Stephen Kimber

Halifax

@kings_mfa. Author of 14 books: "The Sweetness in the Lime," "Alexa: Changing the Face of Canadian Politics," "Bitcoin Widow," etc. ALSO @[email protected]

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Guantánamo redux

2 months ago | canadiandimension.com | John Kirk |Stephen Kimber

The human rights situation in Cuba is bad, and about to get worse. Prisoners will be denied basic constitutional rights and reports of abuse and torture will surface. No, we are not talking about the treatment of dissidents opposed to the revolutionary government—but rather the victims of US policy in the tropical gulag of Guantánamo.
Evelyn C. White, Author at Halifax Examiner

Oct 21, 2024 | halifaxexaminer.ca | Yvette d'Entremont |Zane Woodford |Evelyn White |Stephen Kimber

Posted inArts and Culture “Queer culture exists not just because of what we create in the present, but because of the efforts of historians (and the history-curious) to preserve and re-create the stories of our shared past.” Posted inArts and Culture, Black Nova Scotia, Equity and Equality, Profiles Posted inJournalism Yvette d’Entremont has compiled an extensive list of resources and helpful Halifax Examiner articles Writing essays for the Halifax Examiner since 2015. All the lists from...
Death by a thousand preferred shares

Jun 7, 2024 | theglobeandmail.com | Stephen Kimber

Please log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountThe following is an excerpt from The Phelan Feud by Stephen Kimber. A new book by award-winning journalist Stephen Kimber takes readers behind the scenes of an epic family feud inside one of Canada’s wealthiest families. Open this photo in gallery:The Phelans owned Cara Operations, supplier of meals to Air Canada, Via Rail, and proprietor of many popular restaurant chains, including Harvey’s and Swiss Chalet.
Misinformation on Cuba, again

May 15, 2024 | canadiandimension.com | John Kirk |Stephen Kimber

It appears as though Fox Nation, a subscription-based video service and companion to Fox News Channel, is soon to present a documentary on Canada-Cuba relations, emphasizing the close ties between the Trudeau family and Fidel Castro—and in particular the theory that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the illegitimate son of the late Cuban leader. This bizarre conspiracy theory has been refuted on several occasions.
The Phelan Feud: Available for pre-order now

May 14, 2024 | stephenkimber.com | Stephen Kimber

The Phelan Feud: The Bitter Struggle for Control of a Great Canadian Food Empire by Stephen Kimber will be released on June 6, 2024, by Barlow Books. It is now available for pre-order. Award-winning journalist Stephen Kimber takes readers behind the scenes of an epic family feud inside the Phelan clan—one of Canada’s wealthiest families—who over three generations built and ran Cara and its many popular restaurant chains, including Harvey’s and Swiss Chalet.
SaltWire articles

Apr 11, 2024 | halifaxexaminer.ca | Tim Bousquet |Stephen Kimber |Philip Moscovitch |Jennifer Henderson

Legacy news media everywhere are in decline. Mostly this is due to the loss of advertising revenue as advertisers move to online platforms that better target specific demographics, but there are other factors at play as well — a demand for higher return from distant owners, the vitriol of political partisans against media, oftentimes sloppy reporting as news organizations attempt to play it safe in a divided society, and more.
My own Mulroney moment

Mar 1, 2024 | stephenkimber.com | Stephen Kimber

(From Mulroney: The Politics of Ambition by John Sawatsky, published by MacFarlane, Walter & Ross, 1991.)Later that spring, the Globe and Mail’s evaluation [that Mulroney’s public words of support for Joe Clark were not to be trusted] was borne out in a shockingly public manner.
It’s time to write -30- and thank you for the privilege

Feb 17, 2024 | halifaxexaminer.ca | Stephen Kimber

For more years than I care to count, I have been professionally — and often personally — “shocked and appalled” on a regular basis about the goings on going on in our world. Luckily, I’ve had the opportunity to vent my anger with words on paper, virtual and otherwise, instead of just sputtering my frustrations into my morning bowl of Brand Buds.
Putting bureaucratic foxes in charge of cleaning up the freedom of information henhouse

Feb 10, 2024 | stephenkimber.com | Stephen Kimber

Tricia Ralph is Nova Scotia’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, the person best positioned to know what’s wrong with our failed and flailing freedom of information system — and how best to fix it.
Putting bureaucratic foxes in charge of cleaning up the freedom of information henhouse

Feb 4, 2024 | halifaxexaminer.ca | Stephen Kimber

Tricia Ralph is Nova Scotia’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, the person best positioned to know what’s wrong with our failed and flailing freedom of information system — and how best to fix it.