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a body of water with scum on it

“The province has in effect decided that it is not going to fully enforce the Boat Harbour Act”

by Jennifer Henderson and Joan Baxter January 21, 2020November 15, 2022

Hospital auxiliary closes gift shops

by Jennifer Henderson January 16, 2020December 7, 2022

What it all means: the closure of Northern Pulp Mill, the future of forestry, and an act of reconciliation

by Tim Bousquet, Jennifer Henderson and Joan Baxter December 20, 2019November 15, 2022

Saltwire finds one scientist who thinks Northern Pulp’s effluent isn’t toxic

by Tim Bousquet and Joan Baxter December 9, 2019November 15, 2022

Environment, Investigation, Province House

Deciding Northern Pulp’s future

by Joan Baxter December 8, 2019October 20, 2022

Aerial view of large bare deforested brown land with large ruts from machines, and remnant forest in the distance on the right, a well as blue waters of St. Margaret's Bay in the distance under a grey sky.

Bad math at Lands & Forestry

by Jennifer Henderson November 21, 2019December 7, 2022

Smokestacks emitting large clouds of steam and smoke into a dark blue sky.

Environment, Investigation

Northern Pulp’s “political game”

by Joan Baxter November 21, 2019October 20, 2022

Mining for (public) dollars

by Joan Baxter November 18, 2019November 15, 2022

A MLS graphic of the hydrazine-fuelled cyclone rocket it proposes to use at Canso. Now, apparently, the rocket will be environmentally friendly.

Commentary, Investigation, Province House

Maritime Launch Services and its private/public servants

by Joan Baxter November 5, 2019October 20, 2022

Nova Scotia government doubles down on gold mining

by Joan Baxter October 25, 2019November 15, 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.