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Halifax Examiner

An independent, adversarial news site in Halifax, NS

smooth gravel square surrounded by scrubby cleared fields with a new, white square of concrete laid on the gravel, with what look like three pipes sticking out of the concrete, all under a blue sky with ocean and islands in the distance

Morning File

Rockets Start Here: a student rocket that recently careened to Earth is to be launched from the Moms Out of Control Spaceport today

by Tim Bousquet July 5, 2023July 6, 2023

I’m concerned that a rocket might blast through the Canso hospital later today.

Against a dark blue background of outer space and about a quarter of planet earth on the right, with Canada and its provinces outlined in what looks like gold light, the words, in white print, "The Globe and Mail presents THE SPACE ECONOMY. What could the commercial space age mean for Canada. Underneath the slide is a note that the presenting sponsor is Maritime Launch.

Commentary

Maritime Launch Services buys itself an hour of PR from The Globe and Mail

by Joan Baxter June 22, 2023June 22, 2023

Morning File

Maritime Launch is great for the economy says study paid for by Maritime Launch

by Tim Bousquet May 17, 2023May 17, 2023

A woman wearing a mustard coloured bulky sweater and a rust coloured wool scarf wraps her arms around another person who is behind her giving her a hug.

Morning File

Lovin’ the one you’re with: Getting up close with a snuggle event in Halifax

by Suzanne Rent and Yvette d'Entremont May 11, 2023May 11, 2023

A big ball of fire coming from a zeppelin.

Morning File

Nova Scotia’s looming hydrogen disaster

by Tim Bousquet April 26, 2023April 26, 2023

A fiery red flare from a rocket after it was launched into a blue sky

Morning File

When rockets go Boom! A new possibility for Nova Scotia’s dystopian tourism circuit

by Tim Bousquet April 21, 2023April 21, 2023

Morning File

Nova Scotia’s next dystopian tourist destination: The Moms Gone Wild Memorial Spaceport

by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson April 12, 2023April 12, 2023

Two Amazon delivery boxes against a dark background.

Morning File

Amazon HQ2 and always wishing for the big thing that will save us

by Philip Moscovitch March 7, 2023March 7, 2023

Morning File

Advertising is bad

by Tim Bousquet February 15, 2023November 9, 2023

four men and one woman lined up at a podium, all smiling. Premier TIm Houston (right), EverWind CEO and founder Trent Vichie (centre), Membertou First Nation Chief Terrance Paul (2nd from left), and other dignitaries at the signing of the MOU with Uniper and E.On. Photo contributed by EverWind

Morning File

Is ‘green hydrogen’ the next Crypto?

by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson February 8, 2023November 9, 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.

Category: World Class Bullshitters, Grifters, and Scams

Rockets Start Here: a student rocket that recently careened to Earth is to be launched from the Moms Out of Control Spaceport today

Maritime Launch Services buys itself an hour of PR from The Globe and Mail

Maritime Launch is great for the economy says study paid for by Maritime Launch

Lovin’ the one you’re with: Getting up close with a snuggle event in Halifax

Nova Scotia’s looming hydrogen disaster

When rockets go Boom! A new possibility for Nova Scotia’s dystopian tourism circuit

Nova Scotia’s next dystopian tourist destination: The Moms Gone Wild Memorial Spaceport

Amazon HQ2 and always wishing for the big thing that will save us

Advertising is bad

Is ‘green hydrogen’ the next Crypto?

New licensing process launched to draw international pharmacists to Nova Scotia

‘Tis the season: grocers brown bag generosity while bringing in big profits

School boards won’t be re-created. Instead, the province issues a tepid consultant’s report for increasing parental engagement

Nova Scotia government limiting use of travel nurses

Nova Scotia COVID deaths math: 59+2=53