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Image of the interior of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church facing the altar. There are evergreen Christmas wreathes decorating the space, which features white walls with dark wood pews and columns.

Local History

Obituary: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (1794-2014)

by Tim Bousquet July 16, 2014February 2, 2023

Morning File

A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum: Morning File, July 3, 2014

by Tim Bousquet July 3, 2014February 2, 2023

Local History

Happy James McGregor Stewart Day!

by Tim Bousquet June 30, 2014February 2, 2023

Local History

BREAKING NEWS: Saint Mary’s University demolishes Infants Home

by Tim Bousquet June 27, 2014February 2, 2023

A wide-angle photograph of the Halifax skyline on a sunny day. The sky is blue and the ocean in front of the waterfront is calm.

Commentary

Two decades of world-class delusion

by Tim Bousquet May 16, 2014February 2, 2023

Journalism

Context is everything: History as journalism

by Tim Bousquet May 4, 2014February 1, 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.

Category: Local History

Obituary: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (1794-2014)

A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum: Morning File, July 3, 2014

Happy James McGregor Stewart Day!

BREAKING NEWS: Saint Mary’s University demolishes Infants Home

Two decades of world-class delusion

Context is everything: History as journalism

Halifax Fire deputy chief pleads with residents to stop illegal burns, as new fires blaze in HRM

IBC: Holds on new insurance policies common on purchase of homes within wildfire radius

Tantallon wildfire 50% contained; new fire in Shelburne County, while others out of control

New fire, more evacuations in Shelburne County as other fires continue to blaze out of control

Staff, volunteers at evacuation centre in Halifax say support from community ‘overwhelming’