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A man in the bucket of a yellow utility truck repairs power lines on the side of a rural road.
Posted inEconomy

Province asks feds for more troops to speed up power restoration efforts

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson September 29, 2022January 5, 2023

With 80,000 people in northern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton still without power six days after tropical storm Fiona battered the province, the Houston government is calling on Ottawa to send up to 1,000 military personnel to help clear downed trees from roads and power lines.  More than 300 troops have arrived in the province […]

Posted inMorning File

After Hurricane Juan, power was out for four to five days; 19 years later, nothing has changed

by Tim Bousquet September 26, 2022January 9, 2023
four people standing in front of flags
Posted inCommentary, Energy, Province House

Nova Scotia government announces a target of five gigawatts of offshore wind energy

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter September 21, 2022January 9, 2023
Posted inEnergy, Province House

The ‘hydrogen hyperbole epidemic’ comes to Nova Scotia

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter September 20, 2022January 9, 2023
A white woman with dark blonde hair and a white jacket
Posted inMorning File

The bravery of Lisa Banfield, the cowardice of Greg Wiley

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweaterA smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Suzanne Rent, Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson September 6, 2022October 21, 2022
T-shirt design with the phrase "microdosing is for pussies" repeated in several colours.
Posted inMorning File

A late summer grab bag filled with brilliant random shit

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch September 1, 2022January 30, 2023
A young man in a ballcap holds a phone up in front of his face.
Posted inArts and Culture, Business and Development, Labour, Morning File

Those darn kids today. And yesterday. And decades ago

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch August 23, 2022January 9, 2023
A woman in a Victorian-era blue dress and bonnet stands next to a fence where a goat eats leaves.
Posted inLocal History, Morning File

The dedicated interpreters living Nova Scotia’s history

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent August 9, 2022January 9, 2023
A woman with long dark hair getting a botox treatment.
Posted inArts and Culture, Morning File, Women

The real meaning of aging well

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent August 4, 2022January 9, 2023
A man with short dark hair, a moustache, and wearing a yellow rain jacket leans against a pay phone in front of a brick wall.
Posted inArts and Culture, Health, Morning File

Calling the quarantine hotline

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch June 21, 2022January 9, 2023

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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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Rally set for Second Story Women’s Centre after impasse between staff, board of directors

by Yvette d'Entremont March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

Nova Scotia political leaders respond to final report from Mass Casualty Commission

by Jennifer Henderson March 30, 2023March 30, 2023

Halifax councillors punt ‘imperfect’ Spring Garden Road bus-only pilot to next year

by Zane Woodford March 30, 2023March 30, 2023

RCMP must gather uniforms from retired officers, keep track of inventory: MCC Report

by Suzanne Rent March 30, 2023March 31, 2023

RCMP failed victims’ families: MCC Report

by Yvette d'Entremont March 30, 2023March 30, 2023
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