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Two young boys in caps peek around the corner of a wooden structure with woods behind them.
Posted inFrancophone Nova Scotia

‘Their stories become our history forever’: Pubnico seniors share memories in new film

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont March 21, 2023March 21, 2023

Raconte-moi un souvenir (Tell me a memory) documents stories of growing up in the Southwest Nova Scotian community between 1930 and 1950.

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A hand holding a smart phone that has several icons for social media platforms on its screen.
Posted inMorning File

Kids whose childhoods were made into social media ‘content’ are starting to speak out

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent March 16, 2023March 16, 2023
A German doner kebab wrapper showing a cartoony mustachioed chef with a big knife, in front of a spit of gyro meat. A plate of french fries is in the background.
Posted inMorning File

Doner vs donair: a wrap on notable sandwiches

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch March 14, 2023March 14, 2023
A white woman with glasses and wearing a black hat, dark navy winter vest over a grey sweater and grey pants stands on a snowy lot near an old barn with grey shingles. The barn has a red-rust coloured wooden door.
Posted inProfiles

Nina Newington: Taking direct action to protect Nova Scotia’s forests

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent March 13, 2023March 14, 2023
An architectural rendering shows a tall tower on a sunny day, with birds in the sky, and people milling about on the streets of downtown Dartmouth.
Posted inCity Hall

26-storey tower proposed as addition to former Dartmouth post office

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford March 13, 2023March 13, 2023
A white woman with touselled hair tied up and wearing a black shirt under black coveralls sits at a kitchen table with her hands crossed. In front of her is a sign that says We Say No to the Canso Spaceport.
Posted inProfiles

‘Her passion is Canso’: Marie Lumsden’s fight against the spaceport

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent March 8, 2023March 23, 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.
Posted inArts and Culture, City Hall

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

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford March 8, 2023March 15, 2023
A Black woman wearing a red sweatshirt with the word SCOTIAN Since 1783 poses for a photo in front of a sign that says UPPER HAMMONDS PLAINS COMMUNITY CENTRE.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Profiles, Women

Gina Jones-Wilson: volunteering to connect generations to roots of Upper Hammonds Plains

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent March 1, 2023March 9, 2023
A smiling white woman with short cropped hair, glasses, and wearing a burgundy, black, and white print top holds a tabby cat with white under its chin and on its paws. They are in a room with a window in the background, a off-white chair in the corner, and cat toys and a cat bed on the floor. A black shelving unit stores cat treats and brushes.
Posted inPoverty, Profiles, Women

‘Everybody should have a cat:’ Linda Felix and Spay Day HRM rescue the felines of Halifax

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent February 28, 2023March 7, 2023
An old house with brown shingles, its door painted blue, and red, white, and blue Acadian flags hanging in the window. The roof of the house is also covered in a large red, white, and blue flag. The are shrubs and trees surrounding the house with a wooden bench underneath one of the windows. The sky is bright blue with no clouds.
Posted inFrancophone Nova Scotia, Local History

La Vieille Maison in Meteghan wins second place in national heritage preservation contest

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont February 24, 2023March 3, 2023

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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.

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Loss of 6 crew on scallop boat off Digby caused by insufficient crew training, says Transportation Safety Board

by Yvette d'Entremont March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

Province hikes Nova Scotia Power’s potential maximum fine to $25 million

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by Yvette d'Entremont March 22, 2023March 22, 2023
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