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Category: Business and Development

A brick hotel is seen on a sunny day. The old sign out front says "OUT OF BUSINESS."
Posted inBusiness and Development, Crime and Courts, PRICED OUT

Landlord loses Bluenose Inn and Suites renoviction case in small claims

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford February 14, 2023February 21, 2023
Bright blue sky over a clearcut area in Port Wallace in July 2022, with logs and brush lying on the ground and one remaining tree in the middle of the cleared area that will become Clayton Developments' "Parks of Lake Charles." Photo contributed.
Posted inProvince House

Nova Scotia approves fast-tracked Port Wallace development

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford February 8, 2023February 8, 2023
Trees are seen on a slope at the edge of a gravel parking lot on a grey winter day. In the background, there's a stripmall.
Posted inCity Hall

Council agrees to sell sliver of Dartmouth parkland to Penhorn Mall property developer

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford February 8, 2023February 8, 2023
An overhead satellite image shows an existing school on the left, a sports field in the centre, and a proposed school drawn in yellow on the right, with parking and a bus loop.
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax council approves parkland sale for new Park West School

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford February 7, 2023February 14, 2023
Action Against Canso Spaceport sign in Canso. White sign with words "WE SAY NO!" in red letters over "to the CANSO SPACEPORT" in green and black lettering.
Posted inMorning File

There are dozens of spaceport projects around the world; they probably won’t bring the economic salvation backers promise

by Tim Bousquet February 1, 2023February 1, 2023
A group of men and women sit at a long table looking down at contracts.
Posted inLabour

Halifax Shipyard workers sign new contract for raises, more benefits

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson January 31, 2023January 31, 2023
Posted inMorning File

Before we launch a gazillion more satellites, let’s consider the legal rights of near-space

by Tim Bousquet January 25, 2023January 25, 2023
Five men, four in suits and ties (one of whom is Canada's Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra) and one wearing a blue Canadian astronaut uniform, pose together with three women for a photo in front of the white Canadarm emblazoned with the word Canada and flag.
Posted inCommentary

Canada doesn’t have regulations for launching rockets, but the government says it will ‘enable’ Canso spaceport anyway

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter January 23, 2023February 22, 2023
A rudimentary rendering of a proposed development shows a big building and some shadowy figures of trees and people playing along a path.
Posted inCity Hall

Dartmouth Cove development with 30-storey tower approved, construction years away

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford January 13, 2023January 13, 2023
A blue sign says "WELCOME TO UPPER HAMMONDS PLAINS. HALIFAX. A Black Heritage Community Est. 1815"
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Council downzones historic Black community to stop ‘Wild Wild West of development’

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 January 12, 2023January 12, 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.

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