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A graphic with a basketball, soccer ball, football, and baseball over a green and black online betting screen

Business and Development, Education, Morning File

Should we be betting on gambling advertising in sports?

by Ethan Lycan-Lang May 31, 2022January 9, 2023

Left photo: Black lady in blue graduation gown gives speech at a podium / Right photo:

Black Nova Scotia, Education

Retired Judge Corrine Sparks receives honorary degree from Mount Saint Vincent University

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter May 25, 2022January 9, 2023

Two young children, a boy and a girl, wearing backpacks and masks stand in a classroom.

COVID, Education, Province House

NSTU president concerned about conflict as province announces end to mask mandate in schools

by Yvette d'Entremont May 19, 2022November 18, 2022

Head shot: Black football referee

Black Nova Scotia

“Representation matters”: Vince Williams talks about the inaugural CFL Officiating Academy training camp

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter May 18, 2022November 8, 2022

Black woman with long dark braids smiles for the camera on a sunny day

Black Nova Scotia

Black Youth Development Mentorship Program gets word out to high school students

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter May 16, 2022November 8, 2022

Three white teenaged students and their teacher on a bench, wearing matching black t-shirts

Education, Women

Dartmouth junior high students create project to raise awareness about sexual violence

by Suzanne Rent May 2, 2022October 20, 2022

A red, white, and blue sign that says Le Conseil scolaire acadien provincial

Education, Francophone Nova Scotia, Province House

Acadian, francophone group hosting rally to support French first-language education, private member’s bill

by Yvette d'Entremont April 13, 2022November 18, 2022

Admiral Westphal Elementary

Black Nova Scotia

Black mother dissatisfied with school’s response to racist bullying of her children by white classmate

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter March 7, 2022November 8, 2022

People holding colourful signs supporting Ukraine and condemning Russia stand on the steps at Grand Parade.

“Nova Scotians need to know that this is a war,” say organizers of peace rally set for today

by Yvette d'Entremont March 5, 2022November 18, 2022

Black man in grey collared shirt smiles for the camera with world map blurred in the background on the wall

Black Nova Scotia

Lack of Black voices in local media ‘inexcusable,’ journalism prof says

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter March 2, 2022November 8, 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.