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Black Nova Scotia

Campaign signs for Black MLA candidate burned in Truro

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter July 26, 2021November 7, 2022

Day 4 of the campaign brings 3 new promises: toll removal, buy local rebate, rent control

by Jennifer Henderson July 20, 2021December 21, 2022

Black Nova Scotia

For the first time in Nova Scotia election history, all the candidates in one riding are Black

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter July 20, 2021November 7, 2022

Election 2021: Party leaders lay out their priorities

by Jennifer Henderson July 19, 2021December 21, 2022

Following a $321 million spending blitz, a provincial election will be called this morning

by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson July 17, 2021December 21, 2022

Former councillor Lorelei Nicoll seeks provincial Liberal nomination in Cole Harbour-Dartmouth

by Zane Woodford April 26, 2021January 2, 2023

What did Halifax councillors say about police budgets during the campaign?

by Zane Woodford April 23, 2021January 2, 2023

Iain Rankin is Nova Scotia’s new premier

by Jennifer Henderson February 6, 2021December 14, 2022

Liberal Leadership election begins today

by Jennifer Henderson February 1, 2021December 14, 2022

Liberal leadership candidate Randy Delorey made a whack of promises; we unpack them

by Jennifer Henderson January 5, 2021December 14, 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.