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A rendering shows trees and long grass in the foreground, and a stepped, modern building of four storeys in the background. It's a sunny day.
Posted inCity Hall

Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre to buy former Red Cross property from Halifax for $1

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford March 8, 2023March 15, 2023

Halifax regional council unanimously approved the sale of 1940 Gottingen St.

A man in a suit carrying a chainsaw stands before a pile of logs as money floats down from the sky.
Posted inInvestigation

Deforestation Inc: Paper Excellence and the ‘environmental insult’ to a First Nation community

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter March 2, 2023March 2, 2023
Brick front building with red siding trim and large picture windows. On one window is an orange circle label that says "this should be housing."
Posted inIndigenous Nova Scotia, Poverty, PRICED OUT

Bridgewater non-profit asks town council for tax exemption to build affordable housing

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent December 13, 2022December 13, 2022
Posted inIndigenous Nova Scotia

Sipekne’katik band members say they weren’t told about wind power deal

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter October 14, 2022October 20, 2022
Three baseball lined up on a cement rail
Posted inArts and Culture, Indigenous Nova Scotia, Morning File

Catching a baseball: Are some things just for kids or do adults get dreams, too?

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang July 6, 2022January 9, 2023
A twenty dollar bill with an image of Queen Elizabeth on it.
Posted inHousing, Indigenous Nova Scotia, Morning File

Royal flush: the monarchy’s role in reconciliation and Canada today

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang May 19, 2022January 9, 2023
The Killag River is an important part of the West River Sheet Harbour watershed, important wild Atlantic salmon habitat, and this photo shows the Killag River just a ston's throw downstream from the site of the proposed Beaver Dam open pit gold mine. Photo: SImon Ryder-Burbidge
Posted inMining

Millbrook First Nation to Atlantic Gold and government regulators: “We oppose the Beaver Dam mine project”

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter January 21, 2022November 22, 2022
Posted inEnvironment, Indigenous Nova Scotia

Indigenous people and environmentalists prevented an enormous piece of carbon-intensive infrastructure being built at the Shubenacadie River

by Tim Bousquet December 20, 2021October 20, 2022
Posted inMorning File

Natural born quillers

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch November 22, 2021January 25, 2023
Sepia photo of six priests in cowboy style hats, clerical collars and long coats on horseback.
Posted inMorning File

The Oblates ignored the stories and abuse at residential schools

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch June 9, 2021January 23, 2023

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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.


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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

The Mass Casualty Commission’s final report will be issued tomorrow. It will likely be thoughtful and considered, and mostly ignored.

by Tim Bousquet March 29, 2023March 29, 2023

Nova Scotia basic income conference to focus on housing, poverty, income assistance issues

by Suzanne Rent March 29, 2023March 29, 2023

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

Planning for national urban park at Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes moves to next stage

by Zane Woodford March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

PCs reject move to tighten language in Bill 256 to protect patients from poorly trained or unethical health care providers

by Jennifer Henderson March 28, 2023March 28, 2023
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