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John Risley jumps on the “green” hydrogen subsidy bandwagon

by Tim Bousquet May 24, 2022January 9, 2023

News 1. Mass Casualty Commission “The clock is ticking,” writes Stephen Kimber. “There are just 116 weekdays between now and the day that the Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Commission is required — by the orders in council that created it — to report back to the rest of us… Neither the federal nor provincial government […]

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Policing

RCMP officers privately warned their loved ones that a killer was on the loose, but didn’t warn the broader public

by Tim Bousquet May 12, 2022January 3, 2023

Black Nova Scotia

RCMP: Emergency alert was “timely and accurate”

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter April 14, 2022November 8, 2022

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Black Nova Scotia

North Preston residents raise concerns, want apology after emergency alert sends out “false information”

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter April 12, 2022November 8, 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: emergency alert

John Risley jumps on the “green” hydrogen subsidy bandwagon

RCMP officers privately warned their loved ones that a killer was on the loose, but didn’t warn the broader public

RCMP: Emergency alert was “timely and accurate”

North Preston residents raise concerns, want apology after emergency alert sends out “false information”

Giving people food doesn’t solve food insecurity long term, but giving people money can

Halifax councillors consider new campaign financing limits

Health care administrative professionals rally across Nova Scotia demanding better pay

Halifax Transit delays coming as Cogswell project enters second phase

New building codes coming to Nova Scotia, but still concerns about meeting energy efficiency standard