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A white woman with long grey hair tied back and wearing a purple winter coat over a blue shirt, beige scarf, and dark pants stands in a cemetery. She's holding a cane and standing next to a tomb and two old headstones. There are buildings along a city street and tree without their leaves.

Local History, Profiles, Women

Deborah Trask: Carving her expertise in Nova Scotia’s cemeteries and gravestones

by Suzanne Rent August 8, 2023August 15, 2023

A smiling white woman with shoulder-length blonde hair and green eyes, wearing a red top and red and silver jewelry.

Wine Witch on Fire: a memoir on a vintage year, wine mom culture, and sexism in the wine industry

by Suzanne Rent June 15, 2023June 15, 2023

A young white woman with short brown hair and wearing headphones sits at a desk in front of a microphone. On the desk is a computer with an audio software on the screen. Behind the woman is a bookshelf on the wall with a row of books on it.

Women talking: We don’t need to change our voices to be heard

by Suzanne Rent May 25, 2023May 25, 2023

A white box with black, blue and orange lettering that contains pills for the medical termination of pregnancy.

Health Canada issues warning about abortion, morning-after pills sold on ‘Dr. Pooja’ websites

by Yvette d'Entremont May 17, 2023May 24, 2023

A smiling white woman with long dark hair pulled back and wearing glasses, a denim jacket, and a long black dress. She is sitting on a purple metal bench that is on a concrete pathway on a waterfront area. Behind her is a dock where a ferry that's painted blue, white, and yellow is waiting to transport passengers. The ferry's engines are making waves in the water. On the bench in front of the woman sit three books.

Local History, Profiles, Women

Dr. Emily McEwan: Working to preserve Gaelic language, culture in Alba Nuadh and beyond

by Suzanne Rent May 15, 2023May 24, 2023

A Black woman with grey hair pulled back in a ponytail and wearing glasses and a red blouse smiles while sitting in a chair. Behind her are two large green panels. The panel in the front has a design of a quilt on it in black, orange, red, and green. Text at the top of the screen says "Many rivers crossed."

Black Nova Scotia, Profiles, Racism, Women

Shelley Fashan: Connecting with and fighting for her Black Nova Scotian community

by Suzanne Rent April 27, 2023May 4, 2023

A hooked rug of Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis with a red winter hat and coat. Maud is holding a sign that says "Maud Lewis" with red and yellow flowers on it. The background of the rug is a black and white design with hearts and small colourful flowers.

What Maud Lewis’ life can teach us about how to appreciate, compensate artists of today

by Suzanne Rent April 6, 2023April 6, 2023

A white woman with short grey hair, glasses, and wearing a red scarf under a navy blue winter coat stands outside a historic building with white shingles, red doors and shutters, and chimneys on its roof. The ground is covered with about a foot of snow and two black cannons are in the right-side of the photo.

Local History, Profiles, Women

Heather LeBlanc: Mapping the stories of Annapolis County

by Suzanne Rent April 5, 2023April 12, 2023

‘I spoke the truth’: Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin refuses to back down on NDA allegation

by Jennifer Henderson April 4, 2023April 11, 2023

A building with a steep peaked roof with pale yellow siding and brick trim. A eavesdrop is built only the side of the building providing some shade over the sidewalk. A sign hangs from that roof that says Second Story Women's Centre.

Equity and Equality, Women

Rally set for Second Story Women’s Centre after impasse between staff, board of directors

by Yvette d'Entremont March 31, 2023April 7, 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.