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A fishing boat with a green hull sits in a body of water not far from land. In the background is a rocky beach, grassy hill, and a white house.

Labour

Loss of 6 crew on scallop boat off Digby caused by insufficient crew training, says Transportation Safety Board

by Yvette d'Entremont March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

TSB described commercial fishing as one of the most hazardous occupations in the country.

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Investigation

Deforestation Inc: Media investigation into Paper Excellence ignites concerns on Parliament Hill over the company’s mysterious ownership, Chinese ties, and rapid expansion in Canada

by Joan Baxter March 22, 2023March 22, 2023

aerial view of large brownish clearcuts with ridges showing from tree harvesting and logging roads winding between patches of remnant dark green forest

Investigation

Deforestation Inc: Canada is a ‘world laggard’ in sustainable forestry, say critics, and Paper Excellence’s expansion threatens this country’s boreal forests

by Joan Baxter March 17, 2023March 17, 2023

muddy ground with enormous tread marks from tree harvesting and small pools of water all the way to the grey horizon with just one tiny clump of trees in the far distance

Investigation

Deforestation Inc: Nova Scotia opts for forest certification scheme critics call ‘greenwashing’

by Joan Baxter March 14, 2023March 14, 2023

A white woman with glasses and wearing a black hat, dark navy winter vest over a grey sweater and grey pants stands on a snowy lot near an old barn with grey shingles. The barn has a red-rust coloured wooden door.

Profiles

Nina Newington: Taking direct action to protect Nova Scotia’s forests

by Suzanne Rent March 13, 2023March 14, 2023

This black and white photo by Gerry Farrell shows the massive amount of air emissions that look like white clouds billowing from smokestacks at the Northern Pulp mill a few years ago, before the mill was closed and went into hibernation.

Investigation

Deforestation Inc: Paper Excellence’s rapid expansion in Canada is a ‘fibre grab’ to feed mills in China, say critics

by Joan Baxter March 10, 2023March 10, 2023

Investigation

Deforestation Inc: Are Paper Excellence and Asia Pulp & Paper linked companies? They say they aren’t. Here’s what we’ve learned

by Joan Baxter March 9, 2023March 9, 2023

A green mao of a part of Nova Scotia with the title Species at Risk at Goldsmith Lake. The map shows locations of frosted glass whisker, blue felt, wisqoq, as well as details locations that are harvest blocks or protected by old growth policy

Climate, Forestry, Province House

Halt to logging at Goldsmith Lake a ‘huge relief’, say citizen scientists

by Suzanne Rent March 7, 2023March 14, 2023

Investigation

Deforestation Inc: Paper Excellence and the ‘environmental insult’ to a First Nation community

by Joan Baxter March 2, 2023March 2, 2023

Forestry

Nature Nova Scotia slams Port Hawkesbury Paper logging deal

by Jennifer Henderson March 2, 2023March 2, 2023

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.

Category: Natural Resources

Loss of 6 crew on scallop boat off Digby caused by insufficient crew training, says Transportation Safety Board

Deforestation Inc: Media investigation into Paper Excellence ignites concerns on Parliament Hill over the company’s mysterious ownership, Chinese ties, and rapid expansion in Canada

Deforestation Inc: Canada is a ‘world laggard’ in sustainable forestry, say critics, and Paper Excellence’s expansion threatens this country’s boreal forests

Deforestation Inc: Nova Scotia opts for forest certification scheme critics call ‘greenwashing’

Nina Newington: Taking direct action to protect Nova Scotia’s forests

Deforestation Inc: Paper Excellence’s rapid expansion in Canada is a ‘fibre grab’ to feed mills in China, say critics

Deforestation Inc: Are Paper Excellence and Asia Pulp & Paper linked companies? They say they aren’t. Here’s what we’ve learned

Halt to logging at Goldsmith Lake a ‘huge relief’, say citizen scientists

Deforestation Inc: Paper Excellence and the ‘environmental insult’ to a First Nation community

Nature Nova Scotia slams Port Hawkesbury Paper logging deal

My trip to Province House, and why it makes me worry about the future

Opposition, advocates say budget misses the mark on poverty, housing crisis

Acadia student advocating for improved access to mental health care for rural Nova Scotians

AG finds weak cybersecurity at Halifax Water, putting water quality and supply systems at risk

Debra Lucas and Iris Drummond: leading the way in historic Black community of Lucasville