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A Halifax Regional Police officer with no name tag, wearing a dark cap, wraparound sunglasses and a black mask, pepper spraying someone.

Halifax police ‘declined an interview’: Take 2

by Stephen Kimber August 20, 2023September 20, 2023

A Halifax Regional Police officer blocks a road in his vehicle, a police SUV.

Time to call out the ‘provided a statement’ scam from public officials

by Stephen Kimber August 14, 2023November 20, 2023

A sign reads: “DUMP THE DUMP Houston's Conservatives have done nothing to stop the dump We must stop them Vote Carlo Simmons”

Preston byelection: Dumps, carbon taxes, truth, lies, politics and realpolitik

by Stephen Kimber August 6, 2023November 20, 2023

The Nova Scotia playbook: when in doubt, blame the reporter…

by Stephen Kimber July 30, 2023November 20, 2023

Bright blue Halifax Infirmary signage against a blue sky.

The failures of our political and health care leaders are a feature, not a bug

by Janice Brown July 26, 2023July 26, 2023

A smiling white man with glasses and a dark suit.

You don’t need an economist to know which way the economy blows… It just does

by Stephen Kimber July 23, 2023November 20, 2023

A white brink building with a green roof.

Will Waterville sexual assaults’ investigation be a watershed… or another Shelburne?

by Stephen Kimber July 16, 2023November 28, 2023

White signboard reading Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corporation A Paper Excellence Company nestled in a leafy green grove of trees, surrounded and fronted by green hedges and a lawn.

Business and Development

Paper Excellence owns the pollution-spewing Northern Pulp Mill, has poisoned a First Nation, isn’t paying $85 million it owes Nova Scotia, and is leaving its pensioners hanging. But it’s been named one of Canada’s “best 50 corporate citizens”

by Joan Baxter July 16, 2023August 15, 2023

A dark-haired white woman sitting on a dark chair, wearing a judge's robe.

Justice delayed, justice dismissed, justice denied… justice ignored

by Stephen Kimber July 9, 2023November 28, 2023

A smiling white woman with dark brown hair and beaded earrings. She is dressed in business clothing.

Politicians fixing freedom of information legislation? Don’t hold your breath

by Stephen Kimber July 2, 2023November 28, 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.

To read the entire DEAD WRONG series, and articles on Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, click here.