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Former Sipekne’katik Chief Mike Sack faces criminal charges on three separate incidents. They aren’t his first brush with the law

by Tim Bousquet January 4, 2024January 17, 2024

“The former chief of the Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia is facing assault charges in two separate cases,” reports Maureen Googoo for Ku’ku’kwes News: Michael Patrick Sack, 42, is charged with aggravated assault for allegedly wounding another man at or near Saulnierville, N.S. on October 28, 2023. … Sack and his son, 20-year-old Michael […]

A fishing vessel painted white and pale blue is surrounded by its wake in dark blue waters as sun reflects off of its bow.

Fishery, Indigenous Nova Scotia, Transportation

Deck modification led to fatal capsizing of Nova Scotia fishing vessel, says Transportation Safety Board

by Yvette d'Entremont November 22, 2023November 29, 2023

Photo of a canoe taken by someone seated in the bow seat, looking towards the stern. Various bits of gear are seen in the bottom of the boat.

Morning File

Grappling with history while slowly paddling forward

by Philip Moscovitch November 2, 2023November 2, 2023

A Black woman with short greying hair, and large glasses, wearing beige shorts and a red hoodie with a graphic of the continent of Africa on it, stands in the corner of a wooden deck on a cabin in a wooded area.

Black Nova Scotia

Planting seeds of racial diversity at Kejimkujik

by Evelyn C. White October 25, 2023November 20, 2023

A man wearing a dark coloured hoodie stands in a stand of trees in a sunlit forest and stares up in wonder.

Indigenous Nova Scotia

Healing the hemlocks: saving ancient trees from invasive insect in Nova Scotia’s Asitu’lɨsk forest

by Yvette d'Entremont September 12, 2023September 20, 2023

A woman smiles and spreads her arms in a green field on the coast on a sunny day.

Incarceration in Nova Scotia

Sarah Rose Denny’s family sues Nova Scotia over Mi’kmaw mother’s pneumonia death in custody

by Zane Woodford August 24, 2023August 24, 2023

A map of Atlantic Canada, annotated with possible Viking voyages.

Morning File

What do we take away from the Vikings’ failed attempt to settle in North America?

by Tim Bousquet August 21, 2023August 22, 2023

An illustration of that shows the back of a woman who is looking out a large window. The second half of the photo shows three women of colour sitting at a table and talking an painting. The text says "creating communities of care."

Morning File

Communities of care for Indigenous, African Nova Scotian women who experience gender-based violence

by Suzanne Rent July 18, 2023July 18, 2023

A book cover in red, yellow, black, and orange. There is an Indigenous drawing of a moose over an orange moon and smaller drawings of onshore oil rigs. The text says "The end of the this world: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada" by Angele Alook, Emily Eaton, Donald Gray-Donald, Joel Leforest, Crystal Lameman, and Bronwen Tucker.

Climate, Indigenous Nova Scotia

The End of This World: Indigenous rights and sovereignty, climate justice, and creating a better future for us all

by Suzanne Rent July 12, 2023July 19, 2023

Province House

More calls for public inquiry after 36-year-old Mi’kmaw woman’s death in custody

by Zane Woodford April 3, 2023April 11, 2023

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 — Credit: Halifax Examiner

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.

Read the entire series, plus articles about Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, on the DEAD WRONG homepage.

Category: Indigenous Nova Scotia

Former Sipekne’katik Chief Mike Sack faces criminal charges on three separate incidents. They aren’t his first brush with the law

Deck modification led to fatal capsizing of Nova Scotia fishing vessel, says Transportation Safety Board

Grappling with history while slowly paddling forward

Planting seeds of racial diversity at Kejimkujik

Healing the hemlocks: saving ancient trees from invasive insect in Nova Scotia’s Asitu’lɨsk forest

Sarah Rose Denny’s family sues Nova Scotia over Mi’kmaw mother’s pneumonia death in custody

What do we take away from the Vikings’ failed attempt to settle in North America?

Communities of care for Indigenous, African Nova Scotian women who experience gender-based violence

The End of This World: Indigenous rights and sovereignty, climate justice, and creating a better future for us all

More calls for public inquiry after 36-year-old Mi’kmaw woman’s death in custody

The committee created to monitor the progress of the Mass Casualty Commission’s recommendations won’t comment on the speed or effectiveness of the implementation of those recommendations, says the committee chair

The Halifax Examiner launches a Greenwashing Hydrogen Education Challenge for high school students

Remembering Mary Campbell of the Cape Breton Spectator

Mary Campbell, 1964-2024

‘Disheartening data’: Nova Scotia advocates concerned by increased poverty and food insecurity rates