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Kimberly Ann McAndrew went missing 25 years tomorrow, but missing persons data is still incomplete

by Tim Bousquet August 11, 2014February 7, 2023

Climate change: the elephant in the room during fracking debate

by Tim Bousquet August 5, 2014February 7, 2023

Image of the Morse's Tea building, a six story historic stone and brick building in downtown Halifax. There is a large sign advertising office leasing on the side of the building.

City Hall, Commentary

Your name here: Which company will jump at the opportunity to be associated with obliterating the Morse’s Teas sign?

by Tim Bousquet July 14, 2014October 20, 2022

Image of a table with four stacks of newspapers, some of which are falling onto the table. The newspapers are a publication called the Fourth Estate, and feature orange highlights on black and white newsprint.

Commentary, Journalism

The Fourth Estate: Halifax’s great radical newspaper

by Tim Bousquet July 9, 2014October 20, 2022

Photograph of a row of people raising their hands during a Canadian citizenship ceremony. There people of a variety of ethnicities and ages, all facing forward with serious expressions.

Today, I became a Canadian citizen

by Tim Bousquet July 8, 2014October 20, 2022

Commentary, Province House

Nova Centre supporters are panicking, and for good reason

by Tim Bousquet July 7, 2014October 20, 2022

A depiction of several Barrington Street historic buildings, including the Former Eaton's store, the Colwell Building, Buckley's, Johnson Building, Roy Building and the D'Allaird Building. The buildings range from the 1870's to the 1950's, and are made of brick and stone. Several feature signage for storefronts and restaurants.

City Hall, Commentary, Journalism

Scapegoating Heritage Trust

by Tim Bousquet July 3, 2014October 20, 2022

A stylized architectural rendering of the Nova Centre. The photo features two tall glass buildings connected with a lower building with a tunnel underneath. The building is presented from the side, in a view that can never exist in the real world.

City Hall, Commentary, Province House

Nova Centre developer sues Heritage Trust, asks for “tens of millions of dollars” in damages; read the suit

by Tim Bousquet June 25, 2014October 20, 2022

Misinformation and bad arguments over the Africville dog park

by Tim Bousquet June 23, 2014February 2, 2023

A wide-angle photograph of the Halifax skyline on a sunny day. The sky is blue and the ocean in front of the waterfront is calm.

Two decades of world-class delusion

by Tim Bousquet May 16, 2014February 2, 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.