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WEBIn 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated. Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.
Feds offer EverWind $125 million despite many unanswered …
WEBNov 20, 2023 · Mayor Christine Blair’s and the councillors’ support for EverWind was a remarkable reversal. As the Halifax Examiner reported here, just over a month earlier, council had been very critical of EverWind’s presentation of the Kmtnuk wind project it has planned for the county.. Council’s decision on Nov. 16 to support EverWind and defeat a motion to pause new wind projects came just two ...
John Lohr hears Halifax council concerns on plan to nullify city …
WEBNov 9, 2022 · Councillors commended Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister John Lohr for stepping into the “lion’s den,” and that’s about it. Lohr made a presentation to Halifax regional council at the start of its meeting on Tuesday, and heard councillors’ numerous concerns with his government’s approach to housing, and Bill 225.. That bill gives Lohr the power to nullify any HRM bylaw passed ...
EverWind Fuels’ 'green hydrogen and ammonia' project in Nova …
WEBSep 19, 2022 · EverWind acquired a 7.8 million-barrel storage terminal at the site in Point Tupper from Texas-based NuStar Energy for $60 million in May this year. The terminal is supposed to be in “advanced stages of development” as a green hydrogen and ammonia production and export facility, EverWind said in a release. But Ken Summers said the company will be submitting its facility conversion proposal ...
The end of SaltWire: What happened and what happens next?
WEBMar 12, 2024 · What happened. On Monday, a private equity firm called Fiera Private Debt started the legal process to dissolve SaltWire. At stake are the jobs and livelihood of hundreds of reporters, printers, delivery drivers, and related staff across three provinces. SaltWire was created by the owners of the Halifax Herald in 2017 specifically to purchase ...
Hannah MacLean: Finding light in the ‘worst darkness’
WEBOn June 11, 2023, Hannah Louise MacLean, a young woman with “a big personality, a mischievous streak and a big laugh,” died of an accidental drug overdose near the train tracks in Dartmouth. She was just 24. For Emma Halpern, EFry’s executive director, the loss was both professional and deeply personal. The professional: Hannah — who ...
HRMFireNews - Halifax Examiner
WEBAug 10, 2023 · HRMFireNews is a free service which follows and reports on fire and emergency news in the Halifax Regional Municipality. The page was started in 2015 by an anonymous member of the public in response to a perceived lack of public information on fires and emergencies in HRM. The purpose of the page was and continues to be to increase the level of ...
Halifax releases 2021 sunshine list: Of more than 1,000 employees ...
WEBSep 2, 2021 · Halifax Regional Municipality has released its 2021 sunshine list, showing 1,065 employees made more than $100,000 in the last fiscal year, and more than 40% of them work for the police force. The municipality has released the list annually since 2016, and the 2021 edition was posted online on Thursday, with HRM alerting citizens to […]
About Us - Halifax Examiner
WEBAbout Us. The Halifax Examiner is an independent, adversarial news site devoted to holding the powerful accountable. We pry the lid off Halifax City Hall and offer a fresh look into Province House. We expose grifters, bullshitters, and business interests putting profit over people and the environment. We keep an eye on the police, and amplify ...
What are Paper Excellence’s real plans for Northern Pulp?
WEBJul 22, 2021 · In the past few days, Kissack has been busy presenting the Paper Excellence PowerPoint detailing the company’s plans for a “complete transformation” of the pulp mill to a variety of other audiences. As the Halifax Examiner reported, the plans include a $350-million refit of the pulp mill, including a new effluent treatment plant adjacent ...