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A white man in an attic, possibly in a house. The ceiling is lined with plastic. Behind him are wobbly plastic or metal shelves, sparsely stocked with small packages of stuff. You can see a few boxes of stuff on the floor behind him.
Posted inInvestigation

Cops seized 11 firearms, hundreds of boxes of ammunition, and more than $130,000 in cash from Frank Eckhardt

by Tim Bousquet January 14, 2022October 20, 2022
A screenshot of Frank Eckhardt and Luis Pazos, taken from an online interview.
Posted inInvestigation

Controversial Cape Breton land seller Frank Eckhardt arrested for the second time in just two weeks, this time on a slew of weapons charges

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter December 31, 2021November 22, 2022
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!"
Posted inEnvironment

Northern Pulp mill plans “best in class” or best in BS?

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter December 17, 2021November 22, 2022
F.E. Properties sign in German offering new settler advice to German speakers in Cape Breton September 2021. Photo: Joan Baxter
Posted inCommentary

Developers are selling off Cape Breton, one subdivision after the other, to German-speaking non-residents. What — if anything — is wrong with that?

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter November 23, 2021November 22, 2022
Andreas Popp and Eva Herman May 2020 Wissensmanufaktur video
Posted inInvestigation

Marketing Cape Breton as a “refuge” for “clear thinkers”

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter November 19, 2021October 20, 2022
Posted inInvestigation

Gordonstoun: judge to decide if “dead duck” Annapolis council had authority to make land deal benefitting elite private school developer

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 16, 2021December 21, 2022
Old house with a peaked roof. It is surrounded by temporary fencing. Hanging on the fence is a sign that says Danger, Construction Zone. An orange pylon is on the road in front of the fence.
Posted inLocal History

Residents of Prospect Village got “no warning, and no communication” about upcoming demolition of house

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch November 1, 2021January 23, 2023
The sign at the main entrance to the Northern Pulp mill in Pictou County identifies it as a Paper Excellence company. Photo Joan baxter
Posted inEnvironment

Northern Pulp is demanding it be given “more than $100 million” from the province

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter October 20, 2021November 22, 2022
Rob Parker with Rinaani Musutua's sontaking water samples from a borehole nearReCon drill area. (Contributed)
Posted inEnvironment

A Calgary company is drilling for oil in the world’s largest protected international wildlife reserve; these Nova Scotians are trying to stop it

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter October 8, 2021November 22, 2022
A sign that was erected near Tatamagouche saying "No Goldmine in our Watershed" after word emergegd that the province wanted to promote mineral exploration in the area. Photo contributed.
Posted inCommentary

The “Right to Know” in Nova Scotia often goes right to “no”

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter September 23, 2021November 22, 2022

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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.


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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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