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A pile of Canadian bills and coins, including loonies, twoonies, nickels, dimes, quarters, plus bills of 100, 50, 10, and 20 dollars.
Posted inLabour

Nova Scotia basic income conference to focus on housing, poverty, income assistance issues

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent March 29, 2023March 29, 2023

Conference set for all day Saturday in Halifax, Sydney, and online.

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Posted inMorning File

The Port of Sydney discovers wind

by Tim Bousquet March 27, 2023March 27, 2023
A short water tower is seen on a grey day. There's a blue H with a wave through it on the side, the Halifax Water logo. In the foreground, there's a barbed wire fence and a light post.
Posted inCity Hall

AG finds weak cybersecurity at Halifax Water, putting water quality and supply systems at risk

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford March 24, 2023March 24, 2023
A fishing boat with a green hull sits in a body of water not far from land. In the background is a rocky beach, grassy hill, and a white house.
Posted inLabour

Loss of 6 crew on scallop boat off Digby caused by insufficient crew training, says Transportation Safety Board

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont March 23, 2023March 23, 2023
Three red and white smoke stacks against a bright sky are seen in the background of a street lined with trees with colourful leaves on a sunny afternoon.
Posted inEnergy

Province hikes Nova Scotia Power’s potential maximum fine to $25 million

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson March 23, 2023March 23, 2023
A Black man wearing a baseball cap, vest, hoodie, and grey pants speaks from a megaphone at a rally in an outdoors town square. The day is sunny and a group of people are standing on the cobble stone pathways. There are banners hanging from the lamposts.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, City Hall, Labour, Racism

Halifax mayor speaks at third rally for Black HRM workers who allege racial discrimination

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter March 22, 2023March 29, 2023
Tractors bulldoze trees as American money rains from the sky.
Posted inInvestigation

Deforestation Inc: Media investigation into Paper Excellence ignites concerns on Parliament Hill over the company’s mysterious ownership, Chinese ties, and rapid expansion in Canada

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter March 22, 2023March 22, 2023
A rainbow appears to come out of the roof of a two-storey brick building.
Posted inCommentary

What Michelin wants, Michelin gets… always

by Stephen Kimber March 20, 2023March 20, 2023
aerial view of large brownish clearcuts with ridges showing from tree harvesting and logging roads winding between patches of remnant dark green forest
Posted inInvestigation

Deforestation Inc: Canada is a ‘world laggard’ in sustainable forestry, say critics, and Paper Excellence’s expansion threatens this country’s boreal forests

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter March 17, 2023March 17, 2023
A rainbow appears to come out of the roof of a two-storey brick building.
Posted inBusiness and Development, Province House

Michelin subsidy backstory: in November, the Houston government back-dated changes to the Capital Investment Tax Credit, but refused to say why

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson March 16, 2023March 23, 2023

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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.


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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

The Mass Casualty Commission’s final report will be issued tomorrow. It will likely be thoughtful and considered, and mostly ignored.

by Tim Bousquet March 29, 2023March 29, 2023

Nova Scotia basic income conference to focus on housing, poverty, income assistance issues

by Suzanne Rent March 29, 2023March 29, 2023

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
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