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A woman and a man stand in an open field area.

Lisa Banfield: criminal charges v discretion, compassion, common sense

by Stephen Kimber February 12, 2023February 14, 2023

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

Three red and white smoke stacks against a blue sky, with crisscrossing power wires, a fence, and colourful leaves in the foreground.

Premier Tim Houston on power rate hikes… the sounds of silence

by Stephen Kimber February 5, 2023February 5, 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

A white man with short grey hair and wearing a blue suit with a purple tie.

Our ER health care crisis: going like hell in all directions, while getting nowhere fast

by Stephen Kimber January 29, 2023January 29, 2023

A Saint Mary's University sign on the lawn in front of the university's Burke Building.

I am a SMU employee, parent, and alum – and I’m proudly prepared to strike

by Cathy Conrad January 25, 2023January 25, 2023

Five men, four in suits and ties (one of whom is Canada's Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra) and one wearing a blue Canadian astronaut uniform, pose together with three women for a photo in front of the white Canadarm emblazoned with the word Canada and flag.

Canada doesn’t have regulations for launching rockets, but the government says it will ‘enable’ Canso spaceport anyway

by Joan Baxter January 23, 2023February 22, 2023

Bright blue Halifax Infirmary signage against a blue sky.

Houston, we have an ER crisis …

by Stephen Kimber January 15, 2023January 15, 2023

A large white boat in the water.

What could we do for the price of John Risley’s yacht?

by Stephen Kimber January 8, 2023January 8, 2023

Sign for Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corporation A Paper Excellence Company. Photo: Joan baxter

Canada’s Competition Commissioner okays merger that will reduce competition in Canada’s pulp and paper sector

by Joan Baxter December 29, 2022January 3, 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.