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

by Tim Bousquet July 18, 2014February 2, 2023

by Hilary Beaumont Consent, when asked for and granted, is a beautiful thing. But as the Assembly of First Nations heard Thursday, industry and the Crown haven’t exactly been establishing consent before plowing forward with energy development on First Nations territory. When it comes to extracting gas or developing land, chiefs and delegates voiced concern […]

Environment

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".

Indigenous 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.

Indigenous 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.

Indigenous 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.

Indigenous 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 — 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.

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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.

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

Tsilhqot’in ruling could set precedent in land disputes, AFN hears

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

Ghislain Picard named Interim National Chief

Assembly of First Nations: reform and rebuilding

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

Nova Scotians urged to participate in national survey to help better understand grief

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Judge rejects Witness Protection Program’s request for a retroactive publication ban on Halifax Examiner articles, but gives the WPP everything else it asked for

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