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Fishing boats tied up in the harbour on a foggy day reflect on calm, glass-like green and white water.
Posted inClimate

Report charts course for how Nova Scotia’s lobster fleet can switch from diesel to electric motors

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont September 22, 2023September 22, 2023

Oceans North director says 2,300 lobster boats in the province could use electric motors, cutting fleet’s emissions by more than 60%.

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Five small, whitish dead eels float in murky brown water.
Posted inEnvironment

Marine scientist asks for help tracking dead eels found in Shubie canal, Dartmouth lakes

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont September 15, 2023September 15, 2023
A young woman with her hair pulled off her face by yellow rimmed sunglasses hunched down in front of a log on the forest floor. She is lifting it up and pointing to an insect hiding inside.
Posted inEnvironment

Love bug: Dartmouth woman gets kids buzzing about insects

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont August 24, 2023August 24, 2023
A bright yellow and green COVID test box with a positive test in front of it.
Posted inCOVID

More than 75% of Canadians had been infected with virus that causes COVID-19 by March 2023, report finds

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont August 15, 2023August 16, 2023
Extreme close-up of a white shark, with rows of very sharp teeth visible
Posted inEducation, Environment, Science

New marine field station to study great white sharks in Mahone Bay

A smiling man with fair skin tone, a dark short beard, and dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt. by Philip Moscovitch August 4, 2023August 11, 2023
A cheesy-looking image of a contraption that looks like a flying jet ski, with a helmeted driver, in the air above a river.
Posted inMorning File

Startup post-mortems: sad stories or comedy gold?

A smiling man with fair skin tone, a dark short beard, and dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt. by Philip Moscovitch August 3, 2023August 3, 2023
Blue green algae is seen in a lake, a green haze under the surface.
Posted inEnvironment

Here’s what Halifax wants you to know about blue green algae

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford July 28, 2023August 1, 2023
a woman looking into the distance. Her face is covered in part by computer code projected onto it.
Posted inMorning File

What AI gets wrong: process matters, not just results

A smiling man with fair skin tone, a dark short beard, and dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt. by Philip Moscovitch July 27, 2023July 27, 2023
A green dispenser filled with dog poop bags is affixed to a wooden post along with a blue sign reminding people to pick up after their pets. The forest is behind it.
Posted inRecycling and Waste Management, Research

Dalhousie researcher educating public on dos and don’ts of dog poop disposal

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont July 10, 2023July 17, 2023
A blue shark swims in vibrant blue waters surrounded by striped pilot fish.
Posted inClimate, Research

Dalhousie, international researchers find humans exploit 300 times more species than other predators

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont June 29, 2023July 6, 2023

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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.


Tractors bulldoze trees as American money rains from the sky.
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.

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