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Three red and white smokestacks stand along the shoreline under a blue summer sky
Posted inGovernment

Houston government introduces made-in-Nova Scotia carbon price for large emitters

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson October 18, 2022January 5, 2023

On Tuesday, the Houston government introduced amendments to the Environment Act in response to a federal government decision to begin raising the price of carbon to slow the pace of climate change. Across Canada, the price of a tonne of carbon will rise from $50 to $65 in January and increase by $15 a year […]

Posted inBusiness and Development

Nova Scotia Power files for even higher power rates due to rising fuel costs, failure to meet emissions targets

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson September 3, 2022January 9, 2023
Posted inProvince House

Premier pitches ‘made-in-Nova Scotia plan’ as alternative to federal carbon tax

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson August 19, 2022January 9, 2023
The Brooklyn Biomass plant belching smoke
Posted inClimate, Energy, Utilities

Despite receiving Muskrat Falls power, Nova Scotia is still burning biomass for electricity

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson June 24, 2022January 9, 2023
Posted inCity Hall, Environment

Halifax’s big climate change action plan is ready, but the COVID-19 budget crunch means it’s already ‘jeopardized’

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford June 19, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inLocal History

Birds of a feather attack together

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent October 31, 2019November 5, 2022
A climate change march of several young people holding signs such as "system change not climate change".
Posted inUncategorized

“We need guts”

by Erica Butler October 29, 2019October 20, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

Halifax in two acts: The Hotel Barmecide

by Tim Bousquet October 28, 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.
Posted inCommentary, Environment

The Climate Emergency

by Linda Pannozzo October 24, 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.

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Poverty and financial literacy: you can’t budget if you don’t have the money

by Suzanne Rent March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

Council looks for options to include new Bedford library with ferry station

by Zane Woodford March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

Loss of 6 crew on scallop boat off Digby caused by insufficient crew training, says Transportation Safety Board

by Yvette d'Entremont March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

Province hikes Nova Scotia Power’s potential maximum fine to $25 million

by Jennifer Henderson March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

President of NSTU calls for more staffing, provincial strategy to address violence in schools

by Yvette d'Entremont March 22, 2023March 22, 2023
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