannabis in Canada.

This week I look at some prominent cases brewing in Nova Scotia, along with a few situations of national scope. In NS, Provincial Court Judge Rickola Brinton is suing the Provincial Court and the former Chief Judge over trying to get her to declare her vaccination status back in 2021. Judge Brinton is looking to stay on long term disability and be paid out until she is age 65 over the issue. The federal crown is threatening to charge the Halifax Examiner, over their coverage of the Randy Riley trial, particularly their publication of details of a witness who appears to have been abusing the witness protection program. Colin MacDonald, one of the wealthiest Nova Scotians, is being accused of sexual misconduct by a former IWK Foundation fundraiser. I examine what his defenses might be. Nationally, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down environmental assessment legislation brought in by the federal Liberals in 2019, whereby 'special projects', such as pipelines, would be subjected to a special procedure. I also discuss the gender/pronoun/parental rights situation in Saskatchewan, and the Ottawa trucker convoy trial.

Liz West is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs, Peter Muggeridge, Senior Editor of Zoomer Magazine, and Anthony Quinn, Chief Community Officer of CARP. A new report from Ontario's Ombudsman has concluded that the Ministry of long-term care was unprepared when it came to inspections of homes during the first COVID-19 wave. Meanwhile, as the Ford government continues to grapple with the Greenbelt scandal, Premier Doug Ford decided to call out Ontario School Boards for "indoctrinating" students on gender issues. Our panel weighs in on the latest. WHEN IT COMES TO SELLING BREAD  Liz West is now joined by Consumer advocate Ellen Roseman as well as an Dr. Jennifer Quaid, an Associate Professor and Vice-Dean Research in the Civil Law Section at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law. An investigation by the Halifax Examiner that focused on Nova Scotia found that Dollarama stores that shared properties with a Sobeys grocery stores were not selling bread. Both Ellen and Jennifer weigh in on that story and why, generally, dollar stores are selling certain products that can be found in grocery stores for much cheaper. REMEMBERING 9/11 22 YEARS LATER Liz West is now joined by Larry Haas, Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council Today marks the 22nd anniversary of 9/11. Larry reflects on day that changed the world forever and how the U.S. continues to make sure to preserve the memories of those whose lives were forever changed or taken by terrorism on September 11. Listen live, weekdays from noon to 1, on Zoomer Radio!

You might be noticing you can't access or share news stories on Facebook or Instagram anymore. In response to Canada's new Online News Act, their parent company Meta has started blocking Canadian news from their sites. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with Tim Bousquet, the editor of the Halifax Examiner, about how it's affecting independent online news organizations.

In this episode, we welcome Kayla Borden back and discuss her lawsuit with the Halifax Police Department for being racially discriminated against and harassed while driving home. You can check various articles in the Halifax Examiner page.   Kayla Borden's […] The post Driving while black in Halifax (With Kayla Borden) appeared first on Black In The Maritimes.

Lindsay and Madison discuss the Great Amherst Mystery, as well as why you should avoid men with black eyes, that it's not okay to treat people's homes like an oddities museum, and that if a poltergeist throws a knife at you, that's your cue to leave. Information pulled from the following sources: 2022 Halifax Examiner article by Suzanne Rent 2021 National Library of Medicine Circulating Now blog post by Nicole Baker 1998 Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 14 article by Diane Tye 1888 Darke County Democratic Advocate 1888 The Tennessean article Amherst website History of the Hubbell Family by Walter Hubbell The Haunted House: A true ghost story by Walter Hubbell Wikipedia Go check out our friends Alannah and Leanne over at the Booze and Ghouls podcast. Pre-order your copy of the 2023 Independent True Crime Podcast calendar at podcastcalendars.com and get $5 off your order by using our promo code, OLDECRIMERS. And if you order before November 30, 2022, you can get an additional 10% off! Meet the new Instacart+. Get unlimited free delivery on $35+ orders, 5% credit back on pickup, & more. Credit back excludes alcohol. Terms apply. Become a member on Buy Me A Coffee for as little as $1/month to support the show.  You can write to us at: Ye Olde Crime Podcast, PO Box 341, Wyoming, MN 55092. Join the conversation over at the Cultiv8 Discord and join the Olde Crimers Cubby to chat with us and other listeners of the show. Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Spotify or Goodpods! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After two years and 95 episodes The Tideline is washing up but one last time. It's a bit of a format flip, featuring first guest and perennial mention Kat McCormack in the host chair, talking to Tara about the history of arts coverage in Halifax, the dire straits of the local music venue, the disconnection of the disciplines, and some fun stuff too! Thanks to the team at the Halifax Examiner and engineer/mixer Palmer Jamieson for a fine little podcast. And especially thanks to you for listening.

