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This aerial photo of Atlantic Gold's Touquoy open pit gold mine in Moose River shows the giant crater where the gold is mined, and the large tailings pond on the edge of Scraggy Lake. Photo is contributed.

Canadian regulators giving Australia’s St Barbara what it wants

by Joan Baxter August 18, 2022January 9, 2023

St Barbara Ltd, the Australian company that owns Atlantic Gold / Atlantic Mining NS, which operates the Touquoy open pit gold mine in Moose River and wants to open three more mines on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, seems to be having a run of extraordinarily good fortune when it comes to decisions by […]

A empty chamber with blue chairs, desks with microphones, and two paintings hanging next to a big chair

Business and Development, Economy, Government, Province House

Grants for seniors, gold mining, the premier’s ‘friends,’ and more from Question Period

by Jennifer Henderson July 29, 2022January 9, 2023

A red brick building sits on a sloping green lawn under a blue and cloudy sky. A Canadian flag flies out front

Health, Province House

Frequent closures of emergency department at Hants Community Hospital expected this summer

by Jennifer Henderson June 23, 2022January 9, 2023

Province House

Public paying the price to clean up old gold mines

by Joan Baxter March 23, 2022November 22, 2022

A white sign for Atlantic Gold Touquoys Gold Project.

Environment

Up close and privileged: Nova Scotia’s “One Window” process gives mining execs seats at the table in the halls of power

by Joan Baxter March 19, 2022November 22, 2022

A shea tree growing in a arid landscape under a bright blue sky.

Mining

Anaconda Mining joins the gold rush on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore

by Joan Baxter February 13, 2022November 22, 2022

The Killag River is an important part of the West River Sheet Harbour watershed, important wild Atlantic salmon habitat, and this photo shows the Killag River just a ston's throw downstream from the site of the proposed Beaver Dam open pit gold mine. Photo: SImon Ryder-Burbidge

Mining

Millbrook First Nation to Atlantic Gold and government regulators: “We oppose the Beaver Dam mine project”

by Joan Baxter January 21, 2022November 22, 2022

Moose river gold mine tailings pond with Scraggy Lake in foreground (contributed)

Mining

The Examiner quizzed the four main political parties on gold mining issues. Here are their responses.

by Joan Baxter July 30, 2021November 22, 2022

Economy

Maritime Launch Services has hired a PR firm to conduct a “push poll” for its proposed spaceport in Canso

by Joan Baxter June 26, 2021November 22, 2022

Mining

Who benefits from Atlantic Gold’s Nova Scotia operations?

by Joan Baxter June 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.

Tag: Eastern Shore

Canadian regulators giving Australia’s St Barbara what it wants

Grants for seniors, gold mining, the premier’s ‘friends,’ and more from Question Period

Frequent closures of emergency department at Hants Community Hospital expected this summer

Public paying the price to clean up old gold mines

Up close and privileged: Nova Scotia’s “One Window” process gives mining execs seats at the table in the halls of power

Anaconda Mining joins the gold rush on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore

Millbrook First Nation to Atlantic Gold and government regulators: “We oppose the Beaver Dam mine project”

The Examiner quizzed the four main political parties on gold mining issues. Here are their responses.

Maritime Launch Services has hired a PR firm to conduct a “push poll” for its proposed spaceport in Canso

Who benefits from Atlantic Gold’s Nova Scotia operations?

National seniors advocacy group wants Nova Scotia to fund vaccines for respiratory illnesses

Nova Scotia’s Poverty Report Card — ‘F’ for filed and forgotten?

Nova Scotia launches review of provincial policing structure

Brad Johns once again spins the revolving door of SIRT directorship, but that won’t solve the crisis of legitimacy for the police oversight board

Mount Uniacke residents organize, submit comments as quarry owners apply for expansion