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Photo of the devastation left behind after a clearcut. There are stumps of large trees, burned from the heat of the chainsaws, and crushed trees for a mile. Only a few denuded conifers and spindly trunks are left standing, bereft.

Public engagement, future of the forestry, and the Harvest Plans Map Viewer

by Joan Baxter June 10, 2021November 22, 2022

Commentary, Environment, Province House

Save our forests? Not now. We’re too busy destroying them

by Stephen Kimber January 31, 2021October 20, 2022

COVID, Morning File

Keep the travel restrictions

by Tim Bousquet September 15, 2020October 20, 2022

Under a clear blue sky, a completely cleared landscape with brown rocky soil and some tread marks and some remnant tree branches and woody debris following a clearcut near Bass River, Nova Scotia

Commentary, Environment, Investigation, Province House

Clear as mud: How the government’s reports on Nova Scotia forests obfuscate and confuse the data

by Linda Pannozzo September 14, 2020October 20, 2022

North Mountain opponents to aerial herbicide spraying "occupy" camp. Photo: Duke Karsten

Environment, Province House

Occupy North Mountain

by Joan Baxter September 1, 2020October 20, 2022

Fall foliage in temperate forest at High Head, Wentworth, Nova Scotia. Photo Joan Baxter

The Borealization of Acadia

by Joan Baxter July 2, 2020November 16, 2022

Environment, Investigation

Backroad Deal

by Linda Pannozzo June 1, 2020October 20, 2022

A map of the proposed clear cuts near Lake Deception.

Environmentalists say logging companies are rushing clearcuts near Lake Deception before new forest regulations come into effect

by Jennifer Henderson November 20, 2019December 7, 2022

An image of stacked lumber cuts, with the edges facing out.

Commentary, Environment, Investigation, Province House

Pulp Culture

by Linda Pannozzo March 12, 2019October 20, 2022

A dirt logging road with deep truck wheel furrows leads to a sparse looking stand of trees. There is snow on the road.

City Hall, Commentary, Environment, Province House

Fixing freedom of information in NS (and jails), pulp mill politics, and plastics – all that, and more.

by Joan Baxter January 16, 2019October 20, 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.