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Home » Black History Month

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Several people stand behind a yellow, blue, and black sign that says Africa Festival of Arts and Culture
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Inclusion discussion, performances, gala all part of Africa society Black History Month events

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

Africa Festival of Arts and Culture Society hosting events from Feb. 7 to 11.

A selection of illustrations and photos from the internet with famous women and the quote "Well behaved women rarely make history."
Posted inMorning File

Well-behaved women are rarely quoted properly

A smiling man with fair skin tone, a dark short beard, and dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt. by Philip Moscovitch April 5, 2022January 30, 2023
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Portrait of slavery in Canada

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent June 11, 2020November 6, 2022
Posted inCommentary

A White People’s Guide to Black History Month

A smiling young Black woman with long wavy hair by El Jones February 3, 2019October 20, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

On the Money: Morning File, Saturday, December 10, 2016

A smiling young Black woman with long wavy hair by El Jones December 10, 2016October 20, 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.


Tractors bulldoze trees as American money rains from the sky.
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.

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

by Suzanne Rent December 8, 2023December 8, 2023

Rick Perkins, natural health product champion

by Philip Moscovitch and Tim Bousquet December 8, 2023December 8, 2023

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

by Suzanne Rent December 8, 2023December 8, 2023

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

by Suzanne Rent December 7, 2023December 8, 2023

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

by Tim Bousquet and Yvette d'Entremont December 7, 2023December 7, 2023
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