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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

German business magazine casts doubt on EverWind’s ‘green hydrogen’ claims

by Joan Baxter June 20, 2023June 20, 2023

Papers of sheet music lie among burned garden rakes and branches.

Cabinet briefs: fire safety, MOVEit hack, and Houston has doubts about Atlantic Loop

by Jennifer Henderson June 16, 2023June 23, 2023

A blue, red, and white gas pump that offers regular, extra, and supreme fuel options.

Climate, Energy

Liberals ask Houston to help Nova Scotians as carbon tax set to hike fuel costs on July 1

by Jennifer Henderson June 14, 2023June 21, 2023

The Acadian, an Irving Oil-chartered oil tanker, is anchored off Dartmouth in this file photo.

Climate, Energy

UARB considers oil companies’ request to raise fuel prices to cover costs of clean air regulations

by Jennifer Henderson June 5, 2023June 15, 2023

Floating tidal generator in the bay. Sustainable Marine Energy Canada tidal generator

Energy, Fishery, Technology

DFO offered tidal developer one-year lease for Minas Basin site

by Jennifer Henderson May 18, 2023May 25, 2023

A red and white boat in the water.

Energy, Fishery

DFO responds to Houston’s complaints that it killed tidal project

by Jennifer Henderson May 3, 2023May 10, 2023

A red and white boat in the water.

Energy, Province House

Tidal generation company gives up on Nova Scotia

by Jennifer Henderson April 26, 2023May 3, 2023

A big ball of fire coming from a zeppelin.

Nova Scotia’s looming hydrogen disaster

by Tim Bousquet April 26, 2023April 26, 2023

John MacIsaac poses for a professional photo. He is a white man in his fifties.

Energy, Province House

John MacIsaac has problems holding a job. But he doesn’t have any problem getting paid.

by Jennifer Henderson April 21, 2023April 28, 2023

A map showing the various transmission components that connect Muskrat Falls to Nova Scotia.

Houston government says Nova Scotia Power should compensate ratepayers $2 million more per month for Muskrat Falls delays

by Jennifer Henderson April 20, 2023April 28, 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.

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.

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