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An aerial shot of the open pit of the St Barbara Ltd Touquoy gold mine in Moose River, the pit has dark green water in its base and trucks have been taking waste rock into the deep pit.

Atlantic Gold is abandoning Tangier

by Tim Bousquet December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

An overhead view of the forest floor on a sunny day shows many large trees toppled over and scattered haphazardly.

Nova Scotia’s maple syrup industry was ‘devastated’ by Fiona

by Yvette d'Entremont December 12, 2022December 13, 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

Nova Scotia releases a Climate Change Action Plan just days after extending the life of the Donkin coal mine

by Tim Bousquet December 8, 2022December 9, 2022

a body of water with scum on it

Boat Harbour cleanup now priced at $314 million, and no one knows how much it will cost to clean up abandoned mine sites

by Tim Bousquet December 6, 2022December 7, 2022

Drone shot of a 2018 Westfor clearcut on crown land. Lake Rossignol can be seen on the top right.

Enviro groups call Sustainable Forestry Initiative ‘greenwashing’

by Joan Baxter December 5, 2022January 5, 2023

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

aerial view of a wooded area with a mix of green conifers and leafless hardwoods divided by a broad dirt road with a light cover of snow

‘Citizen scientists’ call on Houston to freeze all logging around Goldsmith Lake in Annapolis County

by Joan Baxter November 25, 2022December 22, 2022

A woman with brown hair waving in the wind, as she stands on a rocky beach

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

by Tim Bousquet November 21, 2022November 21, 2022

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer.

Jennifer Henderson is one of the dynamos that drives the Halifax Examiner

by Tim Bousquet November 14, 2022November 14, 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.