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A German doner kebab wrapper showing a cartoony mustachioed chef with a big knife, in front of a spit of gyro meat. A plate of french fries is in the background.
Posted inMorning File

Doner vs donair: a wrap on notable sandwiches

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch March 14, 2023March 14, 2023

Variations on a thousand-year-old street food classic.

Posted inCommentary

Coach Brandon, his players and their parents versus mindless zero-tolerance policies

by Stephen Kimber February 26, 2023February 26, 2023
A red building with BCC PANUK on the side is seen next to a lake on a summer day. There's sand on the shoreline and a dock attached to the building, with some green grass in the foreground.
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax council to consider grant of more than $250,000 for Banook Canoe Club renovation

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford February 24, 2023March 3, 2023
Side-by-side photos of two Black men. The man in the photo on the left is wearing a dark trench coat over a suit and colourful tie. And the man in the photo on the right is has glasses and a moustache and is wearing a beige suit over a white shirt and blue patterned tie. Both men are in a room of a house decorated with hockey memorabilia. One of the hockey jerseys has the name "Paris" on it with the number 1.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Local History, Sports

Two brothers to coach teams in event honouring Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter February 15, 2023February 22, 2023
Vintage box that says Smithsonian New Millennium Time Capsule. It's for a product designed for children to "give your past.... to your future."
Posted inMorning File

Time capsules are stupid

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch February 14, 2023February 14, 2023
The red Halifax Hawks logo in front of a sign that reads "Minor Hockey."
Posted inMorning File

Before the Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal, Michael McNutt sexually abused dozens of boys, including those involved in Minor Hockey

by Tim Bousquet December 9, 2022December 9, 2022
Posted inCrime and Courts, Sports

Halifax Hawks Minor Hockey Association sued over alleged sexual assault of a boy by coach Michael McNutt

by Tim Bousquet December 8, 2022December 16, 2022
A young Black couple smiles for the camera. Both are wearing dark sunglasses and blue jerseys.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Halifax couple wins award for getting African Nova Scotian, immigrant children into soccer

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter October 24, 2022November 7, 2022
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax council says World Junior Championship should go ahead despite Hockey Canada scandal

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford October 12, 2022January 3, 2023
Five men dressed in blazers and jeans stand together smiling during an opening of a film
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Documentary chronicles racism faced by Black hockey players of today, historic leagues

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter September 27, 2022November 8, 2022

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

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

by Zane Woodford March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

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

by Suzanne Rent March 23, 2023March 24, 2023
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