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A white man holds a baby while standing to a young boy and a woman on the porch of an old building. The building has pale yellow singles, green doors, and white trim. There are two staircases leading off the porch.

Bringing new life to Riverport’s Old Confidence Lodge

by Suzanne Rent August 10, 2023August 10, 2023

A white woman with long grey hair tied back and wearing a purple winter coat over a blue shirt, beige scarf, and dark pants stands in a cemetery. She's holding a cane and standing next to a tomb and two old headstones. There are buildings along a city street and tree without their leaves.

Local History, Profiles, Women

Deborah Trask: Carving her expertise in Nova Scotia’s cemeteries and gravestones

by Suzanne Rent August 8, 2023August 15, 2023

An outdoor pool with several swimming lanes, a two rock climbing walls alongside of the pool. In the foreground is a ladder going into the pool and in the background is a lifeguard chair.

Learning to swim, drowning prevention, and the importance of public pools

by Suzanne Rent August 1, 2023August 1, 2023

A blue car hangs on a guard rail and into a river.

40 Nova Scotia roads reopen after floods; work continues to repair, replace bridges

by Suzanne Rent July 27, 2023September 23, 2023

A white man in a black wetsuit and snorkel in the water next to a wooden dock. On top of the dock is a collection of garbage he found in the water, including bottles, an old sink, pieces of a tire, a car stereo speaker, and a glove.

Searching for treasures and trash in Nova Scotia’s lakes, rivers, and ocean

by Suzanne Rent July 27, 2023August 3, 2023

A white woman with blonde hair tied back sta and wearing a uniform with a vest that says "police" stands at a silver podium on a lawn in front of a building. She is speaking into several microphones. A sign behind her says "Royal Canadian Mounted Police." Five other people are standing on the lawn to her right.

Bodies of two children found; search still on for youth who went missing in Nova Scotia floods

by Suzanne Rent July 25, 2023July 26, 2023

A wooden plank sits over a ditch of running water along side a gravel road. A black pickup truck is closer to the roadside, just next to the plank. In the background are several people fixing holes in the gravel road. A fire vehicle is parked on the road, too.

The helpers in an emergency and crisis communications that aren’t communicating at all

by Suzanne Rent July 25, 2023July 25, 2023

A white man with short brown hair and wearing a bright blue jacket over a white t-shirt and black shorts stands in the driveway in front of a home with beige siding. The front door is blue and the garage door is white. Next to the home is a tree that has been burned by fire.

Fires, Local News

Tantallon homeowner says insurance company not paying out claims, stopped communicating

by Suzanne Rent July 25, 2023August 1, 2023

close up shot of app icons

‘Objectively shitty’: what the fragmentation of social media means for academics and journalism

by Philip Moscovitch and Suzanne Rent July 20, 2023July 20, 2023

Two large round planters with yellow and pink tulips sit outside a red brick building with a tall tower with a clock at the top and a glass window entrance. Two lampposts are also outside the entrance and a tree is close to the front of the building.

Government, Poverty

Yarmouth town council passes resolution in support of guaranteed basic income

by Suzanne Rent July 20, 2023July 27, 2023

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents — Credit: Halifax Examiner. All rights reserved.

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.

Credit: Ricardo Weibezahn - ICIJ

DEFORESTATION INC

Reporter Joan Baxter is one of 140 journalists from 39 media outlets across 27 countries working collaboratively on ‘Deforestation Inc,’ a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which looked at the ownership structure of Paper Excellence, its relationship with Asia Pulp & Paper, and how the secretive corporate empires are devastating forests in Canada and around the world.

Find all of Baxter’s articles on the Deforestation Inc 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.