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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 […]

a white woman with shoulder length dark hair talks into microphones at a podium

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

Black lady in dark blazer, Black man in glasses and grey blazer, and Black man in dark blazer

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

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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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”

Halifax councillors to consider additions — and reductions — to police budget

Over the last 31 years, entire industries have collapsed, but profits for the privatized Nova Scotia Power remain protected from the realities of a changing world

‘You are not white men’: whispers to the redwoods and bros who forgot who they are

Shannon Park development agreement approved, Canada Lands commits to 20% affordability

Still more power rate increases likely