To see more articles in a category, click the category title. ARTS AND CULTURE Commentary Phoenix rising: the fires that bond by Evelyn C. White June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 Accessibility ‘You have to accept us for who we are:’ TV show on AMI features Canadian artists with disabilities by Suzanne Rent May 5, 2023May 15, 2023 Morning File What Maud Lewis’ life can teach us about how to appreciate, compensate artists of today by Suzanne Rent April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 BLACK NOVA SCOTIA Black Nova Scotia Halifax constable referred to restorative justice for 2020 assault on Black teen by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter May 25, 2023June 1, 2023 Black Nova Scotia Shelley Fashan: Connecting with and fighting for her Black Nova Scotian community by Suzanne Rent April 27, 2023May 4, 2023 Black Nova Scotia Sister Act: in 1951, a young Black woman left Detroit, moved to New Brunswick, and became a Catholic nun by Evelyn C. White April 6, 2023April 14, 2023 COMMENTARY Commentary Special rapporteur David Johnston serves up the answer Justin Trudeau wanted to hear by Stephen Kimber June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 Commentary MP Rick Perkins plays the ‘Chinese’ canard by Stephen Kimber May 30, 2023May 30, 2023 Commentary Horsewoman in training: Learning to ride a horse is all about training the human by Suzanne Rent May 26, 2023June 2, 2023 COVID COVID Nova Scotia is now treating COVID as just another respiratory disease. Here’s what the data say by Tim Bousquet May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 Morning File Nova Scotia lifts health protection order and COVID vaccine requirements by Philip Moscovitch May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 Morning File What accounts for the increase in excess deaths? It’s not your favourite COVID conspiracy — it’s worse than that by Tim Bousquet May 19, 2023May 19, 2023 ECONOMY Investigation Deforestation Inc: Are Paper Excellence and Asia Pulp & Paper linked companies? They say they aren’t. Here’s what we’ve learned by Joan Baxter March 9, 2023April 10, 2023 Equity and Equality Most Canadians see grocery stores not accepting cash as form of discrimination, survey finds by Yvette d'Entremont February 2, 2023February 21, 2023 PRICED OUT Halifax’s apartment vacancy rate remains at 1% by Zane Woodford January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 EDUCATION Accessibility Community outreach workers say their work is integral to students, families in Nova Scotia by Suzanne Rent June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 Education CUPE Local 5047 heading back to bargaining table Friday by Yvette d'Entremont June 8, 2023June 8, 2023 Education MLA Brad Johns should ‘understand’ struggle, school support workers say by Yvette d'Entremont June 8, 2023June 8, 2023 ENVIRONMENT Morning File Make Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes a true wilderness park, not a degraded collection of leftover parcels cobbled together as a fake wilderness by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 Province House Teachers, high school students, people who got parking tickets, even babies: MOVEit hackers stole their personal data by Tim Bousquet June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 Morning File 3 years after Portapique, the Emergency Alert system is still broken by Tim Bousquet June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 EQUITY AND EQUALITY Education ‘Please see us’: Support workers’ union wants premier, education minister at bargaining table by Yvette d'Entremont June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 Education Inclusion Nova Scotia: Exclusion of students with disabilities from school a human rights violation by Yvette d'Entremont June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 Education Halifax EPA pens letter to premier asking him to intervene in school support workers strike by Yvette d'Entremont May 26, 2023June 2, 2023 FRANCOPHONE NOVA SCOTIA Charity, heritage society partner on 32-day campaign to buy, save historic Acadian church by Suzanne Rent April 20, 2023April 27, 2023 Swamped with offers in just days, listing for historic Acadian church taken off the