News Views Government In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Homicide Two people, Michelle Rhyno and her son, Michael Rhyno, have been charged in the stabbing death of Bradley Knoll. According to comments left on his Facebook page, Knoll was “quiet and harmless,” was recovering from knee surgery and walked with a cane, was in love with […]
Archives for June 2015
Wails and Whales: Morning File, Saturday, June 20, 2015
News Views Noticed Footnotes News 1. Black people, anger, forgiveness, and justice. Last week, a reader accused me of being “anti-white.” I wasn’t bothered by this, other than I was planning on doing an edition of Morning File where I exclusively did news about baby deer in the South End and suggested that now white […]
Broadcasting Live from Charlie’s: Examineradio episode #16
This week’s episode recorded live at Charlie’s Club — the venerated North End hub of journalism. Because we could. Four-year-old concert scandal reveals new numbers! Three by-elections called in Nova Scotia! Too (two) many buzzwords and ‘paradigm shifts’ at #StepUpHalifax Conference! One plane drops from the sky without explanation! (And a partridge in a pear tree) Also, we […]
Down the memory hole: Morning File, Friday, June 19, 2015
News Views Government In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Bradley Knoll The man killed yesterday morning in downtown Dartmouth has been identified as Bradley Knoll. Yesterday afternoon, police issued the following press release: Investigators have made two arrests in connection with an overnight homicide. At 2:14 a.m. officers responded to a report of fight on the sidewalk […]
Who’s that knocking at my door? Morning File, Thursday, June 18, 2015
News Views Government In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Homicide At 5:40 this morning police issued the following statement to reporters: Halifax Regional Police are currently on the scene of a stabbing the 100 block of Portland St. Dartmouth. At 0214 am we responded to a report of fight outside, an unidentified male was located, […]
Saving the world with sticky notes: Morning File, Wednesday, June 17, 2015
News Views Government In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Default “Provincial loan data shows that 6,774 Nova Scotia students defaulted [on their student loans] over a six-year period,” reports the CBC’s Richard Cuthbertson. Cuthbertson gives context to the figure, explaining that it is not particularly high compared to other provinces, but, tellingly, 27 per cent of […]
You’re invited! The Halifax Examiner’s First Anniversary party!
The Halifax Examiner turns one year old! Who: anyone who wants to celebrate the Halifax Examiner What: Music by Jenny MacDonald and the Hold’er Newts, food by Food Wolf, cash bar, Halifax Examiner T-shirts and coffee mugs, and lots of other stuff once we figure it out. When: Wednesday, June 24, 5–10pm Where: The Company […]
Aurora-free zone: Morning File, Tuesday, June 16, 2015
News Views Government In the harbour Footnotes News 1. David MacLeod “The former Liberal candidate picked to take on Justice Minister Peter MacKay in Nova Scotia’s Central Nova riding says he threw in the towel when the Liberals decided to support Bill C-51, the Conservatives’ controversial anti-terrorism legislation,” reports the CBC: MacLeod calls Bill C-51 “offensive.” “I […]
There goes the neighbourhood: How Halifax experiences economic inequality
In 2010, David Hulchanski published The Three Cities within Toronto: Income Polarization among Toronto’s Neighbourhoods, 1970-2005, which used census data to analyze the average income changes over three decades in Toronto neighbourhoods. That research showed that those Toronto neighbourhoods located downtown and along the subway lines saw average incomes rise much more rapidly than the city...
Boonamoogwaddy or bust: Morning File, Monday, June 15, 2015
News Views Government In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Byelections Saturday, Premier Stephen McNeil set July 14 as the date for byelections in the Dartmouth South, Cape Breton Centre & Sydney-Whitney Pier ridings. The election signs were up within hours. 2. Vida Cannabis Back in October, I pointed out that Greg Wilson’s plan to retrofit the […]