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A aerial view of a quarry in a area of green forests. The quarry has gravel roads around a large open pit. There are trucks and trailers on the site. A river can been seen winding its way through the forest in the background.
Posted inNatural Resources

Mount Uniacke residents organize, submit comments as quarry owners apply for expansion

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent September 29, 2023September 29, 2023

Northumberland Capital Corporation Inc. wants to expand its current four-hectare quarry to 40 hectares.

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A sign is seen in front of a parking lot. It says Madeline Symonds Middle School. In the background is a forest.
Posted inFires

Halifax councillors ask for report on school evacuation plans in wake of wildfire

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 27, 2023September 27, 2023
An architectural rendering of a wooden building with a peaked roof. It has two storeys and is located on a waterfront. There is a boardwalk out front and boats are docked there. A man is walking along the boardwalk and there are birds in the sky
Posted inEnergy

New building codes coming to Nova Scotia, but still concerns about meeting energy efficiency standard

A smiling fair skinned woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson September 25, 2023September 25, 2023
Fishing boats tied up in the harbour on a foggy day reflect on calm, glass-like green and white water.
Posted inClimate

Report charts course for how Nova Scotia’s lobster fleet can switch from diesel to electric motors

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont September 22, 2023September 22, 2023
A man in blue and a baby in yellow walk past an uprooted tree in a park.
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax didn’t submit a claim for its Hurricane Dorian costs

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 20, 2023September 20, 2023
Caution tape is wrapped around charred trees, with yellow and green weeds growing in the foreground.
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax councillors to consider $20.5 million to cover hurricane, fire, flood costs

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 19, 2023September 19, 2023
A woman with silver hair examines a hemlock seedling with a magnifying glass.
Posted inMorning File

In the Quiet and the Dark: New documentary on the people trying to save eastern hemlocks from total devastation

A smiling man with fair skin tone, a dark short beard, and dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt. by Philip Moscovitch September 19, 2023September 19, 2023
Five small, whitish dead eels float in murky brown water.
Posted inEnvironment

Marine scientist asks for help tracking dead eels found in Shubie canal, Dartmouth lakes

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont September 15, 2023September 15, 2023
A map of Eastern Canada showing the track of Hurricane Lee heading for Nova Scotia with the storm hitting near the Yarmouth area and moving up the western part of the province through the Bay of Fundy and over Newfoundland.
Posted inEnvironment

Hurricane Lee a big storm, but less intense than Fiona, expert says

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent September 14, 2023September 15, 2023
A trifecta of photos showing homes and vehicles half submerged in flood waters.
Posted inClimate

Mayor to write to province seeking buyout for flood-prone Bedford homes

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 13, 2023September 13, 2023

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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.


Tractors bulldoze trees as American money rains from the sky.
Credit: Ricardo Weibezahn - ICIJ

DEFORESTATION INC

Reporter Joan Baxter is one of 140 journalists from 39 media outlets across 27 countries working collaboratively on ‘Deforestation Inc,’ a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which looked at the ownership structure of Paper Excellence, its relationship with Asia Pulp & Paper, and how the secretive corporate empires are devastating forests in Canada and around the world.

Find all of Baxter’s articles on the Deforestation Inc homepage.


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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.

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Brad Johns once again spins the revolving door of SIRT directorship, but that won’t solve the crisis of legitimacy for the police oversight board

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Mount Uniacke residents organize, submit comments as quarry owners apply for expansion

by Suzanne Rent September 29, 2023September 29, 2023

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