This week we speak with author Philip Slayton, whose new book Mayors Gone Bad, is in bookstores now. Slayton, a former Bay Street lawyer, examines the bad behaviour — and in some cases outright criminality — so rampant in mayoral offices across the country (including Halifax). We also speak with Emma Van Rooyen a Kings County councillor who resigned abruptly […]
Get On The Damned Bus: Examineradio, episode #21
This week we speak with Montreal-based Taras Grescoe. Grescoe is an award-winning author and public transit advocate. His most recent book, Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile was released by HarperCollins Canada in 2012. Straphanger won the Mavis Gallant Prize for Nonfiction and was listed by the Globe & Mail as one of the […]
Environmental racism in Nova Scotia: Examineradio – Episode 20
本周,我们与英格丽·沃尔德伦博士说,一个sociologist and assistant professor at Dalhousie University, about environmental racism and its effects in Nova Scotia. Plus, Jimmy Melvin, Jr. is arrested in connection to the 2009 murder of drug rival Terry Marriott, Jr. Also, the provincial Liberal government mulls privatizing Service Nova Scotia as part of […]
Why the NS Barristers’ Society lost the fight against ultra-conservative Trinity Western University (and why that’s a good thing) — Examineradio episode19
This week, we speak with lawyer and gay-rights activist Kevin Kindred about the Nova Scotia Supreme Court overturning the provincial barristers’ society’s decision to bar Trinity Western University grads from practicing law in the province. We also talk to Shelburne resident Ed Cayer about his town’s plan to include a “Redneck Competition” in next week’s Founder’s […]
So how’s that Canadian journalism thing going, anyways? Examineradio — Episode 18
This week, Halifax Examiner editor Tim Bousquet convenes a roundtable with three young Ottawa-based journalists to discuss the state of Canadian news media. Joining Tim is former CBC-TV correspondent and current Ottawa Citizen reporter Kady O’Malley, Alex Boutilier of the Toronto Star and Buzzfeed Canada’s Politics Editor Paul McLeod. Let’s order more drinks! […]
Hey, Mama! Examineradio — Episode 17
This week, the Friends of Green Cove — a group opposed to the controversial Mother Canada statue propsed for Cape Breton Highlands National Park — revealed that Parks Canada had donated $100,000 to the project’s development. This, despite the fact that the government agency’s role is to evaluate the project’s worthiness. We speak with Dr. […]
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 […]
Boutilier: Parliament is more open than Nova Scotia’s Province House. Examineradio, episode #15
This week, the Halifax Examiner revealed that a company receiving payroll rebates from NSBI is linked to the fraud and bribery scandals enveloping FIFA. Also, Toronto Star parliamentary reporter Alex Boutilier weighs in on the developing Evan Solomon situation, and compares journalists covering federal politics to his prior experience reporting on Nova Scotia’s Province House. And, […]
Kicking puppies: Examineradio, Episode #14
This week, Sydney-based Techlink Entertainment closed its doors and laid off 50-60 staff. This, despite an $8 million equity stake in the company purchased by taxpayer-funded Nova Scotia Business Inc. NSBI loaned Techlink an additional $6m just three years ago. Also, as the completion date for Halifax’s new convention centre gets pushed back, independent downtown […]
Examineradio, Episode 13: McCluskey’s war against unsightly premises
This week, the McNeil government came under fire for $7,000 worth of taxpayer-funded brochures mailed out to three ridings facing upcoming by-elections. Following complaints to Elections Nova Scotia, the Liberals admitted they acted in error and agreed to foot the bill. Naming rights to the just-approved Dartmouth four-pad arena are being auctioned off. With BMO and […]