market March 28, 2023March 28, 2023 ‘Their stories become our history forever’: Pubnico seniors share memories in new film March 21, 2023March 28, 2023 GOVERNMENT Government Nova Scotia welcomes asylum seekers who entered Canada from Quebec’s Roxham Road by Jennifer Henderson March 2, 2023March 9, 2023 Climate Elizabeth May: Action to save planet, transform economy will take political will by Jennifer Henderson January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 Morning File Why the Halifax Examiner doesn’t use the term ‘taxpayer money’ by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 HEALTH Province House Nova Scotians’ personal data has been stolen — health records and more potentially at stake by Tim Bousquet June 4, 2023June 5, 2023 Fires Mental health services on site at Halifax evacuation centre for residents displaced by fires by Yvette d'Entremont June 2, 2023June 3, 2023 Fires Respirologist suggests Nova Scotians stay inside to protect lung health from wildfire smoke by Yvette d'Entremont May 31, 2023June 7, 2023 HOUSING Business and Development Developer wants to convert unfinished Dartmouth hotel to apartment building by Zane Woodford May 25, 2023June 1, 2023 City Hall Developer proposes second 30-storey tower for Dartmouth Cove area by Zane Woodford April 19, 2023April 26, 2023 City Hall ‘NIMBY with a megaphone’ disrupts West End Mall redevelopment meeting by Zane Woodford April 13, 2023April 20, 2023 INDIGENOUS NOVA SCOTIA Province House More calls for public inquiry after 36-year-old Mi’kmaw woman’s death in custody by Zane Woodford April 3, 2023April 11, 2023 Incarceration in Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw woman dies of pneumonia in provincial custody by Zane Woodford March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 City Hall Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre to buy former Red Cross property from Halifax for $1 by Zane Woodford March 8, 2023March 15, 2023 INVESTIGATION Forestry NDP Natural Resources critic Charlie Angus speaks about Paper Excellence by Joan Baxter April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 Business and Development Parliamentary committee to investigate ownership of Paper Excellence by Joan Baxter March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 Investigation Deforestation Inc: Media investigation into Paper Excellence ignites concerns on Parliament Hill over the company’s mysterious ownership, Chinese ties, and rapid expansion in Canada by Joan Baxter March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 JUSTICE Justice Board concludes race ‘was not a factor’ in Kayla Borden’s arrest by Halifax Regional Police by Zane Woodford May 17, 2023May 24, 2023 Morning File Halifax Herald appeals $2.6 million Labour Board judgment by Tim Bousquet May 3, 2023June 7, 2023 Black Nova Scotia Justice institute to use federal funds to help Black Nova Scotians understand legal rights by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter March 16, 2023March 23, 2023 LOCAL NEWS Morning File Officials have known for years about the wildfire risks in Tantallon by Tim Bousquet June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 Fires Tantallon fire contained, travel, activity ban lifted; Barrington Lake fire still out of control by Yvette d'Entremont June 4, 2023June 4, 2023 Fires Rain helps with Tantallon fire, crews still fighting hot spots; Shelburne fire still out of control by Suzanne Rent June 3, 2023June 7, 2023 MASS CASUALTY COMMISSION Morning File Dismantle the RCMP by Tim Bousquet and Joan Baxter May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 Mass Casualty Commission 3 years after mass murders, provincial and federal governments to spend $18 million on mental health, grief, and bereavement services by Tim Bousquet May 1, 2023May 1, 2023 Commentary It’s time to fix policing, not ‘integrate’ the Mounties and the HRP by Stephen Kimber May 1, 2023May 1, 2023 MORNING FILE Morning File Someone to go with: the importance of reducing social isolation by Philip Moscovitch June 8, 2023June 8, 2023 Morning File Time waits for no one — not for second exits to be built, not for Stephen McNeil to be summoned by Parliament by Tim Bousquet June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 