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A bowl of gumbo sits on a wooden slatted table. It has bits of meat, rice, broth, and green celery floating on top of it.

Francophone Nova Scotia

Video game developer cooks up app to share culinary creations of Nova Scotia’s Clare region

by Yvette d'Entremont August 3, 2023August 3, 2023

Clare Cuisine + app will officially be launched at Acadian festival on Thursday.

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An aerial shot of a church made from grey granite stones. The church has three red doors and a stone cross on top. In the background is the ocean while a two lane highway runs in front. There is a lineup of cyclists driving on the road. A few pickup trucks are parked in a grassy area across from the church. Houses are located along the road.

Charity, heritage society partner on 32-day campaign to buy, save historic Acadian church

by Suzanne Rent April 20, 2023April 27, 2023

Morning File

Swamped with offers in just days, listing for historic Acadian church taken off the market

by Suzanne Rent and Jennifer Henderson March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

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

Francophone Nova Scotia, Local History

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

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

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.

Francophone Nova Scotia, Local History

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

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.

Francophone Nova Scotia

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

by Yvette d'Entremont January 30, 2023January 30, 2023

Francophone Nova Scotia

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

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.

Francophone Nova Scotia, Health

New handbook provides guidance to caregivers in French

by Yvette d'Entremont August 19, 2022November 18, 2022

A red, white, and blue sign that says Le Conseil scolaire acadien provincial

Education, Francophone Nova Scotia, Province House

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

by Yvette d'Entremont April 13, 2022November 18, 2022

A family stands on a boardwalk near an old wooden fortress

Francophone Nova Scotia, Local History

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

by Yvette d'Entremont March 23, 2022November 18, 2022

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents — Credit: Halifax Examiner. All rights reserved.

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.

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.

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.

Category: Francophone Nova Scotia

Video game developer cooks up app to share culinary creations of Nova Scotia’s Clare region

Charity, heritage society partner on 32-day campaign to buy, save historic Acadian church

Swamped with offers in just days, listing for historic Acadian church taken off the market

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

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

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

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

New handbook provides guidance to caregivers in French

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

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

Halifax MP says council can go higher on federal housing application

NDP wants Nova Scotia municipalities to tax developers who leave lots empty

Conservative MP tells non-binary parent he opposes “imposing contrary values” on children

NDP lays out plan to close loopholes, up enforcement to protect tenants

Nova Scotia, federal government building more than 200 public housing units