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A Black man with wire rimmed glasses, wearing a dark shirt.
Posted inMorning File

Why you should care about the Crown’s problematic case against Randy Riley

by Tim Bousquet September 25, 2023September 26, 2023

Does concern about public expense and government overreach simply disappear because the defendant is Black?

A black man seated next to a potted plant leans forward.
Posted inMorning File

There’s a murder trial in Nova Scotia, and the Halifax Examiner is the only news media in the courtroom

by Tim Bousquet September 13, 2023September 13, 2023
A man in a black uniform speaks while gesturing with his right hand. On the uniform is the Halifax Regional Police logo, along with a badge and insignia denoting rank. On the table in front of the man is a name plate, a microphone and a water bottle. The background is grey.
Posted inCommentary

Fail to the Chief

by Stephen Kimber September 10, 2023September 10, 2023
A white woman looks off to the distance while sitting in a spotlight. She has brown hair pulled back with a ringlet hanging along the side of her face. She also has a nose piercing and is wearing a red blouse.
Posted inArts and Culture

Shattering silences: Zoë Comeau, Black Barbie, and stitching together queer stories amid the silence of Halifax Pride

A Black woman with short hair and round black framed glasses, wearing a multi coloured dashiki. She is standing with her right fist raised, in front of a mural of Arethan Franklin with the word 'Respect' in big red letters. by Evelyn C. White September 6, 2023September 12, 2023
A smiling Black woman with reddish square frame glasses. Her hair is pulled back in bun and she is wearing a black, red, yellow, and green necklace and a black t-shirt. There is a black-and-white drawing of a man in a frame on the purple wall behind her.
Posted inMorning File

Black Hair 101, Braid Day, and celebrating Black beauty, history, and Black women in Nova Scotia

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent August 29, 2023August 29, 2023
A Black woman wearing glasses smiles.
Posted inProvince House

Twila Grosse said no decision yet on her role with African Nova Scotian Affairs, joining caucus

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 August 11, 2023August 11, 2023
A Black woman wearing glasses smiles.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Elections, Province House

Twila Grosse wins Preston byelection for PC Party

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford August 8, 2023August 15, 2023
A young Black woman wearing a sweater dress with pink sleeves and a black bodice sits on a black sofa next to a pillow with colourful chevron pattern. A wall next to the sofa is painted to resemble blue bricks.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

New union for Black artists launches in Nova Scotia to fight for fair wages, more protections

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 August 3, 2023August 3, 2023
Four colourful quilts hang on the white walls of an art gallery. One quilt features a Black woman in a green dress with a basket at her feet. Another quilt features a Black woman in a red dress holding a silver bucket and walking toward a pink house. Another quilt showed a small house, with a crow, and red, black, yellow stripes, and the final quilt shows a Black woman praying and surrounded by waves of colour.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Local History

Nova Scotia Black artist, historian hopes Secret Codes quilt exhibit inspires younger generations

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 July 26, 2023August 2, 2023
A Black woman with long wavy hair swept to one said and wearing sparkly silver head wrap and dress stands next to a young Black man with glasses and wearing a white hoodie over a white sports jersey with the number 11.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Local News

Women with a Vision: North Preston mother continues annual celebration in honour of late daughter

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 July 19, 2023July 27, 2023

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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.


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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.


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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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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

by Tim Bousquet September 29, 2023September 29, 2023

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

by Suzanne Rent September 29, 2023September 29, 2023

Halifax MP says council can go higher on federal housing application

by Zane Woodford September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

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

by Suzanne Rent September 28, 2023September 28, 2023
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