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Commentary

Houston, we have an ER crisis …

by Stephen Kimber January 15, 2023January 15, 2023

The new Tim Houston has morphed into the old Stephen McNeill: arrogant, angry, self-righteous.

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Photo of the devastation left behind after a clearcut. There are stumps of large trees, burned from the heat of the chainsaws, and crushed trees for a mile. Only a few denuded conifers and spindly trunks are left standing, bereft.

Forestry

Public engagement, future of the forestry, and the Harvest Plans Map Viewer

by Joan Baxter June 10, 2021November 22, 2022

Province House

Imagine… a provincial Openness in Government Act

by Stephen Kimber November 22, 2020October 20, 2022

Commentary, Province House

Accountability ain’t what it used to be

by Stephen Kimber October 25, 2020October 20, 2022

Commentary, Education, Province House

Is your school safe to reopen? Don’t ask your lapdog Liberal MLA

by Stephen Kimber August 30, 2020October 20, 2022

The legislature, seen from above on the balcony, with rows of benches and two portraits flanking the main aisle.

Commentary, Province House

The Fang-less Five, the McNeil government, and (un)accountability

by Stephen Kimber January 13, 2019October 20, 2022

Uncategorized

Assault on democracy: Stephen McNeil is ruling as an autocrat, answerable to no one and beyond question

by Tim Bousquet September 27, 2018October 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.

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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.

Tag: accountability

Houston, we have an ER crisis …

Public engagement, future of the forestry, and the Harvest Plans Map Viewer

Imagine… a provincial Openness in Government Act

Accountability ain’t what it used to be

Is your school safe to reopen? Don’t ask your lapdog Liberal MLA

The Fang-less Five, the McNeil government, and (un)accountability

Assault on democracy: Stephen McNeil is ruling as an autocrat, answerable to no one and beyond question

Horsewoman in training: Learning to ride a horse is all about training the human

Councillor quits Peggy’s Cove Commission over ‘unfair and unreasonable position of conflict’

Dartmouth shelter to close next week, leaving residents scrambling to find housing

While Demario Chambers waited over three years for justice, the cop who beat him up was paid more than $300,000 for doing no work at all

Halifax EPA pens letter to premier asking him to intervene in school support workers strike