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A blue community sign on the side of a road reads, WELCOME TO UPPER HAMMONDS PLAINS, HALIFAX, A Black Heritage Community Est. 1815.

Nova Scotia to spend $2 million on growth fund for Black-led community housing projects

by Suzanne Rent November 7, 2023November 7, 2023

The provincial government is spending $2 million toward a provincial growth fund to support Black-led community housing projects. In a news release on Tuesday, the province announced the money would go to “Community Housing Growth Fund to create a dedicated stream to support Black-led community housing initiatives.” According to its website, the Community Growth Fund […]

Ethan's living room in the midst of moving. There are boxes of stuff and his laptop sits on a chair.

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Zen and the art of moving out of Halifax

by Ethan Lycan-Lang April 26, 2022October 20, 2022

Peter Kelly at a Charlottetown city council meeting, sitting at a large desk with a small sign reading "CAO" in front of him. Photo: Halifax Examiner

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Peter Kelly, the mendacious grifter, Chapter 27

by Tim Bousquet April 25, 2022November 3, 2023

A white man in a black ballcap and sunglasses talks to a crowd of reporters

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Nick Beaton has every right to be angry, but…

by Stephen Kimber April 4, 2022October 20, 2022

A memorial at the Portapique church hall.

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Cheating and beating: the tragic lead-up to the Portapique massacre

by Jennifer Henderson March 22, 2022December 9, 2022

A skyline view of a handful of apartment buildings on the horizon.

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Halifax apartment rental vacancy drops back to 1%, the lowest in Canada

by Zane Woodford February 18, 2022January 2, 2023

A young boy is standing in a field, facing away from the camera, wearing a slightly soiled Canadian flag wrapped around his back like a cape

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Even when things are going well, the “nice” Canadian society is a myth

by Ethan Lycan-Lang February 16, 2022October 20, 2022

A digital alarm clock with glowing red numbers showing 4:48 sits by a dark window. Shadows and Christmas lights are all that's seen outside

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Yesterday was the darkest day of the year, but brighter days are ahead

by Ethan Lycan-Lang December 22, 2021October 20, 2022

Typographer's wooden case with compartments of moveable type

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Journalism’s future is in our hands

by Stephen Kimber December 19, 2021October 20, 2022

An orange ribbon wraps around a tree in a forest, marking the boundary of the planned harvest cut near Beals Brook

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To cut or not to cut: What to do with Nova Scotia’s forests

by Ethan Lycan-Lang December 15, 2021October 20, 2022

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.

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Nova Scotia to spend $2 million on growth fund for Black-led community housing projects

Zen and the art of moving out of Halifax

Peter Kelly, the mendacious grifter, Chapter 27

Nick Beaton has every right to be angry, but…

Cheating and beating: the tragic lead-up to the Portapique massacre

Halifax apartment rental vacancy drops back to 1%, the lowest in Canada

Even when things are going well, the “nice” Canadian society is a myth

Yesterday was the darkest day of the year, but brighter days are ahead

Journalism’s future is in our hands

To cut or not to cut: What to do with Nova Scotia’s forests

The cultural imperialism of the American smile

Proposed 9.7% tax increase dropped as Halifax regional council starts budget process

‘Routine’ forgery? Alleged woodlot theft raises suspicions about forestry industry practices

Nova Scotians urged to participate in national survey to help better understand grief

Eastern Shore residents want more services, funding from Halifax Regional Municipality