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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

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.

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

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