Morning File Fire update: Emergency alerts should be used for most urgent threats; recisions don’t meet criteria by Suzanne Rent and Tim Bousquet June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 POLICING Morning File Tantallon wildfire: blaze still ‘out of control,’ concerns about reburn, update on loss of homes by Philip Moscovitch and Tim Bousquet May 30, 2023May 30, 2023 Policing SIRT investigating after Halifax Regional Police shot and killed a man by Zane Woodford May 29, 2023June 5, 2023 Morning File While Demario Chambers waited over three years for justice, the cop who beat him up was paid more than $300,000 for doing no work at all by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 SCIENCE, RESEARCH, and TECHNOLOGY Fires An expert explains the science of wildfires by Suzanne Rent June 8, 2023June 8, 2023 Energy DFO offered tidal developer one-year lease for Minas Basin site by Jennifer Henderson May 18, 2023May 25, 2023 Equity and Equality Dal scholar Françoise Baylis wins Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize for work in bioethics by Yvette d'Entremont May 8, 2023May 15, 2023 SPORTS Equity and Equality ‘Openly and proudly queer’: Halifax hockey team participates in PEI tournament for first time by Philip Moscovitch April 5, 2023April 12, 2023 Morning File Doner vs donair: a wrap on notable sandwiches by Philip Moscovitch March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 Commentary Coach Brandon, his players and their parents versus mindless zero-tolerance policies by Stephen Kimber February 26, 2023February 26, 2023 TRANSPORTATION City Hall Halifax councillor wants to try closing some streets to cars for school drop-off and pick-up by Zane Woodford May 18, 2023May 25, 2023 City Hall Halifax Transit union signs new four-year contract with 3% annual wage increases May 11, 2023May 18, 2023 City Hall Draft bylaw in hand, Halifax council requests another report on noisy muffler enforcement May 10, 2023May 18, 2023 WOMEN Morning File Women talking: We don’t need to change our voices to be heard by Suzanne Rent May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 Health Health Canada issues warning about abortion, morning-after pills sold on ‘Dr. Pooja’ websites by Yvette d'Entremont May 17, 2023May 24, 2023 Local History Dr. Emily McEwan: Working to preserve Gaelic language, culture in Alba Nuadh and beyond by Suzanne Rent May 15, 2023May 24, 2023 WORLD CLASS BULLSHITTERS, GRIFTERS, AND SCAMS Maritime Launch is great for the economy says study paid for by Maritime Launch by Tim Bousquet May 17, 2023May 17, 2023 Lovin’ the one you’re with: Getting up close with a snuggle event in Halifax by Suzanne Rent and Yvette d'Entremont May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 Nova Scotia’s looming hydrogen disaster by Tim Bousquet April 26, 2023April 26, 2023
Accessibility ‘You have to accept us for who we are:’ TV show on AMI features Canadian artists with disabilities by Suzanne Rent May 5, 2023May 15, 2023
Morning File What Maud Lewis’ life can teach us about how to appreciate, compensate artists of today by Suzanne Rent April 6, 2023April 6, 2023
Black Nova Scotia Halifax constable referred to restorative justice for 2020 assault on Black teen by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter May 25, 2023June 1, 2023
Black Nova Scotia Shelley Fashan: Connecting with and fighting for her Black Nova Scotian community by Suzanne Rent April 27, 2023May 4, 2023
Black Nova Scotia Sister Act: in 1951, a young Black woman left Detroit, moved to New Brunswick, and became a Catholic nun by Evelyn C. White April 6, 2023April 14, 2023
Commentary Special rapporteur David Johnston serves up the answer Justin Trudeau wanted to hear by Stephen Kimber June 5, 2023June 5, 2023
Commentary Horsewoman in training: Learning to ride a horse is all about training the human by Suzanne Rent May 26, 2023June 2, 2023
COVID Nova Scotia is now treating COVID as just another respiratory disease. Here’s what the data say by Tim Bousquet May 23, 2023May 23, 2023
Morning File Nova Scotia lifts health protection order and COVID vaccine requirements by Philip Moscovitch May 23, 2023May 23, 2023
Morning File What accounts for the increase in excess deaths? It’s not your favourite COVID conspiracy — it’s worse than that by Tim Bousquet May 19, 2023May 19, 2023
