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A rainbow appears to come out of the roof of a two-storey brick building.

Michelin receives $105.6 million public subsidy

by Tim Bousquet March 15, 2023March 15, 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

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.

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

by Suzanne Rent March 13, 2023March 14, 2023

EverWind Fuels website shows the words "Renewable Energy Solutions CLEAN ENERGY FOR A BETTER FUTURE" over an aerial view of the Point Tupper industrial site where it plans to build a green hydrogen and ammonia plant.

A New York Times report casts doubt on the viability of ‘green hydrogen’ export schemes like that approved in Nova Scotia

by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson March 13, 2023March 13, 2023

An architectural rendering shows a tall tower on a sunny day, with birds in the sky, and people milling about on the streets of downtown Dartmouth.

26-storey tower proposed as addition to former Dartmouth post office

by Zane Woodford March 13, 2023March 13, 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.

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

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 28, 2023

Two Amazon delivery boxes against a dark background.

Amazon HQ2 and always wishing for the big thing that will save us

by Philip Moscovitch March 7, 2023March 7, 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

A woman walks by a collapsed building on a snowy day.

Collapsed Halifax heritage building leaves holes in streetscape and big development plans

by Zane Woodford March 7, 2023March 14, 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.