• Sign In
  • My Account
    • Receipts
  • All Categories
  • FAQ
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • About Us
    • Commenting policy
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Contact Us
  • Sign In
  • All Categories
  • Arts and Culture
    • Local History
    • Profiles
  • Black Nova Scotia
  • Commentary
  • Economy
    • Business and Development
    • Energy
    • Immigration
    • Labour
    • Natural Resources
    • Utilities
  • Education
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Recycling and Waste Management
  • Equity and Equality
    • Accessibility
    • Families and Childcare
    • Poverty
    • Racism
  • Government
    • City Hall
    • Elections
    • Province House
  • Health
    • COVID
  • Housing
    • PRICED OUT
  • Indigenous Nova Scotia
  • Investigation
  • Journalism
  • Justice
    • Crime and Courts
    • Incarceration in Nova Scotia
  • Mass Casualty Commission
  • Mass Murders 2020
  • Morning File
  • Podcasts
  • Policing
  • Transportation
  • Women
  • How to…
  • Archives
  • About Us
    • Commenting policy
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Contact Us
  • Sign In
  • All Categories
  • Arts and Culture
    • Local History
    • Profiles
  • Black Nova Scotia
  • Commentary
  • Economy
    • Business and Development
    • Energy
    • Immigration
    • Labour
    • Natural Resources
    • Utilities
  • Education
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Recycling and Waste Management
  • Equity and Equality
    • Accessibility
    • Families and Childcare
    • Poverty
    • Racism
  • Government
    • City Hall
    • Elections
    • Province House
  • Health
    • COVID
  • Housing
    • PRICED OUT
  • Indigenous Nova Scotia
  • Investigation
  • Journalism
  • Justice
    • Crime and Courts
    • Incarceration in Nova Scotia
  • Mass Casualty Commission
  • Mass Murders 2020
  • Morning File
  • Podcasts
  • Policing
  • Transportation
  • Women
  • How to…
  • Archives
Skip to content
Halifax Examiner

Halifax Examiner

An independent, adversarial news site in Halifax, NS

  • Sign In
  • My Account
    • Receipts
  • All Categories
  • FAQ
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
Home » Commentary » Page 4

Category: Commentary

Man in a room
Posted inCommentary

Emera: the view from the expensive seats

by Stephen Kimber October 30, 2022October 30, 2022
This billboard at the Moose River gold mine site from 2018 shows that the mine is part of the Moose River Consolidated Project, and also Atlantic Gold'sthe logo and name of Atlantic Gold, and underneath that, a daily blasting schedule for the Touquoy Gold porject, that warns everyone what time blasting will occur that day. Photo: Joan Baxter
Posted inEnvironment

No need to lobby: Newly hired bureaucrats to turn Environmental ‘Assessments’ into Environmental ‘Approvals’

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter October 25, 2022November 9, 2022
A white balding man in a dark suit and tie stands at a podium. Another man in a light grey suit stands nearby.
Posted inCommentary

Tim Houston’s power rate law pretends to respond to our frustrations, but it will create more and worse in the future

by Stephen Kimber October 23, 2022October 24, 2022
A man with salt and pepper hair and wearing a dark suit with blue tie sits at a desk in front of a lineup of Nova Scotian flags.
Posted inCommentary

The new Tim Houston sounds like the old Stephen McNeil

by Stephen Kimber October 16, 2022January 5, 2023
Posted inCommentary

What if Monday disappeared and no one noticed?

by Stephen Kimber October 9, 2022January 5, 2023
Two workers are seen near an ASPLUNDH truck and a tree leaning on a wire. They're wearing orange safety gear. One of them is on top of the truck.
Posted inCommentary

Waiting for your telco to really fix what ails our telecommunications system?

by Stephen Kimber October 2, 2022January 3, 2023
Posted inCommentary

Leadership matters

by Janice Brown September 27, 2022January 9, 2023
A burgundy and beige toy car sits on a table
Posted inArts and Culture, Commentary

Botswana, Bessie Head, a Rolls Royce, and the privilege of regular

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 27, 2022January 9, 2023
A young man on a bus wearing a mask, with other masked people in the background
Posted inMorning File

‘Individual public health measures’ is an oxymoron

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch September 22, 2022January 30, 2023
four people standing in front of flags
Posted inCommentary, Energy, Province House

Nova Scotia government announces a target of five gigawatts of offshore wind energy

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter September 21, 2022January 9, 2023

Posts navigation

Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 72 Older posts
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.

LATEST NEWS

Swamped with offers in just days, listing for historic Acadian church taken off the market

by Suzanne Rent and Jennifer Henderson March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

Planning for national urban park at Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes moves to next stage

by Zane Woodford March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

PCs reject move to tighten language in Bill 256 to protect patients from poorly trained or unethical health care providers

by Jennifer Henderson March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

Nova Scotia wants to hire Black high school students through summer mentorship program

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

The Port of Sydney discovers wind

by Tim Bousquet March 27, 2023March 27, 2023
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username

CONTACT US

Halifax Examiner
PO Box 463
Stn. Central Halifax, NS
B3J 2P8

QCJO # Q9427428
HST # 81281 0638 RT0001

ABOUT US

  • Who we are
  • Commenting policy
  • Terms and Conditions

MY ACCOUNT

My profile, orders,
subscription,
payment details,
and receipts

SUBSCRIBE

DONATE

EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS

ARCHIVE

Canada wordmark and flag

Matthew Byard's reporting is funded by the Government of Canada

© 2023 All information and images on this site copyright Halifax Examiner, except where otherwise noted. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic