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Drone shot of a 2018 Westfor clearcut on crown land. Lake Rossignol can be seen on the top right.

Enviro groups call Sustainable Forestry Initiative ‘greenwashing’

by Joan Baxter December 5, 2022January 5, 2023

Eight environmental groups across Canada are asking the Competition Bureau of Canada to inquire into what they allege are “false and misleading” sustainability claims from the Sustainable Forest Initiative (SFI) certification scheme.

Green Hydrogen International website pages on the "Spirit of Scotia" project in Nova Scotia shows a blue ocean vista with large wind turbines somewhere in the world, with the words "Positioning Nova Scotia as a global leader in green hydrogen production" in white letters on a black background.

Climate

‘Green’ hydrogen industry takes aim at Nova Scotia’s underground salt deposits

by Joan Baxter November 15, 2022November 30, 2022

Smiling Linda Campbell wearing a white cap with sunglasses on top, in a blue jacket with a blue and pink scarf at the site of the historic Montague Gold Mines in HRM.

Mining

Greenwashing the goldfields

by Joan Baxter March 3, 2021November 22, 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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Enviro groups call Sustainable Forestry Initiative ‘greenwashing’

‘Green’ hydrogen industry takes aim at Nova Scotia’s underground salt deposits

Greenwashing the goldfields

My trip to Province House, and why it makes me worry about the future

Opposition, advocates say budget misses the mark on poverty, housing crisis

Acadia student advocating for improved access to mental health care for rural Nova Scotians

AG finds weak cybersecurity at Halifax Water, putting water quality and supply systems at risk

Debra Lucas and Iris Drummond: leading the way in historic Black community of Lucasville