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A white woman in a grey jacket, beige scarf, and jeans stands speaking at a microphone while people sit in chairs in an audience next to her. There are three cops in uniforms sitting at a separate table upfront.
Posted inCity Hall

Dozens speak against Halifax police budget increase request at public meeting

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent November 23, 2023November 30, 2023
A positive COVID test result
Posted inCOVID, Province House

COVID is still in Nova Scotia, but few messages from public health about virus in community

A smiling fair skinned woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 22, 2023November 29, 2023
Two workers in the lift of a machine work on the side of a five-storey building under construction. The building is surrounded by fencing with signs hanging on the side.
Posted inEducation, Housing, Province House

Nova Scotia to build student housing at four NSCC campuses

A smiling fair skinned woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 21, 2023November 28, 2023
A white woman with long light brown hair and wearing a purple shirt leans against a stone wall with her arms crossed.
Posted inCity Hall

Director of CCPA-Nova Scotia says HRM must lead the way by paying its employees living wage

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 November 21, 2023November 28, 2023
At a row of houses under construction on a sunny day, workers grip a window from the inside as they lift it into place.
Posted inHousing, Province House

Nova Scotia announces three affordable housing projects for Bridgewater, Halifax area

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent November 20, 2023November 27, 2023
A construction site featuring opened chained link fencing, beyond which you can see gravel, trees, blue sky with clouds, and a yellow piece of construction equipment digging into rock.
Posted inProvince House

Nova Scotia to open 2,200 new nursing home beds across province

A smiling fair skinned woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 20, 2023November 27, 2023
A blue and white sign that says "library" with person reading a book and an arrow pointing to a building in the distance. The building is a wooden three-storey building at the end of a gravel driveway in a rural community. There is a single tree on the corner of the driveway and the rural cracked paved road. The number 95 is on a smaller sign close to the grassy ditch.
Posted inArts and Culture, Equity and Equality, Local News, Province House

Cumberland Public Libraries fight budget cuts that could mean layoffs and branch closures

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent November 18, 2023November 27, 2023
A neon yellow sign shows two people walking. Underneath, a white sign says “MAXIMUM 30 km/h WHEN CHILDREN PRESENT.” Next to the signs, a red car drives by.
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax committee discusses benefits of reducing urban speed limits to 30km/hr

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent November 17, 2023November 27, 2023
Posted inCity Hall

RCMP want more cops, intimate partner violence investigators for Halifax

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent November 16, 2023November 27, 2023
The Halifax city skyline is seen at sunset from Dartmouth. In the foreground there's a rocky outcropping with a log and an old tire. There's another rocky outcropping in the mid-ground, the King's Wharf pier.
Posted inCity Hall

Council approves amended bylaw on infilling at Northwest Arm; staff report on Dartmouth Cove to come later

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent November 15, 2023November 28, 2023

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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.


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.


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.

LATEST NEWS

Somebody might maybe one day look into police malfeasance in the Glen Assoun case

by Tim Bousquet December 1, 2023December 1, 2023

Department of Labour wants feedback from Nova Scotians on harassment in workplaces

by Suzanne Rent December 1, 2023December 1, 2023

Studies find political interference in science is prevalent and ongoing

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

Emergency egress, hfxALERT debated as Halifax regional council reviews wildfire reports

by Suzanne Rent November 30, 2023November 30, 2023

Silent Book Club: low-pressure reading group comes to Halifax

by Philip Moscovitch November 30, 2023November 30, 2023
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