Canada is two years into a news media bailout that was lobbied hard for by the country's newspapers. As it turns out the money that's flowed has had uneven impacts on the industry. And last week the Online News Act was tabled that will mandate tech companies - like Google and Facebook - to pay news companies compensation for posting their content on their sites. Will this expansion of government news aid inflame disparities? Will it help an industry in crisis? Are we destined for a media landscape where government approvals are the only way to survive? Featured in this episode: Colette Brin, journalism professor at Université Laval; Tim Bousquet, editor-in-chief of the Halifax Examiner; Emma Gilchrist, editor-in-chief of the Narwhal Further reading: Feds to force tech giants like Facebook, Google to pay for news with new bill, Global News Just How Extreme is Bill C-18?: It Mandates Payments For Merely Facilitating Access to News, Michael Geist Support Canadaland at canadaland.com/join Sponsors: oxio, Skipper Otto, HelloFresh Additional Music is by Audio Network Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we talk to Halifax Examiner reporter Matthew Byard about his life in the Maritimes. Please subscribe and become a patreon. The post Life and Times of a Halifax Reporter (The Story of Matthew Byard) appeared first on Black In The Maritimes.

In 2019, the NDP removed Rana Zaman as a federal election candidate over her tweets defending Palestinians during the 2018 Gaza March of Return. Although Rana took responsibility for the comments she made, and although she was approved to run for the Greens in 2021, she continues to face attempts to ostracize her from the public conversation. Rana joins the conversation today to talk about her experiences as a community activist and political candidate.  Links from this podcast:“Can we talk about Israel and the Palestinians? No?” (Halifax Examiner, 2019)"Rally supports Halifax activist stripped of human rights award” (CBC News, 2019)"Canada's Islamophobia: Deep. Deadly. Growing” (The Tyee, July, 2021) Subscribe to this podcast, and donate to CJPME to support the work that we do.

Gretchen Miller gives us a taste of what's ahead with her groundbreaking podcast, “@risk in the Climate Crisis” (pictured) From the Halifax Examiner we read: “Hundreds march through Halifax to demand action on climate change”; Now we have two stories from the Melbourne-based ClimateWorks: “Australia signed the Paris Agreement. Then what happened?”; “Good news in climate solutions – September edition”; Coming in November this year is the “Impact Summit, Sydney 2021”; Climate Action alerts readers to: “University of Bath to offer climate change education for all new students”; Next, we have a comment piece from The Telegraph: “Green warriors are on a mission to stamp out prosperity as we know it”; Now it is five stories from The Guardian: “Thinktank calls for carbon trading desk for small farmers and climate-focused livestock research”; “‘Blah, blah, blah': Greta Thunberg lambasts leaders over climate crisis”; “The UK's petrol crisis is just a taste of a more jittery, uncertain future”; “Thinktank wants $259m in royalties directed to coalmining towns as renewables take over”; “Climate pressure on Scott Morrison grows as NSW promises to cut emissions in half by 2030”; And from the BBC it's: “Justin Rowlatt, climate editor”; Enjoy some climate poetry from: “As She Rises”; And what does Wikipedia has to say about “Climate change”; Three stories from the Melbourne Age: “PM briefs federal MPs on net-zero as Nationals raise new fears”; “Bridget McKenzie takes swipe at ‘vacuous' Liberals over net-zero”; “The energy crisis wreaking havoc across the globe”; And then we have an Editorial from The Age: “Morrison needs to go to Glasgow climate summit”; From Bloomberg Business: “China's Coal Shortage Means Higher Prices for the World”; Two stories from ABC News:  “SA's statewide blackout was five years ago — here's how energy supply has evolved since then”; “Methane emissions higher than previous estimates in Queensland's Surat Basin CSG region”; And from The Newsroom: “COP26 - last chance to ramp up climate change ambition”; Now we have two stories from The Conversation: “The Nationals signing up to net-zero should be a no-brainer. Instead, they're holding Australia to ransom”; “Climate explained: what is an ice age and how often do they happen?”; From The New Daily: “Koalas, emus and more will be reintroduced to Sydney, thanks to a new national park”; And The New York Times tells readers: “Ford Will Build 4 Factories in a Big Electric Vehicle Push”; From Inside Climate News, readers learn: “Dangerous Air: As California Burns, America Breathes Toxic Smoke”; The World Resources Institute has two stories:  “The U.S. Can Achieve Climate Commitments — With All of Society Strategy”; “Will Progress at Climate Week Spur More Action Ahead of COP26?”; From The Sydney Morning Herald: “Glimpses of a low carbon future amid Port Kembla's coal and steel”; And finally, from The Climate Reality Project, Canada: “Mobilizing Youth for Systemic Climate Action, The lessons I learned from Dr. Michael E. Mann's The New Climate War”. Enjoy “Music for a Warming World”. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Rick Zamperin in for Bill. Vaccine certificates may aid in the economic and social reopening of Ontario, says ON science table. GUEST: Sabrina Nanji, Founder of the Queen's Park Observer. Nova Scotia Liberals are facing some heat after Dartmouth South candidate, Robyn Ingraham, was ousted with her racy "boudoir" photos as the cause. GUEST: Tim Bousquet, Founder of the Halifax Examiner. Netflix's subscriber count has been stagnant, the worst in eight years. To address the issue, they are adding games to the streaming service. GUEST: “The Video Games Prof” Dr. Kristopher Alexander, Professor with the School of Media at Ryerson University See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are new, tighter restrictions in this province, as Ontario hunkers down for an extended stay-at-home order. How are businesses reacting? We check in with Andrew Siegwart of the Blue Mountain Village Association; Dr. Peter Juni, Scientific Director of the Ontario's Science Advisory Table" on COVID-19 explains how immediately following the Ford government's announcement of new restrictions, that he first contemplated resigning his position. He explains why he thinks the province's new regulations will not be effective in curbing the spread of the virus; The Lighthouse community centre in Orillia needs a youth room to hep even more people in need. Meghan Sawatsky is a member of a group of students who are hosting an art auction to help raise funds; Tim Bousquet the editor of the Halifax Examiner tells us about how the murder of 22 citizens last year has been commemorated; Jeff McGuire of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police outlines how officers will be exercising new powers permitting them to stop people who are suspected of taking part in illicit gatherings; Bill Dickson with Media Relations at the Ontario Provincial Police outlines how they will be monitoring the provincial boundaries and restricting entrance if necessary; Zi-Ann Lum, a freelance reporter in Ottawa, previews today's federal budget.

