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Three red and white smoke stacks are seen behind wires on a blueksy day.

Energy, Utilities

Still more power rate increases likely

by Jennifer Henderson February 3, 2023February 6, 2023

Electrical equipment is seen behind a fence with a sign indicating DANGER.

UARB approves 6.9% power rate increase for households, effective immediately

by Jennifer Henderson February 2, 2023February 2, 2023

Two sandwiches with deli meats and lettuce on a serving board.

Sandwiches are beautiful and so are essays about them

by Philip Moscovitch January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

A fallen light pole is leaning against a fence

Hurricane Fiona hit Dartmouth 110 days ago; Thistle Street has been dark ever since

by Tim Bousquet January 12, 2023January 12, 2023

Three red and white smoke stacks are seen behind wires on a blueksy day.

Nova Scotia Power sends letter to ministers, asks for meeting to discuss differences

by Jennifer Henderson December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

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

Province asks UARB to reject settlement to hike Nova Scotia Power rates by at least 14%

by Jennifer Henderson December 15, 2022December 15, 2022

A truck that holds home heating fuel

The province substantially increases funding for and eligibility to the Heating Assistance Rebate Program

by Tim Bousquet December 14, 2022December 14, 2022

Electrical equipment is seen behind a fence with a sign indicating DANGER.

Nova Scotia Power details proposed rate increases

by Jennifer Henderson December 8, 2022December 8, 2022

Workers are seen on scaffolding putting siding on the last of a row of similar houses.

The Bank of Canada is doing its best to worsen the housing crisis

by Tim Bousquet November 30, 2022November 30, 2022

Electrical equipment is seen behind a fence with a sign indicating DANGER.

Power rates in Nova Scotia are now expected to rise 13.8% over the next two years

by Jennifer Henderson November 25, 2022November 25, 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.