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A group of people wearing dark clothing and some holding bibles stand around a casket that has flowers on top.

What my kid, a funeral director in training, is teaching me about life and death

by Suzanne Rent February 6, 2023February 13, 2023

A muddy trail runs through a forest of tall redwoods with a blanket of ferns on the forest floor. The sun is peering in among the trees.

Black Nova Scotia

‘You are not white men’: whispers to the redwoods and bros who forgot who they are

by Evelyn C. White February 3, 2023February 3, 2023

Several people stand behind a yellow, blue, and black sign that says Africa Festival of Arts and Culture

Black Nova Scotia

Inclusion discussion, performances, gala all part of Africa society Black History Month events

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

Two sandwiches with deli meats and lettuce on a serving board.

Sandwiches are beautiful and so are essays about them

by Philip Moscovitch January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

a collage of historic buildings

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

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.

Francophone Nova Scotia

La Vieille Maison, the Acadian ‘old house,’ is finalist in National historic preservation contest

by Yvette d'Entremont January 30, 2023January 30, 2023

A two-storey old house in dark green paint and white trim.

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

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

WHO updates COVID guidance: just wear a damn mask

by Philip Moscovitch and Tim Bousquet January 17, 2023February 1, 2023

A two-storey old house in dark green paint and white trim.

Black Nova Scotia

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

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.

Dalhousie’s Halifax heritage registration fight continues in court

by Zane Woodford January 5, 2023January 5, 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.