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SIRT’s first director of African descent welcomes questions from Black community

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter December 29, 2022January 3, 2023

A white church at night. There are stained glass windows on the left side of the church and stairway leading up to the door. A steeple is in the middle.

Black Nova Scotia

New Horizons prepares for Christmas Eve service as it faces continued renovation delays

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter December 22, 2022December 22, 2022

A young Black woman with long braids and wearing a blue top and plaid pants, poses next to a brick wall in a dark space.

Black Nova Scotia

‘No Black experience is the same:’ documenting Black Maritimers’ stories

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter December 20, 2022December 29, 2022

A group of people stand in a town square in front of City Hall and a Christmas tree listening to a man on a microphone.

Black Nova Scotia

Black HRM workers alleging racist treatment rally at City Hall; activists suggest walkout

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

A three-storey sandstone building with big wooden doors and a tall clock tower. In the foreground, green leaves hang over the frame.

Black Nova Scotia

Black HRM workers alleging racist treatment by management plan to rally Friday

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter December 15, 2022December 15, 2022

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Black fashion designer relocates store to Halifax location, continues to give back to community

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter December 13, 2022December 16, 2022

A group of people stand on either side of a black podium that has the initials NPCC for North Preston Community Centre on it.

Office of African Nova Scotian Affairs opens regional office in North Preston

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter December 12, 2022December 12, 2022

The front steps of the warm and welcoming red brick building that is the Halifax Regional Police headquarters on Gottingen Street in June 2021.

Black Nova Scotia

Family says cops racially profiled Black teen arrested at gunpoint after fight in Dartmouth

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter December 8, 2022December 9, 2022

A Black man with glasses, salt-and-pepper hair and a goatee, wearing a grey shirt with a small print.

Black Nova Scotia

Black talent still facing barriers, says retiring head of African Nova Scotian Music Association

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter December 5, 2022December 5, 2022

A young Black man wearing a black sweater and headphones sits in a television production studio. There is a soundboard, computer screens, and two large TV screens in front of him.

Black Nova Scotia

YouTube series helps African immigrants find connections, community in Nova Scotia

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter December 2, 2022December 2, 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.