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A screenshot from Google Street View shows a sign in front of townhouses, reading "Welcome to the Bayers Westwood Community."

Crime and Courts

Nova Scotia defends lawsuit alleging Metro housing managers gaslit employees after shooting

by Zane Woodford March 9, 2023March 16, 2023

A mess of signage and fencing is seen. The biggest sign is blue and green, with white lettering denoting the name of the park and the address, 1287 Cow Bay Road. Underneath is a sign with crossed out dog reading, "Dogs are now allowed at any time." There's a portable toilet in the midground, and behind that is a beach.

Halifax goes back to court over Silver Sands Beach access in Cow Bay

by Zane Woodford March 9, 2023March 16, 2023

A firefighter drives a fire truck on a downtown city street on a sunny day, with a sandstone building in the background.

Halifax councillors vote to add 15 new firefighters to add coverage in Middle Musquodoboit

by Zane Woodford March 8, 2023March 8, 2023

A screenshot shows a homepage with JUNOS at the top, and The JUNO Awards head to Halifax in 2024 underneath next to an aerial photo of Citadel Hill.

Arts and Culture, City Hall

Halifax chosen to host 2024 JUNO Awards after $1.75-million bid

by Zane Woodford March 8, 2023March 15, 2023

A rendering shows trees and long grass in the foreground, and a stepped, modern building of four storeys in the background. It's a sunny day.

Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre to buy former Red Cross property from Halifax for $1

by Zane Woodford March 8, 2023March 15, 2023

Food is displayed on the side of a van that says MOBILE FOOD MARKET on the side. It's a sunny day.

Halifax council endorses food security and public safety plans

by Zane Woodford March 8, 2023March 15, 2023

A parking lot is seen on a sunny early fall day.

Council votes to direct $11 million in federal funding to Brunswick Street affordable housing

by Zane Woodford March 7, 2023March 14, 2023

A woman walks by a collapsed building on a snowy day.

Collapsed Halifax heritage building leaves holes in streetscape and big development plans

by Zane Woodford March 7, 2023March 14, 2023

On a sunny day, a speed skater with their arms tucked behind them skates on the oval. There's piles of snow in the background, and a sign on a fence in the foreground: "Emera Oval."

Emera to pay Halifax $1 million over 10 years for skating oval naming rights

by Zane Woodford March 7, 2023March 14, 2023

Halifax Regional Police cruisers lined up behind headquarters on Gottingen Street in June 2021. They're so shiny and white.

City Hall, Policing

Declassified report details rising long-term absences among Halifax Regional Police

by Zane Woodford March 6, 2023March 13, 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.