Was it a simple murder-suicide? A crime of twisted passion? Greed gone wrong? Or something more sinister? Spying? But if he, she or they were spies, who for? And why? What happened that night in December 1943 in Marlborough Woods remains one of the enduring mysteries of World War II… By Stephen Kimber “GOT […]
The University of King’s College in Halifax offers post graduate journalism programs for students who have completed an undergraduate degree. The Bachelor of Journalism (8 months) can launch their career as a reporter or editor, or enable them to move into any profession that calls on them to write and speak well, to analyze […]
Panel discussion followed by Q&A with acclaimed journalists Keith Bolender & Stephen Kimber 7pm, Thursday, February 7 Room 302, Dalhousie Student Union Building 6136 University Avenue Since the early 1960s, few other countries have endured more acts of terrorism against civilian targets than Cuba. The US has had its hands in much of these terror […]
“Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll talk with the author of a new book about a group of five Cubans who are imprisoned in the US. They say they were spying on Cuban exile terrorist groups in Florida and elsewhere….”
(From the July-August 2012 issue of Atlantic Business Magazine.) Forget for an instant Newfoundland’s oil and gas gushers, which have transformed that perennial tail-of-the-dog province into one of Canada’s “haves.” Set aside Nova Scotia’s shimmering, ships-yet-to-be-built contracts that are supposed to pave our yellow brick road to the future. And ignore as well, at least […]
Premier Darrell Dexter is right that the province’s Electoral Boundaries Commission was wrong to ignore its mandate to eliminate designated minority ridings. But his government was wrong to force that mandate on the commission in the first place. Let’s rewind. There’s a legal requirement that an electoral boundaries commission be established every so often to […]
- 06/11/2012
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”A major step in René González’s struggle to return home to visit his ailing brother Roberto has been achieved! Judge Joan Lenard has issued an order granting permission to René to travel home for two weeks… More information.
Now that transit buses are transiting the city and ferries finally ferrying passengers, let’s take one last, un-fond look back at what went wrong and where we go from here. To begin with the obvious: problems at Metro transit predate—and go much deeper than—this latest dispute. Metro Transit is over-managed and under-performing, neither of which […]
Why would the Canadian Taxpayers Federation make a mountain out of the minuscule? Why indeed? So the sleuths at the Canadian (sic) Taxpayers Federation have uncovered the startling (to me, at least) fact I’m “on the CBC payroll.” They appear to believe this is the only possible explanation why I—and other members of the Friends […]
From The Center for International Policy Cuba Report By Wayne S. Smith Stephen Kimber’s forthcoming book “ What Lies Across the Water?” is perhaps the most complete account of the Cuban Five I’ve yet read – and I came away from reading it with a renewed sense of depression. No wonder! The case has long […]
- 01/13/2012
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STEPHEN KIMBER, a Professor of Journalism at the University of King's College in Halifax and co-founder of its MFA in Creative Nonfiction Program, is an award-winning writer, editor and broadcaster. He is the author of two novels and eight non-fiction books. Buy his books
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