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A tall building under construction is seen on a grey day. In the foreground, a pedestrian crosses the street.

Business and Development

Developer wants to convert unfinished Dartmouth hotel to apartment building

by Zane Woodford May 25, 2023May 25, 2023

Monaco Investments applied to change the controversial 16-storey hotel to a residential building.

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Morning File

Maritime Launch is great for the economy says study paid for by Maritime Launch

by Tim Bousquet May 17, 2023May 17, 2023

A weathered building clad in cedar shingles with a red sign and GIBSON'S written in gold. The picture window is boarded up, covered in graffiti. There's caution tape across the door.

City Hall

Gibson’s to Selby’s: Halifax community council approves Chebucto Road café development

by Zane Woodford May 17, 2023May 24, 2023

At a construction site on a sunny morning, a worker on a ladder uses a plumb-line while another toils beneath him.

Business and Development, City Hall, Housing

Halifax council to consider policy requiring ‘affordable’ housing in new development

by Zane Woodford May 5, 2023May 15, 2023

White signboard reading Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corporation A Paper Excellence Company nestled in a leafy green grove of trees, surrounded and fronted by green hedges and a lawn.

Province House

Court grants Northern Pulp 4-month creditor protection extension; company lists big demands for concessions from Nova Scotia

by Joan Baxter May 1, 2023May 1, 2023

Business and Development, City Hall, Province House

Commercial zoning concerns dominate Peggy’s Cove land use bylaw meeting

by Philip Moscovitch April 28, 2023May 5, 2023

The sign at the main entrance to the Northern Pulp mill in Pictou County identifies it as a Paper Excellence company. Photo Joan baxter

Forestry

Northern Pulp wants to burn biomass and sell the energy

by Joan Baxter April 28, 2023April 28, 2023

screenshot of Bear Head Energy website with four men in suits standing on a recently mowed field under a blue sky with a couple of wind turbines visible in the distance on the right and paved areas on the left, with the words "We Plan to Produce Green Hydrogen & Ammonia at Scale" superimposed on the photo.

Business and Development

‘Green hydrogen’ may be the next ‘of a historic string of expensive industrial project failures in the province’

by Joan Baxter April 25, 2023May 26, 2023

A fiery red flare from a rocket after it was launched into a blue sky

Morning File

When rockets go Boom! A new possibility for Nova Scotia’s dystopian tourism circuit

by Tim Bousquet April 21, 2023April 21, 2023

A black building is seen on a sunny day. On the side, it says, “SEE IT. BELIEVE IT.”

City Hall

Developer proposes second 30-storey tower for Dartmouth Cove area

by Zane Woodford April 19, 2023April 26, 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.

Category: Business and Development

Developer wants to convert unfinished Dartmouth hotel to apartment building

Maritime Launch is great for the economy says study paid for by Maritime Launch

Gibson’s to Selby’s: Halifax community council approves Chebucto Road café development

Halifax council to consider policy requiring ‘affordable’ housing in new development

Court grants Northern Pulp 4-month creditor protection extension; company lists big demands for concessions from Nova Scotia

Commercial zoning concerns dominate Peggy’s Cove land use bylaw meeting

Northern Pulp wants to burn biomass and sell the energy

‘Green hydrogen’ may be the next ‘of a historic string of expensive industrial project failures in the province’

When rockets go Boom! A new possibility for Nova Scotia’s dystopian tourism circuit

Developer proposes second 30-storey tower for Dartmouth Cove area

Horsewoman in training: Learning to ride a horse is all about training the human

Councillor quits Peggy’s Cove Commission over ‘unfair and unreasonable position of conflict’

Dartmouth shelter to close next week, leaving residents scrambling to find housing

While Demario Chambers waited over three years for justice, the cop who beat him up was paid more than $300,000 for doing no work at all

Halifax EPA pens letter to premier asking him to intervene in school support workers strike