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Archival black and white image of The Home for Colored Children, a four story brick building with a flagpole out front. A small figure stands at the base of the flagpole.

Committee recommends heritage registration for former Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children

by Zane Woodford June 23, 2022January 3, 2023

Councillors approve new plan for sanctioned tent sites, with Halifax police as ‘final resort’

by Zane Woodford June 14, 2022January 3, 2023

Six Halifax Regional Police officers comb the grass for debris at Peace and Friendship Park after eviction several residents of tents. They are all wearing masks.

Staff still looking to Halifax police to enforce new plan for tenting in municipal parks

by Zane Woodford June 13, 2022January 3, 2023

A blue vehicle makes a big splash on a dark day. The water from the blue vehicle is soaking the windshield of a taxi driving in the opposite direction. Behind the vehicles is a series of shipping containers on train tracks running parallel with the road.

Stormwater charge moving to tax bills, Gray arena, Dartmouth Cove and more: Halifax council round-up

by Zane Woodford June 1, 2022January 3, 2023

People in suits wearing masks and medals sit on a stage under blue-ish light.

How many Halifax councillors is enough? 16 is the sweet spot, staff say

by Zane Woodford May 30, 2022January 3, 2023

A muddy bit of access road is seen a freshly cut forested area. There's an orange '5' painted on a tree that's been left standing.

Developer wants to clear trees early at fast-tracked Dartmouth development sites

by Zane Woodford May 18, 2022January 3, 2023

Halifax chief administrative officer Jacques Dubé resigns

by Zane Woodford May 18, 2022January 3, 2023

Halifax council round-up: Reprieve for Rankin, development study next to Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes, and more

by Zane Woodford May 18, 2022January 3, 2023

An black inaccessible van cab pulls away from the curb in downtown Halifax in January 2020. It has a white taxi sign on the roof.

Halifax council hikes taxi fares 16%

by Zane Woodford May 17, 2022January 3, 2023

A man stands outside a silver car with a cab sign.

Halifax council to consider hiking taxi fares for the first time in 10 years

by Zane Woodford May 13, 2022January 3, 2023

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.

To read the entire DEAD WRONG series, and articles on Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, click here.