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The inside of a cell at Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Burnside. It's super small, and everything is painted beige. There are two bunks, one obscuring the small window. There's a tiny table bolted to the wall, and one stool bolted to the floor. The toilet sink combo is in the corner by the door. Very homey.

Active COVID-19 cases drop at Burnside jail

by Zane Woodford January 21, 2022January 2, 2023

Active COVID-19 cases at the provincial jail in Burnside are down to 11. The Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility has had an outbreak since late-December, and Justice Department spokesperson Heather Fairbairn told the Halifax Examiner there have now been a total of 140 cases at the jail. “As of Jan. 21, there are 11 active […]

COVID

More than half of prisoners at Burnside jail have had COVID-19

by Zane Woodford January 14, 2022January 2, 2023

COVID

Here’s what COVID looks like in jail

by El Jones January 11, 2022October 20, 2022

A member of the Blue Jays coaching staff signs autographs at a Spring Training game

Morning File

What is the pandemic doing to sports — and other — reporting?

by Philip Moscovitch January 10, 2022January 25, 2023

COVID, Province House

82 prisoners at Burnside jail have COVID-19

by Zane Woodford January 7, 2022October 20, 2022

A two and a half storey house, green with white trim and a front porch, on a city street with a for sale sign in front of it. In the background are new apartment buildings and beside it a parking lot.

Morning File

Housing: party for a few, crisis for the rest

by Philip Moscovitch January 5, 2022January 25, 2023

A selfie of Anirban Mahapatra. He's wearing dark framed glasses and a blue T-shirt, smiling slightly at the camera.

Morning File

“A crisis that hits any part of the world or segment of society also affects us”

by Philip Moscovitch June 22, 2021January 23, 2023

Commentary, Province House

A case of gangrene raises health concerns at the East Coast Forensic Hospital

by El Jones December 16, 2019October 20, 2022

Commentary

Ramadan in jail: prisoners in Burnside are being denied the right to practice their religion

by El Jones May 13, 2019October 20, 2022

A dirt logging road with deep truck wheel furrows leads to a sparse looking stand of trees. There is snow on the road.

City Hall, Commentary, Environment, Province House

Fixing freedom of information in NS (and jails), pulp mill politics, and plastics – all that, and more.

by Joan Baxter January 16, 2019October 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.

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.

Tag: Burnside jail

Active COVID-19 cases drop at Burnside jail

More than half of prisoners at Burnside jail have had COVID-19

Here’s what COVID looks like in jail

What is the pandemic doing to sports — and other — reporting?

82 prisoners at Burnside jail have COVID-19

Housing: party for a few, crisis for the rest

“A crisis that hits any part of the world or segment of society also affects us”

A case of gangrene raises health concerns at the East Coast Forensic Hospital

Ramadan in jail: prisoners in Burnside are being denied the right to practice their religion

Fixing freedom of information in NS (and jails), pulp mill politics, and plastics – all that, and more.

Brad Johns won’t ban NDAs, won’t say why. Why? We thought you’d never ask

The prosecution of Randy Riley rests on racist tropes of violent and animalistic Black men and a vulnerable, unquestionable white woman

Riley trial: the Crown’s own expert witness undermines Crown’s case

Halifax council will consider minister’s housing demands, but height will be a sticking point

Nova Scotia expands nominee program to include paramedics, pharmacy technicians