1. Pinecrest Drive White space Pincecrest Drive in North Dartmouth is among the most dangerous streets in HRM. Yesterday, a man was stabbed in an apartment on the street: At 12:53 a.m. police responded to a report of a stabbing in the 100 block of Pinecrest Drive. Upon arrival officers located a 56-year-old man who […]
White Eye for the Black Guy
When the NFL penalizes players for “excessive” celebrating and dancing, my sister says they’re getting called for “too much Blackness on the field.” There’s that saying, “the Blacker the berry the sweeter the juice,” that comes with the caveat, “but if you get too Black, then it ain’t no use.” Managing how our Blackness is […]
If it were up to me: Morning File, Thursday, March 1, 2018
Hi folks. Erica Butler here, filling in for Tim today. Here’s your Morningfile: News 1. P3 or not P3 “The provincial government is paying Deloitte half a million dollars to recommend whether the Province should use some type of a public-private-partnership (P3) to finance, build, and maintain two new outpatient centres,” reports Jennifer Henderson. But […]
Thank you, we love you, never stop: Morning File, Thursday, November 23, 2017
I’m Erica Butler, one of the people paid through your subscriptions, to research and write in hopes of helping you better understand what the heck is going on around here. It’s November, and so time to remind subscribers how important your support is. (Seriously, there’s no Examiner without your monthly contributions. Thank you. We love […]
Dalhousie Senate in uproar over disciplinary action taken against student: Morning File, Tuesday, October 24, 2017
News 1. Dalhousie Senate takes up Masuma Khan issue After news media reported that Dalhousie student Masuma Khan is facing disciplinary action, many members of the Dalhousie Senate demanded that the issue be discussed at yesterday’s meeting of the Senate. To back up, as explained by the Globe & Mail last Thursday: A student at Dalhousie University is […]
The leaders of tomorrow: Morning File, Monday, October 16, 2017
News 1. Cap-and-trade Jennifer Henderson reports: Legislation introduced by the McNeil government to enable setting up a cap-and-trade system to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions as part of a Trudeau directive to slow climate change was debated briefly in the Legislature this week. What is missing from Bill 15 — “An Act to Amend Chapter […]
Creatures in the ocean are trying to kill us: Morning File, Tuesday, July 25, 2017
News 1. Stop the Johannesburgization of Halifax’s north end Yesterday, I should’ve been working on two large research projects, or finishing up a crime story that seems to have been missed by the rest of the media, but instead I walked around the north end taking photos and sitting in Julien’s writing. The result is a […]
Court Watch: the lies we tell ourselves
In Court Christopher Garnier appears for bail revocation hearing On Tuesday, Justice Peter Rosinski began a two-day bail revocation hearing for Christopher Calvin Garnier, 29. Garnier is charged with the second degree murder of Truro police officer Catherine Campbell and with interfering with her remains. In December he was granted bail, but he was taken...
The “elites” justify themselves: Morning File, Tuesday, September 27, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. The “elites” justify themselves I attended the Dalhousie Senate meeting yesterday so I could hear president Richard Florizone justify the $300,000 trip by self-styled “elites” to MIT. In a response to questions by Senator Françoise Baylis, Florizone said the “REAP” trip was justified […]
The Ministry of Thought: Morning File, Thursday, September 15, 2016
News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Engage, or else Halifax council’s Community Planning & Economic Development Committee meets this morning. I have in the past given this committee a bit of grief, but I take it all back; to its great credit, the committee demanded some accounting from the provincial […]