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Category: Energy

The Brooklyn Biomass plant belching smoke
Posted inForestry

‘A farce, a sick joke’: Nova Scotia amps up burning of biomass for electricity

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson December 20, 2022December 29, 2022
Three red and white smoke stacks against a blue sky, with crisscrossing power wires in the foreground.
Posted inUtilities

Province asks UARB to reject settlement to hike Nova Scotia Power rates by at least 14%

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson December 15, 2022December 15, 2022
This aerial view of the Point Tupper site shows a rendering of EverWind's project facilities in phase one and phase two (imagine contributed by 3D Wave)
Posted inCommentary

Where will all the ‘green energy’ come from for EverWind Fuels’ ‘green hydrogen’ project?

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter December 15, 2022January 13, 2023
A grey box with a fan inside and hoses leading away from it is mounted to the side of a home.
Posted inEnergy

Nova Scotia to pay for free heat pumps for low-income households

by Tim Bousquet December 13, 2022December 13, 2022
Electrical equipment is seen behind a fence with a sign indicating DANGER.
Posted inEnergy

Nova Scotia Power details proposed rate increases

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson December 8, 2022December 8, 2022
A white car with three men standing behind it.
Posted inEnergy

It’s hard to buy an electric vehicle in Nova Scotia. Here’s why

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson December 5, 2022December 5, 2022
A man in a dark suit sits at a table next to Nova Scotia flags.
Posted inEnergy

Houston asks UARB to reject power rates deal

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 30, 2022November 30, 2022
A red, white, and blue gas pump showing the prices of gas.
Posted inClimate

Carbon tax coming to Nova Scotia next summer, federal minister ‘baffled’ by Houston’s pleading

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 22, 2022November 22, 2022
A woman with brown hair waving in the wind, as she stands on a rocky beach
Posted inMorning File

Yvette d’Entremont: one of the cornerstones of the Examiner’s foundation

by Tim Bousquet November 21, 2022November 21, 2022
A large white two storey Victorian home on a corner lot with solar panels on its roof.
Posted inEnergy

Nova Scotia’s energy-efficiency programs rank among Canada’s best, report finds

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 17, 2022November 17, 2022

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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.


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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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