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Caution tape is wrapped around charred trees, with yellow and green weeds growing in the foreground.

City Hall

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

by Zane Woodford September 19, 2023September 19, 2023

Mayor Mike Savage says federal and provincial governments need to act faster to reimburse the city.

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A vehicle passes by on a road. Behind it, charred woods with new greenery growing on the floor.

Fires

Halifax councillors hope to make Tantallon wildfire ‘a catalyst for change’

by Zane Woodford August 23, 2023August 23, 2023

The front doors of a school with the name in all caps.

Education, Fires, Government

Hammonds Plains residents raise alarm about fire evacuation plans for middle school

by Zane Woodford August 21, 2023August 28, 2023

Fires

HRMFireNews

by Halifax Fire News August 10, 2023August 12, 2023

A wooden plank sits over a ditch of running water along side a gravel road. A black pickup truck is closer to the roadside, just next to the plank. In the background are several people fixing holes in the gravel road. A fire vehicle is parked on the road, too.

Morning File

The helpers in an emergency and crisis communications that aren’t communicating at all

by Suzanne Rent July 25, 2023July 25, 2023

A white man with short brown hair and wearing a bright blue jacket over a white t-shirt and black shorts stands in the driveway in front of a home with beige siding. The front door is blue and the garage door is white. Next to the home is a tree that has been burned by fire.

Fires, Local News

Tantallon homeowner says insurance company not paying out claims, stopped communicating

by Suzanne Rent July 25, 2023August 1, 2023

A white man with grey hair wearing a black pinstriped suit, white shirt, yellow tie and glasses speaks at a podium. In the background are three Nova Scotia flags, coloured blue, yellow and red.

Morning File

Nova Scotia cabinet minister John Lohr is lying to the public in order to improperly use the Emergency Act for political purposes

by Tim Bousquet and Yvette d'Entremont June 30, 2023July 4, 2023

A man wearing orange safety gear and carrying a big chainsaw carries branches away from a tree that's leaning on a wire. It's pouring rain.

City Hall

Halifax to get Vulnerable Persons Registry to support people at ‘exponential’ risk in a crisis

by Yvette d'Entremont June 21, 2023June 21, 2023

A burned out stove and other items from inside a home destroyed by wildfires

City Hall

Councillor wants report on managing wildfire risk, says budget must prioritize community safety

by Yvette d'Entremont June 21, 2023June 28, 2023

City Hall

Halifax council approves regional growth plan that considers impacts of climate change, wildfires

by Yvette d'Entremont June 21, 2023June 28, 2023

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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.

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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.

Category: Fires

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

Halifax councillors hope to make Tantallon wildfire ‘a catalyst for change’

Hammonds Plains residents raise alarm about fire evacuation plans for middle school

HRMFireNews

The helpers in an emergency and crisis communications that aren’t communicating at all

Tantallon homeowner says insurance company not paying out claims, stopped communicating

Nova Scotia cabinet minister John Lohr is lying to the public in order to improperly use the Emergency Act for political purposes

Halifax to get Vulnerable Persons Registry to support people at ‘exponential’ risk in a crisis

Councillor wants report on managing wildfire risk, says budget must prioritize community safety

Halifax council approves regional growth plan that considers impacts of climate change, wildfires

How Nova Scotia doesn’t support women workers: let us count the ways

Riley trial: Witness admits she lied multiple times in previous testimony, including when her testimony resulted in a murder conviction for another man

Nova Scotia drops provincial portion of HST on new apartment construction

Nova Scotia health care administrative staff unions want province to head to bargaining table

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