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Government, Morning File, Transportation

The Spring Garden Road screw-up isn’t about bad drivers; it’s a failure in design

by Tim Bousquet July 11, 2022January 9, 2023

A traffic light is seen from a low angle on a sunny day. For traffic, there's a regular green light and a green left turn signal. For pedestrians, there's an orange hand. A few buildings are seen on either side of the street.

Halifax engineers want to widen roads before implementing pedestrian-protecting turn signals

by Zane Woodford June 23, 2022January 3, 2023

A young deer stands on the side of a road trying to get across. A white car can be seen in the distance.

Black Nova Scotia, Morning File, Transportation

When wildlife and cars collide on our highways

by Suzanne Rent June 16, 2022January 9, 2023

A screenshot of the ArriveCAN app on a mobile phone

COVID, Morning File, Transportation

ArriveCAN app: little health benefit, big costs for Canadian travellers

by Ethan Lycan-Lang June 15, 2022January 9, 2023

A man holding a pen writes in a notebook. A white coffee cup can be seen in the background.

Arts and Culture, Morning File, Transportation

Dear diary: honest notes from a journaling journalist

by Ethan Lycan-Lang June 9, 2022January 9, 2023

Community members in orange refective vests during a walk. One of the walkers has a stroller

Black Nova Scotia

Lucasville group holding fundraising walk to lobby for safe greenway, public transit

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter June 9, 2022November 8, 2022

A Halifax Transit bus, the number 7 robie, pulls away from a bus stop on a sunny summer day.

Cheap transit: low fares, high returns

by Ethan Lycan-Lang May 5, 2022October 17, 2022

City Hall, Government, Transportation

Halifax Transit identifies ‘no operational or safety issues’ with revamped Route 55

by Zane Woodford April 28, 2022October 20, 2022

A Google Streetview image shows a road annotated with arrows. On the left side, there are two lanes pointing in the direction of the viewer. One of those lanes, the furthest left, has a red section with a white diamond, denoting a bus lane. There is one lane on the right, leading away from the viewer. On either side of the street are buildings, houses on the left and a church and storefront on the right. It's a sunny day without a cloud in the sky, and the foliage is green.

City Hall, Transportation

Halifax Transit plans interim bus lane for part of Bayers Road

by Zane Woodford March 24, 2022October 20, 2022

City Hall, Transportation

Here are the Halifax Transit route changes planned for 2022

by Zane Woodford February 16, 2022October 20, 2022

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.