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Deforestation Inc: Media investigation into Paper Excellence ignites concerns on Parliament Hill over the company’s mysterious ownership, Chinese ties, and rapid expansion in Canada

by Joan Baxter March 22, 2023March 22, 2023

There is growing agreement among Members of Parliament of all parties that there is a need for a parliamentary investigation into the corporate structure of Paper Excellence. Yesterday, Charlie Angus, NDP MP for Timmins—James Bay, introduced a motion to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources asking for a debate on Paper Excellence, given recent media […]

aerial view of large brownish clearcuts with ridges showing from tree harvesting and logging roads winding between patches of remnant dark green forest

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Deforestation Inc: Canada is a ‘world laggard’ in sustainable forestry, say critics, and Paper Excellence’s expansion threatens this country’s boreal forests

by Joan Baxter March 17, 2023March 17, 2023

muddy ground with enormous tread marks from tree harvesting and small pools of water all the way to the grey horizon with just one tiny clump of trees in the far distance

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Deforestation Inc: Nova Scotia opts for forest certification scheme critics call ‘greenwashing’

by Joan Baxter March 14, 2023March 14, 2023

This black and white photo by Gerry Farrell shows the massive amount of air emissions that look like white clouds billowing from smokestacks at the Northern Pulp mill a few years ago, before the mill was closed and went into hibernation.

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Deforestation Inc: Paper Excellence’s rapid expansion in Canada is a ‘fibre grab’ to feed mills in China, say critics

by Joan Baxter March 10, 2023March 10, 2023

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Deforestation Inc: Are Paper Excellence and Asia Pulp & Paper linked companies? They say they aren’t. Here’s what we’ve learned

by Joan Baxter March 9, 2023March 9, 2023

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

by Joan Baxter March 2, 2023March 2, 2023

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Deforestation Inc: How an email from China triggered an international investigative journalism project

by Joan Baxter March 1, 2023March 20, 2023

A white billboard with red and blue lettering surrounded by trees and shrubs, that reads "Welcome to our mill. This is our time. We have the right product. We have the right owner and the right people!"

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The curious case of ‘Red Roof Events’

by Joan Baxter November 7, 2022November 30, 2022

The cover of the report, Papering Over Corporate Control, Paper Excellence relationship with Asian Pulp & Paper and the Sinar Mas Group, showing a Paper Excellence-owned Domtar pulp mill against a dark blue sky and behind a body of still water.

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Report: Paper Excellence, the owner of Northern Pulp, is part of the corporate group of Asia Pulp & Paper and Sinar Mas. This matters to Nova Scotians.

by Joan Baxter October 24, 2022October 27, 2022

A group of nine photos, including maps, memorials, and locations in the mass shooting

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Here’s all the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020

by Tim Bousquet, Jennifer Henderson, Joan Baxter, Yvette d'Entremont, Suzanne Rent, Zane Woodford, Philip Moscovitch, Stephen Kimber, El Jones, Erica Butler, Paul Palango and Chris Murphy April 26, 2022February 15, 2023

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.

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Deforestation Inc: Media investigation into Paper Excellence ignites concerns on Parliament Hill over the company’s mysterious ownership, Chinese ties, and rapid expansion in Canada

Deforestation Inc: Canada is a ‘world laggard’ in sustainable forestry, say critics, and Paper Excellence’s expansion threatens this country’s boreal forests

Deforestation Inc: Nova Scotia opts for forest certification scheme critics call ‘greenwashing’

Deforestation Inc: Paper Excellence’s rapid expansion in Canada is a ‘fibre grab’ to feed mills in China, say critics

Deforestation Inc: Are Paper Excellence and Asia Pulp & Paper linked companies? They say they aren’t. Here’s what we’ve learned

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

Deforestation Inc: How an email from China triggered an international investigative journalism project

The curious case of ‘Red Roof Events’

Report: Paper Excellence, the owner of Northern Pulp, is part of the corporate group of Asia Pulp & Paper and Sinar Mas. This matters to Nova Scotians.

Here’s all the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020

My trip to Province House, and why it makes me worry about the future

Opposition, advocates say budget misses the mark on poverty, housing crisis

Acadia student advocating for improved access to mental health care for rural Nova Scotians

AG finds weak cybersecurity at Halifax Water, putting water quality and supply systems at risk

Debra Lucas and Iris Drummond: leading the way in historic Black community of Lucasville