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Halifax Examiner

An independent, adversarial news site in Halifax, NS

WHO updates COVID guidance: just wear a damn mask

by Philip Moscovitch and Tim Bousquet January 17, 2023February 1, 2023

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Bitching about bike lanes

by Philip Moscovitch January 11, 2023January 11, 2023

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Local news, independent outlets, and ethics: what happens next?

by Philip Moscovitch January 5, 2023January 5, 2023

A business sign that says "been here since 1988 now have worse councillor so far"

Saying your councillor sucks is not hate speech

by Philip Moscovitch December 29, 2022February 1, 2023

A simple line drawing evoking the face of a smiling robot, accompanied by the text "Jasper: The Future of Writing"

Could a robot write this? Lessons on using AI writing tools, and what they mean for journalism

by Philip Moscovitch December 15, 2022February 1, 2023

Detailed line drawing of a TV on a dresser, with a remote control on the floor in the foreground.

TV or great altar? Motel of the Mysteries takes a fun look back at the present

by Philip Moscovitch December 15, 2022December 29, 2022

gold tutankhamun statue

Digging through connections between archaeology, colonialism

by Philip Moscovitch December 8, 2022December 8, 2022

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Crime and Courts

‘How could someone do this sort of thing?’ Trying to make sense of the Public Gardens attack

by Philip Moscovitch December 7, 2022February 1, 2023

A smiling white woman with long straight brown hair stands with her arms crossed. It is a bright, sunny day. She wears a blue dress and stands beside a tree and in front of an institutional brick building

To rename or not to rename? Mount A prof grapples with Canada’s place names in new book

by Philip Moscovitch December 6, 2022January 20, 2023

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.