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Paddlers in two side by side boats, perfectly in sync, cross under a bridge.

‘We’re all in this together’: Competition, collaboration, and caring in a dragon boat and beyond

by Suzanne Rent September 19, 2023September 20, 2023

Françoise Baylis, Deb Woolway, and Lisa Vaughan signed up for dragon boating to get fit, but they ended up finding friendship, too.

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A young white woman with shoulder length brown hair and wearing a pink tank top and skirt of pastel colours smiles for the camera. She is sitting in a wheelchair that is on a lush lawn.

Profiles

‘The sun is duller today’: remembering Jen Powley

by Suzanne Rent September 19, 2023September 19, 2023

A white woman with long grey hair tied back and wearing a purple winter coat over a blue shirt, beige scarf, and dark pants stands in a cemetery. She's holding a cane and standing next to a tomb and two old headstones. There are buildings along a city street and tree without their leaves.

Local History, Profiles, Women

Deborah Trask: Carving her expertise in Nova Scotia’s cemeteries and gravestones

by Suzanne Rent August 8, 2023August 15, 2023

A smiling white woman with short grey-white hair and wearing a black suit, pale blue dress shirt, and black shoes sits in a bright blue chair next to a wooden-top table. There are a few other bright blue chairs at the table, which sits against a wall of tall windows looking out onto a campus courtyard.

Education, Profiles

After a revolving door of men in the position, Kim Brooks is appointed as the first woman and openly queer president of Dalhousie University

by Evelyn C. White July 21, 2023July 28, 2023

A smiling Black woman wearing a blue headscarf, large gold earrings, and a sleeveless blue dress with a print on the collar accepts an award from a white man with grey hair and wearing a black-and-white shirt, black tie, and black pants. Behind the man and woman are another man and woman sitting at a wooden table. There are a Canadian flag and a Nova Scotian flag in the backround.

Black Nova Scotia, Profiles

Truro council honours Dr. Lynn Jones for appointment to Order of Canada

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter July 12, 2023July 19, 2023

A white sign on a post that says Viola Desmond, gravesite. In the background are several newer and older headstones on a green lawn. There are a number of trees in the background, too.

Black Nova Scotia, Local History, Profiles, Racism

Wanda Robson championed her sister Viola Desmond’s legacy; now they are honoured together at Camp Hill cemetery

by Evelyn C. White July 11, 2023July 19, 2023

A bald Black man with a salt-and-pepper beard and moustache and wearing a black t-shirt that says "Black Excellence" sits in front of a laptop in a radio station booth. A He's wearing headphones and there's a microphone in front of him.

Black Nova Scotia, Profiles

DJ R$ $mooth celebrates career as host of longest-running Black music radio show in Atlantic Canada

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter June 29, 2023July 6, 2023

A smiling white woman with long dark hair pulled back and wearing glasses, a denim jacket, and a long black dress. She is sitting on a purple metal bench that is on a concrete pathway on a waterfront area. Behind her is a dock where a ferry that's painted blue, white, and yellow is waiting to transport passengers. The ferry's engines are making waves in the water. On the bench in front of the woman sit three books.

Local History, Profiles, Women

Dr. Emily McEwan: Working to preserve Gaelic language, culture in Alba Nuadh and beyond

by Suzanne Rent May 15, 2023May 24, 2023

Two women sit cuddled together on a rocky outcropping with the ocean behind them on a sunny day.

Profiles

‘Never surrender’: Gifts of a decades-long friendship, new hope, and living in the present

by Yvette d'Entremont May 10, 2023May 18, 2023

A Black woman with grey hair pulled back in a ponytail and wearing glasses and a red blouse smiles while sitting in a chair. Behind her are two large green panels. The panel in the front has a design of a quilt on it in black, orange, red, and green. Text at the top of the screen says "Many rivers crossed."

Black Nova Scotia, Profiles, Racism, Women

Shelley Fashan: Connecting with and fighting for her Black Nova Scotian community

by Suzanne Rent April 27, 2023May 4, 2023

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents — Credit: Halifax Examiner. All rights reserved.

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.

Credit: Ricardo Weibezahn - ICIJ

DEFORESTATION INC

Reporter Joan Baxter is one of 140 journalists from 39 media outlets across 27 countries working collaboratively on ‘Deforestation Inc,’ a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which looked at the ownership structure of Paper Excellence, its relationship with Asia Pulp & Paper, and how the secretive corporate empires are devastating forests in Canada and around the world.

Find all of Baxter’s articles on the Deforestation Inc 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: Profiles

‘We’re all in this together’: Competition, collaboration, and caring in a dragon boat and beyond

‘The sun is duller today’: remembering Jen Powley

Deborah Trask: Carving her expertise in Nova Scotia’s cemeteries and gravestones

After a revolving door of men in the position, Kim Brooks is appointed as the first woman and openly queer president of Dalhousie University

Truro council honours Dr. Lynn Jones for appointment to Order of Canada

Wanda Robson championed her sister Viola Desmond’s legacy; now they are honoured together at Camp Hill cemetery

DJ R$ $mooth celebrates career as host of longest-running Black music radio show in Atlantic Canada

Dr. Emily McEwan: Working to preserve Gaelic language, culture in Alba Nuadh and beyond

‘Never surrender’: Gifts of a decades-long friendship, new hope, and living in the present

Shelley Fashan: Connecting with and fighting for her Black Nova Scotian community

Nova Scotia launches review of provincial policing structure

Brad Johns once again spins the revolving door of SIRT directorship, but that won’t solve the crisis of legitimacy for the police oversight board

Mount Uniacke residents organize, submit comments as quarry owners apply for expansion

Halifax MP says council can go higher on federal housing application

NDP wants Nova Scotia municipalities to tax developers who leave lots empty