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We pay Dexter Construction to train its own employees: Morning File, Thursday, June 29, 2017

June 29, 2017ByTim Bousquet11 Comments

News 1. DIY Government-Funded Training The Workplace Innovation and Productivity Skills Incentive (WIPSI) is a provincial program that gives Nova Scotian “[b]usinesses, social enterprises and revenue-generating non-for-profit organizations” money to train workers. Thanks to a Freedom of Information request that an unknown business filed, but which is now public, Mary Campbell discovers that the largest recipient (see clarification […]

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PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

你可以了解这个项目,包括我们如何re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on thePRICED OUT homepage.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Josh MacDonald, a white man with short brown swept-back hair, a close beard, and piercing blue eyes, looks dramatically at the camera in a publicity photo.
Episode 63 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Josh MacDonald is a veteran of stage and screen, familiar to Halifax audiences through films and shows likeDiggstown, Spinster, Little Grey Bubbles, andSex & Violence. As a screenwriter his works include the horror filmThe Corridorand the coming-of-age storyFaith, Fraud and Minimum Wage, which was based on his playHalo. He’s got his playwright’s hat on when he visits the show this week to discuss#IAmTheCheese, his adaptation of Robert Cormier’s 1977 bestseller. On January 30, he’ll discuss its evolution along with the show’s director, Ann-Marie Kerr, as part of Eastern Front Theatre’s Early Stages Festival.

Listen to the full episode here.

Check out some of the past episodeshere.

Subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your device — there’s agreat instructional article here.Email Suzannefor help.

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Uncover: Dead Wrong

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

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