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A white woman with glasses and wearing a black hat, dark navy winter vest over a grey sweater and grey pants stands on a snowy lot near an old barn with grey shingles. The barn has a red-rust coloured wooden door.
Posted inProfiles

Nina Newington: Taking direct action to protect Nova Scotia’s forests

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent March 13, 2023March 14, 2023

“If you can do it peacefully, and honorably, there’s nothing more powerful than getting in the way of what damages the earth. And it works.”

A sign that says Internationa Women's Day March 8th Say it Flower Flowers hangs from a display just before a shelf of bouquets of flowers and plants. Behind the shelf is a fridge where more flowers are stored.
Posted inMorning File

After International Women’s Day, reflecting on women’s lives the other 364 days of the year

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent March 9, 2023March 9, 2023
A black and white photo of a young woman chewing her nails, leaning forward with eyes downcast looking concerned.
Posted inEquity and Equality, Women

Nova Scotia women’s organizations get funding, but advocates say more needs to be done

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont March 9, 2023March 15, 2023
A white woman with touselled hair tied up and wearing a black shirt under black coveralls sits at a kitchen table with her hands crossed. In front of her is a sign that says We Say No to the Canso Spaceport.
Posted inProfiles

‘Her passion is Canso’: Marie Lumsden’s fight against the spaceport

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent March 8, 2023March 23, 2023
The outside of a building that has lots of windows and rust-red and grey siding. A bit of dirty snow is on the sidewalk out front and a few pedestrians walk by. The sign on the building says Cyclesmith, Bicycle Sales and Service. Hovering behind the building is a construction crane.
Posted inLabour, Women

Former employees of Cyclesmith allege sexist treatment, unpaid training

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent March 3, 2023March 10, 2023
A Black woman wearing a red sweatshirt with the word SCOTIAN Since 1783 poses for a photo in front of a sign that says UPPER HAMMONDS PLAINS COMMUNITY CENTRE.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Profiles, Women

Gina Jones-Wilson: volunteering to connect generations to roots of Upper Hammonds Plains

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent March 1, 2023March 9, 2023
A smiling white woman with short cropped hair, glasses, and wearing a burgundy, black, and white print top holds a tabby cat with white under its chin and on its paws. They are in a room with a window in the background, a off-white chair in the corner, and cat toys and a cat bed on the floor. A black shelving unit stores cat treats and brushes.
Posted inPoverty, Profiles, Women

‘Everybody should have a cat:’ Linda Felix and Spay Day HRM rescue the felines of Halifax

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent February 28, 2023March 7, 2023
A pair of dark denin jeans with a yellow envelope sticking out of the front pocket.
Posted inMorning File

Women want more pockets. Here’s a history of why we don’t have a lot of them in our clothing

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweaterA smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Suzanne Rent and Yvette d'Entremont February 22, 2023February 22, 2023
A person wearing a white clay face mask with only the eyes open has their hands on the side of their head. The person is wearing a black top that blends in with the dark background.
Posted inMorning File

Fake it until you make it: do you have imposter syndrome or are you just a normal human being?

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent February 16, 2023February 23, 2023
A smiling woman with shoulder length blonde here and wearing a grey sweater and glasses stands against a pale beige brick wall.
Posted inHealth, Women

Heart disease is number one killer of women, and it’s on the rise

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont February 13, 2023February 21, 2023

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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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Poverty and financial literacy: you can’t budget if you don’t have the money

by Suzanne Rent March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

Council looks for options to include new Bedford library with ferry station

by Zane Woodford March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

Loss of 6 crew on scallop boat off Digby caused by insufficient crew training, says Transportation Safety Board

by Yvette d'Entremont March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

Province hikes Nova Scotia Power’s potential maximum fine to $25 million

by Jennifer Henderson March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

President of NSTU calls for more staffing, provincial strategy to address violence in schools

by Yvette d'Entremont March 22, 2023March 22, 2023
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