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A man wearing a navy blue suit, white shirt and grey tie smiles at a podium. In the background are three Nova Scotia flags, coloured blue, yellow and red.

Nova Scotia government considering options for rent cap post-2023

by Zane Woodford February 2, 2023February 3, 2023

A white man with short grey hair and wearing a blue suit with a purple tie.

Our ER health care crisis: going like hell in all directions, while getting nowhere fast

by Stephen Kimber January 29, 2023January 29, 2023

A physiotherapist's hands work on a patient clad in a blue gown sitting on a bed. The physiotherapist has a hand on the back of their leg and knee, placing a white bandage around the knee.

Physiotherapists advocating to have role in emergency departments in Nova Scotia

by Yvette d'Entremont January 26, 2023March 13, 2023

Black lady in dark blazer

Angela Simmonds resigns as Preston MLA, deputy Speaker

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter January 25, 2023January 28, 2023

A screenshot from Google Street View shows a sign in front of townhouses, reading "Welcome to the Bayers Westwood Community."

Crime and Courts

Metro housing employees claim managers tried to ‘gaslight and vilify’ them after nearby shooting

by Zane Woodford January 18, 2023January 18, 2023

A woman speaks at a microphone. Behind her are three Nova Scotia flags.

Nova Scotia auditor general details ‘obvious’ conflicts of interest at Metro Regional Housing

by Zane Woodford January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

A bus is seen on a busy street on a sunny day. On the front, it says 7 ROBIE.

The province budgets $1 billion for highways and $0 for Halifax’s Bus Rapid Transit system

by Tim Bousquet January 9, 2023January 10, 2023

Aerial view of a deep open pit at the Moose River gold mine with gravel roads spiralling down to the depths that are filled with turquoise coloured liquid, treed landscape in the foreground, and the grey waste rock hill in the upper right.

St Barbara is shedding its Nova Scotia gold mine, leaving a litany of environmental concerns

by Joan Baxter January 4, 2023January 30, 2023

Three red and white smoke stacks are seen behind wires on a blueksy day.

Nova Scotia Power sends letter to ministers, asks for meeting to discuss differences

by Jennifer Henderson December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

Four white politicians sit at a dark wood desk. Behind them is a video screen that says, "More, faster: The action for health build." There are also several blue and white Nova Scotia flags behind them.

Houston’s health care fix: another Hail Mary pass into a Grand Canyon of crises?

by Stephen Kimber December 18, 2022December 18, 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.