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Black Nova Scotia, Local History, Morning File, Women

Walking through the stories of the volunteers of the North End Services Canteen

by Suzanne Rent May 12, 2022January 9, 2023

News 1. RCMP officers privately warned their loved ones that a killer was on the loose, but didn’t warn the broader public On the morning of April 19, 2020, many Nova Scotians were using Twitter and Facebook and trying to find out what was happening in and around Portapique. Meanwhile, as Tim Bousquet reports, the […]

Samantha Dixon Slawter stands in front of an exhibit about the story of Black beauty culture. Dixon Slawter is wearing a black t-shirt that says see it believe it. She's also wearing a face mask with a golden pattern and her hair is in an updo. She has her hand stretched out to show off one of the displays, which is sitting in a showcase window of a shop.

Morning File

Carrying on Viola’s legacy

by Suzanne Rent November 12, 2021November 29, 2022

Morning File

Jobs aren’t low skilled; they’re low paid and undervalued

by Suzanne Rent April 30, 2021November 29, 2022

Stock image of a child facing away from the camera, with a parent working at a laptop in the background.

Education

Hey parents! Are you sharenting too much?

by Suzanne Rent August 18, 2020November 21, 2022

Black Nova Scotia

“We own beautiful.” The history of Black hair care in Nova Scotia

by Suzanne Rent and Jennifer Henderson February 12, 2020November 5, 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.

To read the entire DEAD WRONG series, and articles on Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, click here.

Tag: Black hair care

Walking through the stories of the volunteers of the North End Services Canteen

Carrying on Viola’s legacy

Jobs aren’t low skilled; they’re low paid and undervalued

“We own beautiful.” The history of Black hair care in Nova Scotia

Unions ask Nova Scotians to join day of action for striking Pete’s Frootique workers

Rick Perkins, natural health product champion

CN Railway files lawsuit to stop protesters from setting up blockades in Nova Scotia

Portrait project in Truro to honour Black women educators, church organist

Nova Scotia’s economy was and is deeply entwined with slavery