Philip Moscovitch asked readers for questions about the Halifax Examiner, and he put those questions to Tim Bousquet, Suzanne Rent, Zane Woodford, Yvette d'Entremont, Joan Baxter, and Iris the Amazing.

In Episode 65, we talk to El Jones, a Black professor, author, spoken word artist, activist and radio show host! She is a powerhouse who uses her platform to lift the voices of Black people in prison and always gives credit to those who came before her. She also works in solidarity with Indigenous peoples to combat racism in Canada and seek justice for all people. Her book: Live from the Afrikan Resistance published by Fernwood Publishing is a collection of her spoken word poetry which speak of community and struggle. https://amzn.to/2XJx44d Here is the link to her show: Black Power Hour: https://www.ckdu.ca/shows/227 Link to some of the articles she has written for the Halifax Examiner: https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/?s=el+jones This podcast has also been posted on my YouTube channel under the Warrior Life Podcast playlist, for those who prefer video over audio content: https://youtu.be/mmcxZVNOHsU Here is a link to my video calling for Indigenous solidarity with our Black brothers and sisters to end police anti-Black racism and violence: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGNy0Gp0Alg&t=2s Please note: Nothing in this podcast advocates for violence on Indigenous territories. From my website you can access other Warrior Life podcast episodes, my Indigenous Nationhood blog, my Youtube videos and my new podcast for kids called Warrior Kids Podcast: www.pampalmater.com If you would like to help me keep my content independent, please consider supporting my work at Patreon: www.patreon.com/join/2144345 Note: The information contained in this podcast is not legal, financial or medical advice, nor should it be relied on as such. (Picture of El Jones used with permission.)

