Evelyn C. White, Author at Halifax Examiner

An independent, adversarial news site in Halifax, NS

A muddy trail runs through a forest of tall redwoods with a blanket of ferns on the forest floor. The sun is peering in among the trees.

‘You are not white men’: whispers to the redwoods and bros who forgot who they are

by Evelyn C. White February 3, 2023February 3, 2023

A message to five former Memphis police officers as we mark African Heritage Month and fifty-five years after the murder of Dr. King,

A burgundy and beige toy car sits on a table

Botswana, Bessie Head, a Rolls Royce, and the privilege of regular

by Evelyn C. White September 27, 2022January 9, 2023

Two women sit at a bar and are approached by a man

Arts and Culture, Commentary

Finding a balm in the stories at FIN Atlantic International Film Festival

by Evelyn C. White September 13, 2022January 9, 2023

An apple pie on a dark wood table next to two red apples

Black Nova Scotia, Commentary

The hallowed and ever-sustaining shrine of homemade pies

by Evelyn C. White August 17, 2022January 9, 2023

Black Nova Scotia, Commentary

Talk back and taking back the stage for the Singing Miner of Springhill

by Evelyn C. White April 20, 2022October 20, 2022

A collage by the artist Anne Misfeldt. It's layered pieces of yellowed paper, some transparent, some with typewritten text, and some darker brown paper or fabric. There's an old black and white photo of a little white girl holding a doll nearly as big as her, and the whole thing is stiched together with rough brown thread.

Black Nova Scotia, Commentary, Profiles

Collage of life: reflections on a friendship with the most unlikely companions

by Evelyn C. White February 18, 2022October 20, 2022

Commentary, Health

How the Avalon Sexual Assault Centre is dealing with “a challenging time”

by Evelyn C. White January 20, 2022October 20, 2022

The atrium at the Halifax Central Library. Below you can see the main floor, and above you can see the skylight, with the staircases cris crossing in the middle of the photo.

Commentary

How the Halifax Library is helping trans people

by Evelyn C. White November 25, 2021October 20, 2022

A collage of three of the publicity photos of films at the FIN Festival, comprising three Indigenous youths, a Black man and Black woman, and a young white transgender woman.

Black Nova Scotia, Commentary

FIN International film festival gives voice to marginalized groups

by Evelyn C. White September 17, 2021October 20, 2022

Evelyn White, wearing a red Tshirt and red cap, stands in her garden pointing towards where she saw the cardinal.

Black Nova Scotia, Commentary

Sunday is Emancipation Day; I’ll be celebrating with Corey Wright’s watermelon mango ale and pointing to freedom

by Evelyn C. White July 29, 2021October 20, 2022

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.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

2020 MASS MURDERS

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

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, 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. Click here to listen to the podcast.

Author Archives: Evelyn C. White

‘You are not white men’: whispers to the redwoods and bros who forgot who they are

Botswana, Bessie Head, a Rolls Royce, and the privilege of regular

Finding a balm in the stories at FIN Atlantic International Film Festival

The hallowed and ever-sustaining shrine of homemade pies

Talk back and taking back the stage for the Singing Miner of Springhill

Collage of life: reflections on a friendship with the most unlikely companions

How the Avalon Sexual Assault Centre is dealing with “a challenging time”

How the Halifax Library is helping trans people

FIN International film festival gives voice to marginalized groups

Sunday is Emancipation Day; I’ll be celebrating with Corey Wright’s watermelon mango ale and pointing to freedom

‘This asshole bought 10 acres on P.E.I. to be alone, and then told a national magazine about it,’ and other ways to profit from rage-inducing journalism

Deforestation Inc: Canada is a ‘world laggard’ in sustainable forestry, say critics, and Paper Excellence’s expansion threatens this country’s boreal forests

Halifax landlord Peppermint Properties using fixed-term leases to clear out units, jack up rents

Justice institute to use federal funds to help Black Nova Scotians understand legal rights

Kids whose childhoods were made into social media ‘content’ are starting to speak out