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A train sits next to a platform

Health, Morning File

Planes, trains, and automobiles: pick your poison with travel this summer

by Ethan Lycan-Lang July 13, 2022January 9, 2023

A red brick building sits on a sloping green lawn under a blue and cloudy sky. A Canadian flag flies out front

Health, Province House

Frequent closures of emergency department at Hants Community Hospital expected this summer

by Jennifer Henderson June 23, 2022January 9, 2023

A yellow detergent jug, a white plastic bag, and a Styrofoam sheet set out on garbage day.

Taking the first steps on the drastic plastic problem

by Ethan Lycan-Lang June 22, 2022January 9, 2023

A Halifax Transit bus, the number 7 robie, pulls away from a bus stop on a sunny summer day.

Cheap transit: low fares, high returns

by Ethan Lycan-Lang May 5, 2022October 17, 2022

A bald man wearing a mask and a suit stands at a microphone

Government, Health

Omicron worries dominate Legislature’s Health Committee

by Jennifer Henderson April 13, 2022October 20, 2022

A woman wearing a dark t-shirt and glasses speaks at a podium. In the background are three Nova Scotia flags, coloured blue, yellow and red.

COVID, Health, Province House

Some Nova Scotians soon to be eligible for fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose

by Jennifer Henderson April 5, 2022October 20, 2022

A masked pharmacist stands at her work station holding a needle.

COVID

Study examines work of Nova Scotia pharmacists, the pandemic’s ‘unsung heroes’

by Yvette d'Entremont April 4, 2022November 18, 2022

Black woman and three Lack men smile for the camera, sitting around a table, with white screen in the background.

Black Nova Scotia

Thriving in the Maritimes: Black Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI advocates look to strengthen connections

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter April 4, 2022November 8, 2022

Two men in suits walking down a street

NS budget: big spending on health care, new taxes on non-residents

by Jennifer Henderson March 29, 2022October 20, 2022

A screenshot of a stepcounter app

10,000 steps and other persistent bullshit

by Philip Moscovitch February 15, 2022January 25, 2023

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.