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The ‘hydrogen hyperbole epidemic’ comes to Nova Scotia

by Joan Baxter September 20, 2022January 9, 2023

This is the second article in a two-part series that the Halifax Examiner is co-publishing with The Energy Mix about the “green hydrogen and ammonia” project that EverWind Fuels has proposed for Point Tupper in Nova Scotia. See Part 1 here. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is a big fan of EverWind’s “green hydrogen and […]

This aerial shot shows the vast tailings facility at the Touquoy open pit gold mine in Nova Scotia. Photo: Simon Ryder-Burbidge

Commentary, Environment, Mining, Province House

Atlantic Gold’s parent company hints it may halt its Nova Scotia operation

by Joan Baxter June 25, 2022January 9, 2023

An attractive path through a wooded area near the site of the proposed Beaver Dam mine. Photo: Simon Ryder-Burbidge

Mining

Expansion of gold mining on the Eastern Shore meeting with stiff resistance

by Joan Baxter November 26, 2021November 22, 2022

Commentary

“It pains me to tell you that the image of Canada is severely damaged”

by Joan Baxter November 17, 2021November 22, 2022

Mining

Who benefits from Atlantic Gold’s Nova Scotia operations?

by Joan Baxter June 21, 2021November 22, 2022

Fishery

Report: Canada’s “critically depleted” fish stocks are further threatened because the Fisheries Act doesn’t address climate change

by Joan Baxter May 14, 2021November 22, 2022

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.

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The ‘hydrogen hyperbole epidemic’ comes to Nova Scotia

Atlantic Gold’s parent company hints it may halt its Nova Scotia operation

Expansion of gold mining on the Eastern Shore meeting with stiff resistance

“It pains me to tell you that the image of Canada is severely damaged”

Who benefits from Atlantic Gold’s Nova Scotia operations?

Report: Canada’s “critically depleted” fish stocks are further threatened because the Fisheries Act doesn’t address climate change

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

Eastern Shore residents want more services, funding from Halifax Regional Municipality

Our transportation system is ridiculous

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

Staff at Nova Scotia transition houses in talks to achieve wage equity