Investigation Deforestation Inc: Are Paper Excellence and Asia Pulp & Paper linked companies? They say they aren’t. Here’s what we’ve learned by Joan Baxter March 9, 2023April 10, 2023
Equity and Equality Most Canadians see grocery stores not accepting cash as form of discrimination, survey finds by Yvette d'Entremont February 2, 2023February 21, 2023
PRICED OUT Halifax’s apartment vacancy rate remains at 1% by Zane Woodford January 27, 2023January 27, 2023
Accessibility Community outreach workers say their work is integral to students, families in Nova Scotia by Suzanne Rent June 9, 2023June 9, 2023
Education CUPE Local 5047 heading back to bargaining table Friday by Yvette d'Entremont June 8, 2023June 8, 2023
Education MLA Brad Johns should ‘understand’ struggle, school support workers say by Yvette d'Entremont June 8, 2023June 8, 2023
Morning File Make Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes a true wilderness park, not a degraded collection of leftover parcels cobbled together as a fake wilderness by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson May 24, 2023May 24, 2023
Province House Teachers, high school students, people who got parking tickets, even babies: MOVEit hackers stole their personal data by Tim Bousquet June 9, 2023June 9, 2023
Morning File 3 years after Portapique, the Emergency Alert system is still broken by Tim Bousquet June 9, 2023June 9, 2023
Education ‘Please see us’: Support workers’ union wants premier, education minister at bargaining table by Yvette d'Entremont June 7, 2023June 7, 2023
Education Inclusion Nova Scotia: Exclusion of students with disabilities from school a human rights violation by Yvette d'Entremont June 7, 2023June 7, 2023
Education Halifax EPA pens letter to premier asking him to intervene in school support workers strike by Yvette d'Entremont May 26, 2023June 2, 2023
Charity, heritage society partner on 32-day campaign to buy, save historic Acadian church by Suzanne Rent April 20, 2023April 27, 2023
Swamped with offers in just days, listing for historic Acadian church taken off the market March 28, 2023March 28, 2023
‘Their stories become our history forever’: Pubnico seniors share memories in new film March 21, 2023March 28, 2023
Government Nova Scotia welcomes asylum seekers who entered Canada from Quebec’s Roxham Road by Jennifer Henderson March 2, 2023March 9, 2023
Climate Elizabeth May: Action to save planet, transform economy will take political will by Jennifer Henderson January 25, 2023January 25, 2023
Morning File Why the Halifax Examiner doesn’t use the term ‘taxpayer money’ by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson January 23, 2023January 23, 2023
Province House Nova Scotians’ personal data has been stolen — health records and more potentially at stake by Tim Bousquet June 4, 2023June 5, 2023
Fires Mental health services on site at Halifax evacuation centre for residents displaced by fires by Yvette d'Entremont June 2, 2023June 3, 2023
Fires Respirologist suggests Nova Scotians stay inside to protect lung health from wildfire smoke by Yvette d'Entremont May 31, 2023June 7, 2023
Business and Development Developer wants to convert unfinished Dartmouth hotel to apartment building by Zane Woodford May 25, 2023June 1, 2023
City Hall Developer proposes second 30-storey tower for Dartmouth Cove area by Zane Woodford April 19, 2023April 26, 2023
City Hall ‘NIMBY with a megaphone’ disrupts West End Mall redevelopment meeting by Zane Woodford April 13, 2023April 20, 2023
Province House More calls for public inquiry after 36-year-old Mi’kmaw woman’s death in custody by Zane Woodford April 3, 2023April 11, 2023
Incarceration in Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw woman dies of pneumonia in provincial custody by Zane Woodford March 31, 2023March 31, 2023
City Hall Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre to buy former Red Cross property from Halifax for $1 by Zane Woodford March 8, 2023March 15, 2023
Forestry NDP Natural Resources critic Charlie Angus speaks about Paper Excellence by Joan Baxter April 12, 2023April 12, 2023
Business and Development Parliamentary committee to investigate ownership of Paper Excellence by Joan Baxter March 31, 2023March 31, 2023
