Indigenous Nova Scotia Archives

An independent, adversarial news site in Halifax, NS

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

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

Ulnooweg Education Centre looking for volunteers to help protect hemlocks in one of the last strongholds of the Wabanaki-Acadian forest.

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

Incarceration in Nova Scotia

Mi’kmaw woman dies of pneumonia in provincial custody

by Zane Woodford March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

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.

City Hall

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

by Zane Woodford March 8, 2023March 15, 2023

Investigation

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

by Joan Baxter March 2, 2023March 30, 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."

Indigenous Nova Scotia, Poverty, PRICED OUT

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

by Suzanne Rent December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

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

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.

Category: Indigenous Nova Scotia

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

Mi’kmaw woman dies of pneumonia in provincial custody

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

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

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

Halifax council will consider minister’s housing demands, but height will be a sticking point

Nova Scotia expands nominee program to include paramedics, pharmacy technicians

How Nova Scotia doesn’t support women workers: let us count the ways

Riley trial: Witness admits she lied multiple times in previous testimony, including when her testimony resulted in a murder conviction for another man

Nova Scotia drops provincial portion of HST on new apartment construction