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

by Zane Woodford March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

Evangeline Colman-Sadd’s office highlighted issues with the utility’s Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system.

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Three red and white smoke stacks against a bright sky are seen in the background of a street lined with trees with colourful leaves on a sunny afternoon.

Energy

Province hikes Nova Scotia Power’s potential maximum fine to $25 million

by Jennifer Henderson March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

The Alakai, docked at Yarmouth in 2019 on a hazy summer day.

Morning File

Nova Scotia’s delay in studying the Yarmouth ferry demonstrates the problems with economic impact analyses

by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson March 6, 2023March 7, 2023

A man wearing a dark suit with a polka dot shirt and striped tie laughs at a podium. In the background are three Nova Scotia flags, coloured blue, yellow and red.

Climate, Province House, Province House, Utilities

Nova Scotia Power fails to meet renewable power mandate, faces potential $10 million fine

by Jennifer Henderson March 6, 2023March 13, 2023

A white woman with light hair, glasses, a red blouse and a orange scarf sits before a microphone and water bottle.

Commentary

Are Nova Scotia’s de-carbonization programs working?

by Tim Bousquet February 28, 2023March 7, 2023

Three red and white smoke stacks against a blue sky, with crisscrossing power wires, a fence, and colourful leaves in the foreground.

Morning File

During the early February cold snap, the peak power demand was nearly 10% higher than the previous record

by Tim Bousquet February 27, 2023February 27, 2023

Energy, Utilities

Emera’s profits up for 2022

by Jennifer Henderson February 23, 2023March 2, 2023

A map of the Maritimes shows a bright yellow loop leading from Labrador to Nova Scotia, through Quebec.

Energy, Utilities

Can Hydro-Québec supply enough green energy to make the Atlantic Loop work? Maybe not.

by Jennifer Henderson February 10, 2023February 17, 2023

Commentary

Premier Tim Houston on power rate hikes… the sounds of silence

by Stephen Kimber February 5, 2023February 5, 2023

Morning File

Over the last 31 years, entire industries have collapsed, but profits for the privatized Nova Scotia Power remain protected from the realities of a changing world

by Tim Bousquet February 3, 2023February 3, 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: Utilities

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

Province hikes Nova Scotia Power’s potential maximum fine to $25 million

Nova Scotia’s delay in studying the Yarmouth ferry demonstrates the problems with economic impact analyses

Nova Scotia Power fails to meet renewable power mandate, faces potential $10 million fine

Are Nova Scotia’s de-carbonization programs working?

During the early February cold snap, the peak power demand was nearly 10% higher than the previous record

Emera’s profits up for 2022

Can Hydro-Québec supply enough green energy to make the Atlantic Loop work? Maybe not.

Premier Tim Houston on power rate hikes… the sounds of silence

Over the last 31 years, entire industries have collapsed, but profits for the privatized Nova Scotia Power remain protected from the realities of a changing world

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