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Halifax Examiner

An independent, adversarial news site in Halifax, NS

Hard to believe, but reporters are human

by Tim Bousquet October 20, 2023October 20, 2023

A sign reads "7 Mellor Avenue Courthouse," and the building behind the sign is labeled "courthouse."

A reporter could face five years in prison for writing about a murder trial

by Tim Bousquet October 19, 2023October 19, 2023

A middle-aged white man in a suit, leaning forward with a concerned look on his face.

City Hall, Housing, Province House

Halifax Mayor Mike Savage slams ‘egregious overreach’ of Lohr housing bill

by Tim Bousquet October 16, 2023November 7, 2023

The landing page for Maclean's Magazine forest industry propaganda series. It is a green and black website with a stock image of two people hiking.

No shame: Maclean’s Magazine publishes propaganda for the extractive forestry industry

by Tim Bousquet October 16, 2023October 16, 2023

The inside of a cell at Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Burnside. It's super small, and everything is painted beige. There are two bunks, one obscuring the small window. There's a tiny table bolted to the wall, and one stool bolted to the floor. The toilet sink combo is in the corner by the door. Very homey.

Incarceration in Nova Scotia

Province confirms death at Burnside jail

by Tim Bousquet October 13, 2023October 13, 2023

A bus is seen on a busy street on a sunny day. On the front, it says 7 ROBIE.

A climate disaster is unfolding before us, but government isn’t asking anyone to make any meaningful change

by Tim Bousquet October 12, 2023October 12, 2023

A map of the Maritimes shows a bright yellow loop leading from Labrador to Nova Scotia, through Quebec.

Climate, Energy

Nova Scotia abandons Atlantic Loop as strategy to meet 2030 renewable power goals

by Tim Bousquet October 11, 2023November 7, 2023

A group of RCMP officers dressed in the red surge, with red coats, pants with yellow stripes, and brown stetson hats, marching in a parade.

How the RCMP shields itself from critical reporting by dragging a tiny news outlet through costly legal processes

by Tim Bousquet October 11, 2023October 11, 2023

Because of our reporting on the Randy Riley trial, the Halifax Examiner is facing overwhelming legal costs

by Tim Bousquet October 10, 2023October 10, 2023

A sign reads "7 Mellor Avenue Courthouse," and the building behind the sign is labeled "courthouse."

Crown threatens to criminally charge Halifax Examiner publisher

by Tim Bousquet October 6, 2023October 6, 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.

To read the entire DEAD WRONG series, and articles on Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, click here.