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An illustration of a grey warship in the water.

Business and Development

Is Irving Shipyard double-dipping from public funds for the construction of new warships?

by Jennifer Henderson September 12, 2023September 20, 2023

A white man stands at a wooden podium. A blue curtain is behind him.

Oligarchs gonna oligarch: John Risley wants $2 billion of our money

by Tim Bousquet September 1, 2023September 1, 2023

Lighthouse in the evening.

Business and Development

New Peggy’s Cove bylaw wants ‘a world-class fishing village’ but residents decry a planning process replete with ‘lies’ and ‘favouritism’

by Philip Moscovitch August 24, 2023October 20, 2023

Smiling woman wearing a black t-shirt and a pink baseball cap with the name EverWind, sits at a table at the entrance to the community hall, with a wooden floor and Nova Scotia and Canada flags on the wall, welcoming visitors to the open house for a wind farm, with people gathered around posters mounted on stands around the room.

Here’s what we know about EverWind’s proposed wind farm in Colchester County: nothing much

by Joan Baxter August 24, 2023September 26, 2023

An architectural rendering shows a buildings without any surroundings or sky. It's four storeys plus a gable end roof, with long balconies.

Councillors approve Beaver Bank development after Utility and Review Board order

by Zane Woodford August 16, 2023August 28, 2023

An old building is seen on a street with a wooden sign out front with the name on it. A man runs by with a dog on a leash.

Halifax councillors approve new patio for the Narrows Public House

by Zane Woodford August 10, 2023October 20, 2023

four men and one woman lined up at a podium, all smiling. Premier TIm Houston (right), EverWind CEO and founder Trent Vichie (centre), Membertou First Nation Chief Terrance Paul (2nd from left), and other dignitaries at the signing of the MOU with Uniper and E.On. Photo contributed by EverWind

‘I’m not anti-hydrogen, I’m anti-bullshit’: Why ‘green’ hydrogen is hyped by the oil and gas industry

by Joan Baxter August 9, 2023September 11, 2023

four men and one woman lined up at a podium, all smiling. Premier TIm Houston (right), EverWind CEO and founder Trent Vichie (centre), Membertou First Nation Chief Terrance Paul (2nd from left), and other dignitaries at the signing of the MOU with Uniper and E.On. Photo contributed by EverWind

‘Not smart for Nova Scotia’: looking under the hood of the hydrogen hype

by Joan Baxter August 8, 2023September 11, 2023

An architectural rendering shows a modern three-storey building on a sunny day.

Councillors approve Cole Harbour affordable housing development on provincial land

by Zane Woodford August 4, 2023August 11, 2023

The sign for the Micmac mall in Dartmouth, which is made of stone and sits on a lawn.

Business and Development, City Hall, Crime and Courts

HRM alleges Ramias used numbered company to avoid taxes on Dartmouth mall purchase

by Zane Woodford July 20, 2023July 27, 2023

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents — Credit: Halifax Examiner. All rights reserved.

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.

Credit: Ricardo Weibezahn - ICIJ

DEFORESTATION INC

Reporter Joan Baxter is one of 140 journalists from 39 media outlets across 27 countries working collaboratively on ‘Deforestation Inc,’ a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which looked at the ownership structure of Paper Excellence, its relationship with Asia Pulp & Paper, and how the secretive corporate empires are devastating forests in Canada and around the world.

Find all of Baxter’s articles on the Deforestation Inc 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.

To read the entire DEAD WRONG series, and articles on Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, click here.