Part 1 is about a true crime story, a tragedy, and a potential scandal all wrapped up in one, with special guest Paul Palango. Mr. Palango is the author of three books on the RCMP and a frequent commentator over the past 27 years on RCMP issues. He's also a former senior editor at The Globe and Mail who now lives in Chester Basin, Nova Scotia. I've been a particular fan of Paul's reporting these last months on the horrific Nova Scotia Massacre for The Halifax Examiner. We're going to dive into this story, examining the implications for our justice system, politicians and media.On Part 2 ... it's the #PoliticalPanel with Jenni Byrne and Chris Ball. We'll also talk about the WE scandal. And the WE scandal. And the WE scandal.Watch conversations from The Herle Burly on YouTube.The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as Queen's Park Today.Thank you for joining us on The Herle Burly podcast. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

Glen Assoun spent nearly 17 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. But even after his sentence was overturned, the evidence that freed him remained sealed. Reporters fought successfully to have that evidence released. What they found not only raises questions about the investigation, but reveals the outright deletion of evidence pointing to another killer. Tim Bousquet of The Halifax Examiner fought for transparency in this case, alongside the CBC and the Canadian Press. You can read all of his reporting here. This episode is sponsored by Fifefox, Endy and Myseum. Support CANADALAND: http://canadalandshow.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we interview Darious Mirshahi, an organizer with the Service Employees International Union, about his organization’s efforts to unionize Halifax janitors, baristas, and other front line workers.   Also, we discuss the Halifax Examiner’s successful court action to unseal the search warrant that led to the arrest of a 19-year-old man in the FOIPOP security failure case.

After two years of reports and stuffy consultations, the slow-moving train-wreck that's been the "news bailout" has made its way into the proposed 2018-19 federal budget. The budget dedicates $50 million dollars over five years to "supporting local journalism," but who's eligible for funding? Though crucial details are pending, PostMedia Network's CEO Paul Godfrey and former Globe and Mail EIC Ed Greenspon are not happy—so maybe this isn't such a bad thing after all! Jesse speaks with entrepreneurs running innovative, independent digital media startups across the country to gauge their reactions, and to see if any of them will be vying for a piece of the government-made pie. Maureen Googoo of Ku'Ku'Kwes News (Atlantic Canada), Tim Bousquet of The Halifax Examiner (Halifax), Erin Millar of Discourse Media (Vancouver), Jeremy Klaszus of The Sprawl (Calgary), and James Baxter of iPolitics (Ottawa) join Jesse. Support CANADALAND: http://canadalandshow.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Actual journalist Katie Toth joins us to talk about Jagmeet Singh being a winner, Sidney Crosby being a loser, and the never ending saga of Lorne Grabher. Follow Katie on twitter at https://twitter.com/kat_toth and read her Halifax Examiner piece on the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/who-is-the-justice-centre-for-constitutional-freedoms-and-why-do-they-care-about-lorne-grabhers-licence-plate/ (it's behind a paywall).   We introduce Katie/thank Dylan Chew/Graeme went to a party that he thought was weird but we all thought was nice/should we start streaming on twitch?/Hugh Hefner fucked some dynamite/Sidney Crosby is rich, bad and refuses to pick a side/Cole Harbour: is it mostly racists or entirely racist?/hockey is already political/Crosby is a victim of brutal harassment/why won't Crosby read a book?/we're driving the Lindell Wiggington bandwagon/Grabher license plate catastrophe/the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom/more dumb license plates/the right's limited understanding of free speech/mis-translation of American ideas into a Canadian context/new contest!/Jagmeet Singh won and we don't know what that means/we don't accept racism we organize against it/the limits of political parties.

Halifax Examiner contributor Stephen Kimber explains the latest development in the Lyle Howe saga. Tim and Terra talk Proud Boys, Bob Bjerke and Peter Kelly.

This week, we're joined by Halifax Examiner transportation columnist , who digs into the province's of more than $65m in funding to twin portions of Highway 103, as well as the of Africville Park. Plus, 2,000 images from famed photographer Annie Liebovitz remain shuttered (see what I did there?) in a warehouse somewhere in Halifax, after the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board that local random rich dude patron of the arts Harley Mintz can't claim a $20m tax break after donating them to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Tim promises to get to the bottom of it while couchsurfing in Liebovitz's Manhattan loft later this fall.

The Halifax Examiner's isn't dead or moving to Toronto or anything. She's only going as far as Wolfville. Still, her insights into Nova Scotia's justice system has been a welcome addition to our site's news coverage. She joins us to talk about the inner workings of the court process, and discusses some of the being played out in Halifax courts. Plus, it's election time, which means it's time to parade candidates' for all to see. 

Last week saw a featuring Halifax police chief Jean-Michel Blais. The forum, held at the North Branch library, was meant to address recently-released data that showed that Black Haligonians are subject to street checks at three times the rate of whites. While the intention of the meeting was ostensibly to mend fences, it went quickly off the rails - to put it mildly. Former poet laureate and Halifax Examiner columnist El Jones was at the meeting and will join us in a bit to discuss what went down. Plus, the Cornwallis Baptist church will soon become the , city council pushed 's proposed 20-storey apartment building (aka. 'the student craphole of the future') to a public hearing, and city staff recommending public consultation on campaign finance reform.

