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A woman in a Victorian-era blue dress and bonnet stands next to a fence where a goat eats leaves.
Posted inLocal History, Morning File

The dedicated interpreters living Nova Scotia’s history

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent August 9, 2022January 9, 2023

News 1. Reaction to delays at Muskrat Falls On Monday, Jennifer Henderson reported on more delays at Muskrat Falls and how that will almost certainly mean a hike in Nova Scotians’ power bills. Today, Henderson got reaction from political leaders after she sent out this question to all three parties: What action would your party […]

Front page of an old newspaper. It says The Maritime Merchant and Commercial Review, Halifax. no. 5, Thursday, July 3, 1913. Above the title is a drawing of a fly and an ad for Tanglefoot, "the sanitary fly destroyer."
Posted inMorning File

Business and “grouchers” from 1892-1913

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch December 7, 2021January 25, 2023
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

The long road to Emancipation Day

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter August 6, 2021November 7, 2022
Image of the interior of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church facing the altar. There are evergreen Christmas wreathes decorating the space, which features white walls with dark wood pews and columns.
Posted inLocal History

Obituary: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (1794-2014)

by Tim Bousquet July 16, 2014February 2, 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.

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Internal documents show Nova Scotia’s Liberal government assumed Northern Pulp links to Asia Pulp & Paper, links Paper Excellence execs deny

by Joan Baxter June 1, 2023June 1, 2023

Halifax Fire deputy chief pleads with residents to stop illegal burns, as new fires blaze in HRM

by Suzanne Rent and Jennifer Henderson June 1, 2023June 1, 2023

IBC: Holds on new insurance policies common on purchase of homes within wildfire radius

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by Suzanne Rent and Tim Bousquet June 1, 2023June 1, 2023

New fire, more evacuations in Shelburne County as other fires continue to blaze out of control

by Jennifer Henderson June 1, 2023June 1, 2023
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