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A woman motions on to her left. Behind her is an overpass with a construction site underneath.

Business and Development, City Hall, Transportation

Halifax Transit delays coming as Cogswell project enters second phase

by Zane Woodford September 25, 2023October 20, 2023

There was a ‘near miss’ at Halifax’s airport, but Transport Canada won’t give us any details

by Tim Bousquet September 11, 2023September 12, 2023

City Hall, Transportation

Halifax Transit still can’t say when its mobile ticketing app will be ready

by Zane Woodford August 24, 2023November 7, 2023

A burning ship.

A giant ship carrying cars is on fire off the coast of Europe; similar ships regularly call in Halifax Harbour

by Tim Bousquet July 31, 2023July 31, 2023

A brook flows over rocks under a concrete bridge. Part of the bank where pillars of the bridge are has been eroded away.

Houston says Nova Scotia coastal protection regulations need more consultation; progress continues rebuilding roads, bridges

by Jennifer Henderson July 27, 2023August 3, 2023

A blue car hangs on a guard rail and into a river.

40 Nova Scotia roads reopen after floods; work continues to repair, replace bridges

by Suzanne Rent July 27, 2023September 23, 2023

A bus driver navigates a corner on a sunny day. It is a doubled bus with an accordion-like structure linking the two halves.

New bylaw would set rules for riding Halifax Transit, with threats of fines and bans

by Zane Woodford July 12, 2023July 19, 2023

A bus with a sign reading "Sight Seeing."

Stop pestering bus drivers and let them do their job

by Tim Bousquet June 23, 2023June 23, 2023

A bus driver navigates a corner on a sunny day. It is a doubled bus with an accordion-like structure linking the two halves.

National, Halifax transit unions call for action as violence against drivers increases

by Suzanne Rent June 22, 2023June 30, 2023

A neon yellow sign shows two people walking. Underneath, a white sign says “MAXIMUM 30 km/h WHEN CHILDREN PRESENT.” Next to the signs, a red car drives by.

City Hall, Transportation

Halifax councillor wants to try closing some streets to cars for school drop-off and pick-up

by Zane Woodford May 18, 2023May 25, 2023

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.

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.

To read the entire DEAD WRONG series, and articles on Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, click here.