The newspaper industry in Atlantic Canada is far less than healthy. The largest-circulation paper, the Halifax Chronicle Herald, is more than 400 days into a crippling strike which sees most of its senior reporters and editors on the picket line while its replacement workers are plugging out disturbingly sub-par journalism. Elsewhere in the area, the rest of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador have almost almost all of their daily and weekly newspapers cinched up between two companies: Brunswick News (owned by the Irving family, who employs approximately one-in-five New Brunswickers), and TC Media. Still, there are bright spots. Atlantic Canada is seeing a significant number of start-up journalism enterprises. Might there be a light at the end of the tunnel? Jesse joins Halifax Examiner publisher and editor Tim Bousquet and University of King's College assistant professor Terra Tailleur to discuss. This live taping was a benefit for CKDU radio in Halifax - who carries CANADALAND every Friday morning at 8:00 a.m. AST.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we speak with Mount Allison sociologist and Halifax Examiner columnist, academic and activist about the public discussion surrounding the triple murder-suicide that rocked Halifax two weeks ago. Many media outlets were quick to seize on Lionel Desmond's military service and concluded that PTSD explained the horrific violence he committed without looking into other explanations.  Also, the CBC  showing that African Nova Scotians are three times more likely to be pulled over by Halifax Regional Police. Recent data from the provincial arm of the RCMP shows similar ratios. The response from those in charge? Kind of a big collective shrug.

This week's episode revolves almost exclusively around the labour dispute between the Nova Scotia Teachers' Union and the provincial government. It seems as though the McNeil administration expected the teachers to roll over and take the first offer (and then the second), but the teachers have made it clear that imposed working conditions have put quality education on the backburner in favour of data entry and standardized testing. We speak with , President of the NSTU, , a community activist who works with Nova Scotia Parents for Teachers, and , a 17-year-old high school student who's organizing her fellow students in support of the teachers. The Halifax Examiner reached out to Education Minister Karen Casey to appear on this week's episode, but her office declined to be interviewed.

This week is a special Halifax Examiner episode. We look back on some of the highlights of nearly two years' worth of this podcast and radio show, including interviews with former MPs and Peter Stoffer, Toronto Star journalist and lawyer-turned-author . Plus, Tim reviews the performance of Halifax's newest city councillors at their first council meeting, a rare sighting of the ever-elusive MP , and they elected a bag of south of the border.  

This week we speak with Rhiannon Makohoniuk, the Dalhousie Student Union's Vice-President Internal, about the university's  not to fully fund the nascent Sexual Assault Hotline. The university claims that, based on a report they won't release to the public, the partial funding they offered was adequate. But who needs safe students when you can send ? (Okay, technically it's Cambridge.) Also, we speak with newly-elected MLA for Halifax-Needham,  about her solid victory in this week's by-election. And the Halifax Typographical Union is claiming that the Chronicle Herald is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to .  Finally, Sobeys? Yeah, still kinda being dicks. Halifax Examiner contributor co-hosts.

This week we feature a roundtable between Halifax Examiner editor Tim Bousquet and candidates  and . In it, they discuss seniors' issues, housing, the Film Tax Credit and the future of the Bloomfield site.   Also in the news, lawyers representing Westlock County, AB, have  no fewer than 12 breaches of contract/breaches of county rules during Peter Kelly's brief tenure there as CAO. It still seems apparent that the taxpayers in Westlock will be left holding the bag while Kelly counts down the weeks until his probationary period in Charlottetown expires. Plus,  ceases operations after wrapping it itself in $5.6-million in provincial funding. Also, . Halifax has 'em. 

This week we speak with , Vice Canada's Parliamentary Reporter. In the past month he's written a highlighting the RCMP's ability to intercept cellphone calls and messages, and how they're using the courts to try to continue taking advantage of this technology. Plus, the Halifax Examiner turns two this week, which means it's starting to stand on its own two feet, though it still occasionally craps its pants and cries out for its bottle. Finally, in answering Jennifer Watts's , hockey superstar announced his candidacy for District 4 at a press conference on the deck of the .

Dozens of women and girls have been murdered in the Halifax area over the past few decades. Tim Bousquet is capturing it all on his independent news site, the Halifax Examiner. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tim Bousquet, Investigative reporter, editor and publisher of the Halifax Examiner tells us why Open Data does not yet satisfy his needs to keep government accountable. Tim Bousquet https://twitter.com/Tim_Bousquet Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/