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A grey box with a fan inside and hoses leading away from it is mounted to the side of a home.

New grant to help Nova Scotians switch from oil to heat pump; carbon tax delayed until July

by Jennifer Henderson November 22, 2022November 22, 2022

A large white two storey Victorian home on a corner lot with solar panels on its roof.

Nova Scotia’s energy-efficiency programs rank among Canada’s best, report finds

by Jennifer Henderson November 17, 2022November 17, 2022

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.

New regulation pushes Nova Scotia Power to address company complaints or face fines

by Jennifer Henderson November 16, 2022November 16, 2022

Smiling white woman with hair tumbling below her shoulders. A painting of a man hangs on the salmon-coloured wall behind her.

‘Those acorns are expertly finished’: Sue Goyette takes us to the imaginary ‘Nova Scotia Forest’ of the future

by Philip Moscovitch November 8, 2022February 1, 2023

Three red and white smoke stacks against a blue sky.

Muskrat Falls power delays will lead to very high rate increases in Nova Scotia

by Jennifer Henderson November 8, 2022November 9, 2022

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

Advocate says plan to cap Nova Scotia Power increases should add relief for low-income ratepayers

by Jennifer Henderson November 1, 2022November 9, 2022

Halifax Water rates to climb after UARB approval

by Zane Woodford October 31, 2022October 31, 2022

A white balding man in a dark suit and tie stands at a podium. Another man in a light grey suit stands nearby.

Tim Houston’s power rate law pretends to respond to our frustrations, but it will create more and worse in the future

by Stephen Kimber October 23, 2022October 24, 2022

Apartment buildings under construction on Clyde Street in Halifax in June 2021. The new construction dwarfs an older building, which is itself only a couple of decades old. In the foreground you can see a bright blue cherry picker crane, and a yello tube through which trash drops into a dumpster. In front of the nearest building is a chain link fence, covered with multi coloured banners extolling the virtues of the construction company, the investors, and the future luxury accomodations. The banners are already worn and filthy.

Province moves to silence HRM bylaw on construction noise

by Jennifer Henderson October 21, 2022October 27, 2022

A white balding man in a dark suit and tie stands at a podium. Another man in a light grey suit stands nearby.

Province introduces amendments to limit hikes to power rates, Nova Scotia Power’s profits

by Jennifer Henderson October 19, 2022December 9, 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.