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This still from a video on the EverWind Fuels website shows an illuminated green line across the Canso Strait onto the mainland, under the words, "Point Tupper, Nova Scotia - The Ideal Site."

Analyst: “green hydrogen” is a bunch of hot air

by Joan Baxter October 19, 2022January 5, 2023

Nova Scotia Power wants still higher rate increases

by Jennifer Henderson October 17, 2022January 5, 2023

Indigenous Nova Scotia

Sipekne’katik band members say they weren’t told about wind power deal

by Joan Baxter October 14, 2022October 20, 2022

the roots of two large trees are shown after they were ripped up from a storm. In the background is a blue two-story house

Climate, Government, Utilities

Frustration grows in northeastern Nova Scotia as residents enter Day 11 without power

by Suzanne Rent October 4, 2022November 7, 2022

A man wearing a black suit, grey shirt and grey tie speaks into a microphone at a podium. In the background are three Nova Scotia flags, coloured blue, yellow and red.

Nova Scotia government submits revised plan, still without a price on carbon

by Jennifer Henderson September 2, 2022January 3, 2023

Smiling man with glasses light blue shirt, navy tie and gray jacket in front of a purple sign for the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance.

Climate, Province House

Does the Houston government’s proposed carbon plan make sense?

by Jennifer Henderson August 26, 2022January 9, 2023

A young woman in a huge crowd stands against a blue sky on the streets of downtown Halifax on Sept. 27, 2019 holding a sign that says 'If it was called father nature maybe we'd give a sh*t"

Climate, Health, Women

Study finds climate change disproportionately affects women, their mental health

by Yvette d'Entremont August 25, 2022November 18, 2022

The Brooklyn Biomass plant belching smoke

Climate, Energy, Utilities

Despite receiving Muskrat Falls power, Nova Scotia is still burning biomass for electricity

by Jennifer Henderson June 24, 2022January 9, 2023

A yellow detergent jug, a white plastic bag, and a Styrofoam sheet set out on garbage day.

Taking the first steps on the drastic plastic problem

by Ethan Lycan-Lang June 22, 2022January 9, 2023

Climate, Province House

Engineering study: three top options to protect Chignecto Isthmus will cost between $189 million and $301 million

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