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In the foreground are the large tracks of the tree harvesting machines that clearcut a patch of Northern Pulp land on Higgins Mtn in Wentworth Valley in 2017, with a view down into the valley and the ski hill across Highway 4. Photo: Joan Baxter

Proposed Wentworth Valley wind farm gets blowback

by Joan Baxter December 6, 2021November 22, 2022

Let’s start with a quick Nova Scotia quiz. Question #1: What do the following three things have in common? (1) A large new wind farm proposed for Wentworth Valley, (2) an open pit gold mine at Moose River in Halifax Regional Municipality that is owned by Australia’s St Barbara Ltd and operated by its subsidiary […]

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

Two photos are put together side by side. On the left a man and woman wearing sunglasses stand in front of an old aquaduct on a bright day. On the right, a man in a grey suit, white shirt and blue and white tie speaks with a flash of red behind his left shoulder.

Province House

After a chance encounter at a park, Liberal leader Iain Rankin called the RCMP on Nicole Gnazdowsky

by Zane Woodford October 26, 2021October 20, 2022

The sign at the main entrance to the Northern Pulp mill in Pictou County identifies it as a Paper Excellence company. Photo Joan baxter

Environment

What are Paper Excellence’s real plans for Northern Pulp?

by Joan Baxter July 21, 2021November 22, 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.

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Proposed Wentworth Valley wind farm gets blowback

Expansion of gold mining on the Eastern Shore meeting with stiff resistance

After a chance encounter at a park, Liberal leader Iain Rankin called the RCMP on Nicole Gnazdowsky

What are Paper Excellence’s real plans for Northern Pulp?

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

Nova Scotia whale sanctuary ‘charting path’ to final site development