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Time for (real) full disclosure on how many public dollars we really paid private lawyers to defend healthcare bullies

Tim Houston's new government deserves credit for releasing a blacked-out 13-year-old document showing how much a previous government claimed to have spent on private lawyers in the Dr. Gabrielle Horne case. Trouble is that number isn't new — or anywhere near complete. It's time for actual full disclosure.

October 3, 2021ByStephen Kimber

Jean Laroche, the CBC’s veteran legislature reporter, emailed me recently with a “head’s-up” that he would be posting his latest “Gabrielle Horne story” the next day. “It’s by no means the whole story,” he acknowledged, “but it does lift the veil on the [legal] costs a tiny bit more.” It does. But it turns out...

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Filed Under:Commentary,Featured,Health,Province House,Subscribers onlyTagged With:Dr. Gabrielle Horne,Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy,Nova Scotia Health Authority,Tim Houston,Workplace bullying

PRICED OUT

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents
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

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Episode 75 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Wonder World is the story of Isaac, who leaves a lonely decade in Halifax to return to the conservative Manitoba community—and father—that rejected him. Upon his arrival he’s surprised to learn that his hometown is queerer than he ever realized, and he discovers some secrets that reframe his entire life, and possibly his future. Halifax author KR Byggdin stops by to discuss the novel’s genesis, how much of it connects to their own life, the prospect of going home as their full self, and how queerness moves even in religious, rural spaces. Plus a brand-new track from Aquakultre.

Listen to the 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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