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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.

Dalhousie’s Halifax heritage registration fight continues in court

by Zane Woodford January 5, 2023January 5, 2023

A business sign that says "been here since 1988 now have worse councillor so far"

Saying your councillor sucks is not hate speech

by Philip Moscovitch December 29, 2022February 1, 2023

A white church at night. There are stained glass windows on the left side of the church and stairway leading up to the door. A steeple is in the middle.

Black Nova Scotia

New Horizons prepares for Christmas Eve service as it faces continued renovation delays

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter December 22, 2022December 22, 2022

A rack of newspapers

Francophone Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia’s oldest French language newspaper looks ahead to uncertain, but hopeful, future

by Yvette d'Entremont December 18, 2022December 19, 2022

A young woman with long hair and dressed in a mint green sweater and black pants stands next to a young man with grey hair and wearing a faded denim shirt and black jeans. The pair are standing next to a counter and cupboards that are filled with horse skulls. A diagram showing various angle of horse skulls is pinned to the cabinet.

Saint Mary’s students gain insight into lives of Sable Island horses by studying skulls

by Suzanne Rent December 14, 2022December 14, 2022

An Italianate mansion is seen on a bright day. Trees are still green, suggesting it's summer. The mansion has a grand staircase at the entrance, curved windows, a widow's walk on the roof, and three brick chimneys.

Halifax council adds two more Dalhousie properties to the heritage registry

by Zane Woodford December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

An older woman is seen in a black and white photograph.

Halifax council confirms Nora Bernard Street as new name for Cornwallis Street

by Zane Woodford December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

An older woman is seen in a black and white photograph.

Nora Bernard Street voted new name for Halifax’s Cornwallis Street

by Zane Woodford December 9, 2022December 9, 2022

A smiling white woman with long straight brown hair stands with her arms crossed. It is a bright, sunny day. She wears a blue dress and stands beside a tree and in front of an institutional brick building

To rename or not to rename? Mount A prof grapples with Canada’s place names in new book

by Philip Moscovitch December 6, 2022January 20, 2023

Several old headstones in a cemetery with large trees. In the background are the red and white striped smokestacks of the Nova Scotia Power generating plant.

The guardian of the Tufts Cove Cemetery

by Suzanne Rent December 6, 2022December 6, 2022

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.