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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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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
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
Side-by-side photos of two Black men. The man in the photo on the left is wearing a dark trench coat over a suit and colourful tie. And the man in the photo on the right is has glasses and a moustache and is wearing a beige suit over a white shirt and blue patterned tie. Both men are in a room of a house decorated with hockey memorabilia. One of the hockey jerseys has the name "Paris" on it with the number 1.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Local History, Sports

Two brothers to coach teams in event honouring Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter February 15, 2023February 22, 2023
A small church with grey shingles, black shutters, and a red steeple sits on a hill while a dark stone fence runs between the sidewalk of the street and a small cemetery next to the church. In the cemetery are old headstones, with some of the stones leaning over. In the background are two storey townhouses and next to the cemetery is a multilevel house with blue siding and wooden fire escapes going down the side wall.
Posted inLocal History

Stone wall at historic Little Dutch Church restored; second part of project set for spring

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent February 9, 2023February 16, 2023
a collage of historic buildings
Posted inMorning File

Do we really need to outsource government responsibilities as corporate PR social media contests?

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson January 30, 2023January 31, 2023
A dark grey house with a small attached building to the right. Each building has a bright blue door, and the house's roof is a bright blue, white and red Acadian flag. Small Acadian flags line the walkway leading to the main door.
Posted inFrancophone Nova Scotia

La Vieille Maison, the Acadian ‘old house,’ is finalist in National historic 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 January 30, 2023January 30, 2023
A two-storey old house in dark green paint and white trim.
Posted inCity Hall

‘Mission accomplished:’ home of Nova Scotia’s first Black doctor gets heritage designation

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter January 24, 2023January 24, 2023
A two-storey old house in dark green paint and white trim.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Heritage hearing set for home of Nova Scotia’s first Black doctor

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter January 16, 2023January 16, 2023
A man wearing glasses and a short-sleeve plaid shirt speaks into a microphone on a sunny day. Behind him is a group of men, one holding a sign, and an old house. The house is forest green with white trim.
Posted inCity Hall

Dalhousie’s Halifax heritage registration fight continues in court

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford January 5, 2023January 5, 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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