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A woman wearing a dark t-shirt and glasses speaks at a podium. In the background are three Nova Scotia flags, coloured blue, yellow and red.

Like the rest of us, Health Minister Michelle Thompson has given up on meaningfully addressing COVID

by Tim Bousquet January 6, 2023January 6, 2023

black and white polaroid of man on a sofa with his face blocked while reading a newspaper

Local news, independent outlets, and ethics: what happens next?

by Philip Moscovitch January 5, 2023January 5, 2023

Aerial view of a deep open pit at the Moose River gold mine with gravel roads spiralling down to the depths that are filled with turquoise coloured liquid, treed landscape in the foreground, and the grey waste rock hill in the upper right.

St Barbara is shedding its Nova Scotia gold mine, leaving a litany of environmental concerns

by Joan Baxter January 4, 2023January 30, 2023

Sign for Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corporation A Paper Excellence Company. Photo: Joan baxter

Canada’s Competition Commissioner okays merger that will reduce competition in Canada’s pulp and paper sector

by Joan Baxter December 29, 2022January 3, 2023

A construction site is seen on a cloudy day. In he foreground, there's a pile of big concrete pipes. In the background, big dump trucks are parked next to an embankment.

Halifax lacks long-term plans to meet demand for industrial land, auditor general says

by Zane Woodford December 14, 2022December 14, 2022

Nova Scotia aims to double the population, but has no realistic plan for moving around a million more people

by Tim Bousquet December 12, 2022December 12, 2022

Aerial view of Moose River open pit gold mine showing deep pit with turquoise water in the bottom and gravel roads spiralling down into it, flat silvery surface of the tailings facility in the background as well as the massive waste rock storage pile with forested area and Moose River in the foreground. Photo by Raymond Plourde/ Ecology Action Centre

Shake-up at Australian mining firm St Barbara will have big reverberations in Nova Scotia

by Joan Baxter December 12, 2022January 2, 2023

Business and Development

Joe Ramia proposes towers up to 36 storeys for Dartmouth mall parking lot

by Zane Woodford December 10, 2022December 10, 2022

A large grey building next to a pile of black coal.

Business and Development

Province renews Donkin Mine approval despite long history of safety violations

by Tim Bousquet December 2, 2022December 2, 2022

The entrance to NSCAD University’s Port Campus on a sunny day in June 2021. The building's horizontal rippled metal cladding creates horizontal stripes of sun and shade. The building's railing is shiny aluminum with newel posts topped with shiny steel orbs. The NSCAD sign is dark royal blue with white lettering, and there is a geometric graphic above it in black, white, and gold.

A new deal between NSCAD University and the Port of Halifax should be ringing alarm bells

by Tim Bousquet November 28, 2022November 28, 2022

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.