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Category: Climate

A white woman with light hair, glasses, a red blouse and a orange scarf sits before a microphone and water bottle.
Posted inCommentary

Are Nova Scotia’s de-carbonization programs working?

by Tim Bousquet February 28, 2023March 7, 2023
Hundreds of people march through a city street with a banner reading “We are in a climate emergency”
Posted inCity Hall, Climate

Halifax councillors to consider adding previously-planned climate change positions to budget

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford February 8, 2023February 15, 2023
four men and one woman lined up at a podium, all smiling. Premier TIm Houston (right), EverWind CEO and founder Trent Vichie (centre), Membertou First Nation Chief Terrance Paul (2nd from left), and other dignitaries at the signing of the MOU with Uniper and E.On. Photo contributed by EverWind
Posted inMorning File

Is ‘green hydrogen’ the next Crypto?

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson February 8, 2023February 8, 2023
A white woman with blonde hair, glasses, and wearing a black top and pants stands behind a podium in a classroom raising her hand in the air.
Posted inClimate

Elizabeth May: Action to save planet, transform economy will take political will

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson January 25, 2023January 25, 2023
The Brooklyn Biomass plant belching smoke
Posted inForestry

‘A farce, a sick joke’: Nova Scotia amps up burning of biomass for electricity

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson December 20, 2022December 29, 2022
This aerial view of the Point Tupper site shows a rendering of EverWind's project facilities in phase one and phase two (imagine contributed by 3D Wave)
Posted inCommentary

Where will all the ‘green energy’ come from for EverWind Fuels’ ‘green hydrogen’ project?

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter December 15, 2022January 13, 2023
A grey box with a fan inside and hoses leading away from it is mounted to the side of a home.
Posted inEnergy

Nova Scotia to pay for free heat pumps for low-income households

by Tim Bousquet December 13, 2022December 13, 2022
An overhead view of the forest floor on a sunny day shows many large trees toppled over and scattered haphazardly.
Posted inClimate

Nova Scotia’s maple syrup industry was ‘devastated’ by Fiona

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 December 12, 2022December 13, 2022
An orange and blue sunset over a lake surrounded by trees and rocks.
Posted inEnvironment

Nova Scotia gets 14 new nature reserves, wilderness areas, including area in Sackville

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent December 12, 2022December 12, 2022
Posted inMining

Nova Scotia releases a Climate Change Action Plan just days after extending the life of the Donkin coal mine

by Tim Bousquet December 8, 2022December 9, 2022

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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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