News 1. Police board to launch limited independent review of August 18 actions “Halifax’s Board of Police Commissioners is moving ahead with an independent civilian review of the police actions of August 18, 2021,” Zane Woodford reports. The board had considered launching such a review last fall, but was waiting on a legal opinion to […]
Unwrapping the story of the donair
Morning File, Tuesday, June 14, 2022
News 1. “Involuntary compliance” In high school, I had a teacher whose approach to finding volunteers was to look at a group of us and say, “I need four volunteers. You, you, you, and you — you are the volunteers.” I thought about him this morning as I read Zane Woodford’s story on Halifax staff […]
Defunding the crime beat
Morning File, Tuesday, May 10, 2022
News 1. Mount Uniacke residents oppose quarry expansion “Residents in Mount Uniacke say they are concerned about a proposed expansion of a four-hectare local quarry they never wanted in their community,” Suzanne Rent reports. As I recall, several years ago there was a flurry of quarries approved, all under four hectares. Going above that threshold would […]