Investigation Deforestation Inc: Media investigation into Paper Excellence ignites concerns on Parliament Hill over the company’s mysterious ownership, Chinese ties, and rapid expansion in Canada by Joan Baxter March 22, 2023March 22, 2023
Justice Board concludes race ‘was not a factor’ in Kayla Borden’s arrest by Halifax Regional Police by Zane Woodford May 17, 2023May 24, 2023
Morning File Halifax Herald appeals $2.6 million Labour Board judgment by Tim Bousquet May 3, 2023June 7, 2023
Black Nova Scotia Justice institute to use federal funds to help Black Nova Scotians understand legal rights by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter March 16, 2023March 23, 2023
Morning File Officials have known for years about the wildfire risks in Tantallon by Tim Bousquet June 5, 2023June 5, 2023
Fires Tantallon fire contained, travel, activity ban lifted; Barrington Lake fire still out of control by Yvette d'Entremont June 4, 2023June 4, 2023
Fires Rain helps with Tantallon fire, crews still fighting hot spots; Shelburne fire still out of control by Suzanne Rent June 3, 2023June 7, 2023
Mass Casualty Commission 3 years after mass murders, provincial and federal governments to spend $18 million on mental health, grief, and bereavement services by Tim Bousquet May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
Commentary It’s time to fix policing, not ‘integrate’ the Mounties and the HRP by Stephen Kimber May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
Morning File Someone to go with: the importance of reducing social isolation by Philip Moscovitch June 8, 2023June 8, 2023
Morning File Time waits for no one — not for second exits to be built, not for Stephen McNeil to be summoned by Parliament by Tim Bousquet June 7, 2023June 7, 2023
Morning File Fire update: Emergency alerts should be used for most urgent threats; recisions don’t meet criteria by Suzanne Rent and Tim Bousquet June 6, 2023June 6, 2023
Morning File Tantallon wildfire: blaze still ‘out of control,’ concerns about reburn, update on loss of homes by Philip Moscovitch and Tim Bousquet May 30, 2023May 30, 2023
Policing SIRT investigating after Halifax Regional Police shot and killed a man by Zane Woodford May 29, 2023June 5, 2023
Morning File While Demario Chambers waited over three years for justice, the cop who beat him up was paid more than $300,000 for doing no work at all by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson May 26, 2023May 26, 2023
Energy DFO offered tidal developer one-year lease for Minas Basin site by Jennifer Henderson May 18, 2023May 25, 2023
Equity and Equality Dal scholar Françoise Baylis wins Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize for work in bioethics by Yvette d'Entremont May 8, 2023May 15, 2023
Equity and Equality ‘Openly and proudly queer’: Halifax hockey team participates in PEI tournament for first time by Philip Moscovitch April 5, 2023April 12, 2023
Morning File Doner vs donair: a wrap on notable sandwiches by Philip Moscovitch March 14, 2023March 14, 2023
Commentary Coach Brandon, his players and their parents versus mindless zero-tolerance policies by Stephen Kimber February 26, 2023February 26, 2023
City Hall Halifax councillor wants to try closing some streets to cars for school drop-off and pick-up by Zane Woodford May 18, 2023May 25, 2023
City Hall Halifax Transit union signs new four-year contract with 3% annual wage increases May 11, 2023May 18, 2023
City Hall Draft bylaw in hand, Halifax council requests another report on noisy muffler enforcement May 10, 2023May 18, 2023
Morning File Women talking: We don’t need to change our voices to be heard by Suzanne Rent May 25, 2023May 25, 2023
Health Health Canada issues warning about abortion, morning-after pills sold on ‘Dr. Pooja’ websites by Yvette d'Entremont May 17, 2023May 24, 2023
Local History Dr. Emily McEwan: Working to preserve Gaelic language, culture in Alba Nuadh and beyond by Suzanne Rent May 15, 2023May 24, 2023
Maritime Launch is great for the economy says study paid for by Maritime Launch by Tim Bousquet May 17, 2023May 17, 2023
Lovin’ the one you’re with: Getting up close with a snuggle event in Halifax by Suzanne Rent and Yvette d'Entremont May 11, 2023May 11, 2023
