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Halifax Transit drivers turn left off Wyse Road toward the Macdonald Bridge.

Halifax Transit union signs new four-year contract with 3% annual wage increases

by Zane Woodford May 11, 2023May 18, 2023

The twin tail pipes of a vehicle are seen close-up, in a slot of a bumper, with a blurry background.

Draft bylaw in hand, Halifax council requests another report on noisy muffler enforcement

by Zane Woodford May 10, 2023May 18, 2023

An intersection is shown where drivers have to turn but cyclists can go straight. Cartoon people walk on sidewalks and bike on the road.

Halifax wins court battle over Allan Street bikeway

by Zane Woodford May 2, 2023May 10, 2023

A group of people are riding e-scooters along the river, with a Parisian bridge behind them.

Halifax should ban e-scooters

by Tim Bousquet and Joan Baxter April 28, 2023April 28, 2023

A person on a red bicycle is stopped under a traffic light. Behind him, there's a blue car and a red car behind it.

City Hall, Transportation

Partially-protected Almon Street bike lanes and more from Halifax’s transportation committee

by Zane Woodford April 27, 2023May 4, 2023

Halifax councillors back down on Saturday parking in last-minute budget change

by Zane Woodford April 25, 2023May 3, 2023

A Delta plane taxis on the tarmac, while a smaller plane takes off in the background.

Air travel and air quality: lessons on masks, filtration, and ventilation

by Philip Moscovitch April 25, 2023April 25, 2023

A blue and white ship on a blue ocean.

Adventures in cruising: if you don’t survive the COVID outbreak, your body might be stored in the drinks cooler

by Tim Bousquet April 24, 2023April 24, 2023

A simple black and white architectural rendering shows four apartment towers.

‘NIMBY with a megaphone’ disrupts West End Mall redevelopment meeting

by Zane Woodford April 13, 2023April 20, 2023

A white Tesla sedan is parked and plugged into one of a row of white and red EV chargers in a parking lot.

Halifax council committee debates fees for new electric vehicle chargers

by Zane Woodford April 6, 2023April 14, 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.