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Don’t fence me in: adventures in city de- and re-construction

by Tim Bousquet October 15, 2019October 20, 2022

News 1.  Gold fever and our water supply Joan Baxter reports that mineral exploration companies have staked claims next to the Halifax and Dartmouth lakes that are the source of our drinking water. Click here to read “Gold fever is coming to Halifax.” This article is for subscribers. Click here to subscribe. 2. Yarmouth ferry […]

Posted inIndigenous Nova Scotia

Consent is key when it comes to energy development, chiefs tell AFN

by Tim Bousquet July 18, 2014February 2, 2023
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Tsilhqot’in ruling could set precedent in land disputes, AFN hears

by Tim Bousquet July 17, 2014February 2, 2023
An image of Assembly of First Nations delegates raising clasped hands at the opening of the missing and murdered Indigenous women session. There are six people of Indigenous descent in the photo, both men and women, of various ages. They are all wearing yellow tshirts with an image of 5 figures and the text "circle of hope".
Posted inIndigenous Nova Scotia

AFN renews call for national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women

by Tim Bousquet July 16, 2014February 2, 2023
Image of Ghislain Picard, a man of Innu Montagnais descent with brown eyes and gray hair, standing at a podium. He is wearing a suit and a green lanyard.
Posted inIndigenous Nova Scotia

Ghislain Picard named Interim National Chief

by Tim Bousquet July 16, 2014February 2, 2023
Image of several Assembly of First Nations Delegates seated at a table. A woman of Indigenous descent with silver hair and glasses is in the foreground, she is looking downwards as she writes. Several men over the age of 60 in brightly coloured shirts sit in a row beside her.
Posted inIndigenous Nova Scotia

Assembly of First Nations: reform and rebuilding

by Tim Bousquet July 15, 2014February 2, 2023
Image of four men at an official peace and friendship treaty event. Two of the men wear traditional Indigenous regalia, one older white man wears a suit and is examining a Wampum belt being held up by the two men to the left of the photograph. The Wampum belt is made of iridescent white and purple beads.
Posted inIndigenous Nova Scotia

Mi’kmaq meet Europeans: First contact to burying the hatchet

by Tim Bousquet July 15, 2014February 2, 2023
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.


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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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