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Five men, four in suits and ties (one of whom is Canada's Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra) and one wearing a blue Canadian astronaut uniform, pose together with three women for a photo in front of the white Canadarm emblazoned with the word Canada and flag.

Canada doesn’t have regulations for launching rockets, but the government says it will ‘enable’ Canso spaceport anyway

by Joan Baxter January 23, 2023February 22, 2023

The hyperbole and hot air at last week’s announcement in front of the Canadarm at the Canadian Space Agency in Montreal were enough to launch more than one rocket into orbit. Present for the announcement on January 20 were Omar Alghabra, Canada’s Minister of Transport; Marc Garneau, Liberal MP and former astronaut; Brian Gallant, former […]

A glass building with a white sign reading, Halifax Convention Centre. The 'O' in convention is blue. In the upper right corner, there are green leaves from a tree hanging into the frame. Below the leaves is a man in a black and yellow jacket waiting beside a yellow sign reading, "safer social."

It’s been 12 years since Joe Ramia won the contest for the convention centre, and the deal still looks shady af

by Tim Bousquet June 3, 2022January 9, 2023

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

This aerial shot shows the vast tailings facility at the Touquoy open pit gold mine in Nova Scotia. Photo: Simon Ryder-Burbidge

Mining

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

by Joan Baxter February 10, 2022January 29, 2023

A sign reading "No goldmine in our watershed, please"

Commentary, Environment

“Yacobo O’Hanley” and some other old boys have hurt fee-fees about protecting Tatamagouche’s water supply

by Joan Baxter January 27, 2022October 20, 2022

A blue and white sign surrounded by trees on Highway 256, which reads "Now Entering French River Watershed, Supply area for the Tatamagouche Water Utility."

Environment

New protected status for Tatamagouche water supply means an end to mineral exploration, mining in the watershed

by Joan Baxter January 25, 2022November 22, 2022

The "Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corporation, A Paper Excellence Company" sign.

Commentary, Environment

Woo and sue: Northern Pulp’s strategy in Nova Scotia

by Joan Baxter October 31, 2021October 20, 2022

Equity and Equality

Worse than Russia: Access to information in Nova Scotia places 66th in world rankings

by Joan Baxter September 24, 2021November 22, 2022

A sign that was erected near Tatamagouche saying "No Goldmine in our Watershed" after word emergegd that the province wanted to promote mineral exploration in the area. Photo contributed.

Commentary

The “Right to Know” in Nova Scotia often goes right to “no”

by Joan Baxter September 23, 2021November 22, 2022

Northern Pulp Mill during a shutdown in October 2019, viewed from across the lake.

Environment

Wastewater from Northern Pulp’s hibernating paper mill is being discharged into the Bay of Fundy

by Joan Baxter September 7, 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.

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Canada doesn’t have regulations for launching rockets, but the government says it will ‘enable’ Canso spaceport anyway

It’s been 12 years since Joe Ramia won the contest for the convention centre, and the deal still looks shady af

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

“Yacobo O’Hanley” and some other old boys have hurt fee-fees about protecting Tatamagouche’s water supply

New protected status for Tatamagouche water supply means an end to mineral exploration, mining in the watershed

Woo and sue: Northern Pulp’s strategy in Nova Scotia

Worse than Russia: Access to information in Nova Scotia places 66th in world rankings

The “Right to Know” in Nova Scotia often goes right to “no”

Wastewater from Northern Pulp’s hibernating paper mill is being discharged into the Bay of Fundy

Appeals court sends Halifax cop’s complaint back to Human Rights Commission board of inquiry

Nova Scotia elections chief says Liberals’ judicial review is ‘moot’

Parents’ rights, children’s rights, and the law in Canada

Halifax needs to pick a site soon for new $100-million police headquarters, says CAO

‘I protect trans kids’: counter-protesters respond to anti-2SLGBTQIA+ rally