What Happened to Holly Bartlett Premieres Thursday, March 28, 10pm on AMI-TV Holly Bartlett’s death was declared an accident shortly after she passed away in March 2010. And again, after an independent review of the case in 2014. But the story doesn’t end there. Bartlett, who was 31 years old, had been blind since she […]
Tim Bousquet
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Coast 25: 30 of the most important things we’ve written
“Adam’s fall” Matthieu Aikins’ award-winning feature on suicides from the Macdonald Bridge is a heartbreaking read even now, a decade after its publication. A year after Aikins’ story was printed, the bridge commission finally decided to install safety barriers along the old bridge to prevent future deaths. Seals of approval One of the most-read stories […]
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Buses beg as cars cash in
Halifax council has been doing good work on the transit front. Councillors have committed to buying 45 new articulated buses—15 will hit the streets in coming months—and have agreed “in concept” to an aggressive five-year transit expansion plan that, if implemented, will see big improvements in bus service. Of course it will cost more money […]
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Enjoying the Tweets
Tuesday is my favourite day—I get to read all the hilarious city council tweets from Tim Bousquet. Thanks for having an excellent and much-needed Twitter commentary on the hijinks at City Hall and for making me laugh all day!—Rose Allen, Halifax
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Best Newspaper Writer
“It’s been a crazy year,” says the ever-popular arts and entertainment reporter for the Chronicle-Herald. He rattles off a list of festivals and shows he enjoyed—In The Dead of Winter, Stanfest (“to see Sarah Harmer come out of hibernation”)—movies—Inglourious Basterds, District 9 (“It was a good year for genre movies”)—and indie releases—York Redoubt, The Got […]