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Two young boys in caps peek around the corner of a wooden structure with woods behind them.
Posted inFrancophone Nova Scotia

‘Their stories become our history forever’: Pubnico seniors share memories in new film

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont March 21, 2023March 21, 2023

Raconte-moi un souvenir (Tell me a memory) documents stories of growing up in the Southwest Nova Scotian community between 1930 and 1950.

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An old house with brown shingles, its door painted blue, and red, white, and blue Acadian flags hanging in the window. The roof of the house is also covered in a large red, white, and blue flag. The are shrubs and trees surrounding the house with a wooden bench underneath one of the windows. The sky is bright blue with no clouds.
Posted inFrancophone Nova Scotia, Local History

La Vieille Maison in Meteghan wins second place in national heritage preservation contest

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont February 24, 2023March 3, 2023
A dark grey house with a small attached building to the right. Each building has a bright blue door, and the house's roof is a bright blue, white and red Acadian flag. Small Acadian flags line the walkway leading to the main door.
Posted inFrancophone Nova Scotia

La Vieille Maison, the Acadian ‘old house,’ is finalist in National historic preservation contest

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont January 30, 2023January 30, 2023
A rack of newspapers
Posted inFrancophone Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia’s oldest French language newspaper looks ahead to uncertain, but hopeful, future

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont December 18, 2022December 19, 2022
A young woman, hair pulled back, embraces from behind an older grey-haired smiling woman in front of a tree on a sunny day.
Posted inFrancophone Nova Scotia, Health

New handbook provides guidance to caregivers in French

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont August 19, 2022November 18, 2022
A red, white, and blue sign that says Le Conseil scolaire acadien provincial
Posted inEducation, Francophone Nova Scotia, Province House

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

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont April 13, 2022November 18, 2022
A family stands on a boardwalk near an old wooden fortress
Posted inFrancophone Nova Scotia, Local History

Momentum grows against possible sale of municipally-owned land next to historic Fort Edward

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont March 23, 2022November 18, 2022
A sepia photo of a young boy, laid on top of a collage of photos of handwritten recipes
Posted inProfiles

Recipe for sweet family memories: One doughnut thief, three aunts, and decades of stories

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont December 17, 2021December 6, 2022
Acadian flags festoon a wooden bridge and nearby grassy area along the bank where spectators gathered to watch a duck race in the Tor Bay area.
Posted inFrancophone Nova Scotia

Tor Bay officially recognized as an Acadian community

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont November 9, 2021December 22, 2022
Acadia
Posted inProvince House

Acadians go to court in bid for a Chéticamp electoral riding

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont June 10, 2021December 6, 2022

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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.

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Opposition, advocates say budget misses the mark on poverty, housing crisis

by Jennifer Henderson March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

Acadia student advocating for improved access to mental health care for rural Nova Scotians

by Yvette d'Entremont March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

AG finds weak cybersecurity at Halifax Water, putting water quality and supply systems at risk

by Zane Woodford March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

Debra Lucas and Iris Drummond: leading the way in historic Black community of Lucasville

by Suzanne Rent March 23, 2023March 24, 2023
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