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A graphic that says we do not live in a culture of consent. In the background is a photo of a dictionary definition of consent.

Commentary, Crime and Courts, Women

Legislation, education, everyday actions can foster a culture of consent

by Ann de Ste Croix September 20, 2022January 9, 2023

Commentary, Journalism, Province House, Racism

‘Frank’-ly, my dear, I don’t give a damn

by Stephen Kimber September 18, 2022January 9, 2023

Four photos. A young woman walking in a forest while she types on an open laptop. A person in a coffee shop with an open book, a notebook, and a fresh coffee. An unlikely table arrangement of an old typewriter, a notebook, and a pinecone. A young woman in a different coffee shop wearing a funky hat with a coffee, writing in a notebook. None of these photos are of freelance writers.

Freelancing and the grind of the personal brand

by Philip Moscovitch September 16, 2022January 30, 2023

Two women sit at a bar and are approached by a man

Arts and Culture, Commentary

Finding a balm in the stories at FIN Atlantic International Film Festival

by Evelyn C. White September 13, 2022January 9, 2023

The Alakai, docked at Yarmouth in 2019 on a hazy summer day.

Commentary, Economy, Province House

Tim Houston is ‘absolutely disappointed’ with the Yarmouth ferry

by Stephen Kimber September 12, 2022January 9, 2023

Three people sit at a long table in a conference room. There's a blue curtain behind them and a video screen to their right.

Commentary, Province House

‘Twas the late afternoon before a long weekend, and…

by Stephen Kimber September 6, 2022January 9, 2023

This aerial photo of Atlantic Gold's Touquoy open pit gold mine in Moose River shows the giant crater where the gold is mined, and the large tailings pond on the edge of Scraggy Lake. Photo is contributed.

Business and Development, Commentary

Nova Scotia is St Barbara’s ‘black cat’

by Joan Baxter September 1, 2022January 9, 2023

A older white man with glasses standing in his office

Commentary, Crime and Courts

Unfinished business: Donald Sobey, Derek Power, and the ‘pardoned’ sexual assault

by Stephen Kimber August 28, 2022January 9, 2023

A white woman with chin length brown hair and a shirt with rainbow zebras on it gestures while speaking at a microphone

The view from 10,000 feet: RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki must go

by Tim Bousquet August 25, 2022January 3, 2023

The green Portapique roadsign with a tartan sash tied on the post

Commentary, Mass Casualty Commission, Policing

Were Nova Scotia Mounties right to refuse to identify the mass killer’s weapons?

by Stephen Kimber August 21, 2022January 9, 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.