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Colourful vegetables in a wooden box seen from overhead.
Posted inCity Hall

Market gardens, naturalized parks, skating oval naming rights, and more from Halifax council

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 13, 2022January 9, 2023

People all over HRM would be able to sell their own homegrown produce if councillors approve a proposed set of bylaw amendments. At its meeting on Tuesday, Halifax regional council voted to direct staff to develop amendments to legalize so-called market gardens — where food is “grown or prepared to be sold or shared with […]

A view of the corner of Halifax City Hall, looking down Duke Street, in June 2021. The building is dwarfed by larger, more modern buildings.
Posted inCity Hall

Surplus properties for affordable housing, cooling centres, construction noise, and more from Halifax regional council

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford August 24, 2022January 3, 2023
This map from Calyton Developments 2021 presentation shows the location of and proposed Port Wallace subdivision with Barry's Run owned by HRM in the middle, and Montague Gold Mines upstream across Highway 107 (Forest Hills Parkway), and the only road access is from Waverley Road
Posted inCity Hall, Commentary, Province House

Fast-tracking Port Wallace development threatens Lake Charles and health of future residents

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter July 4, 2022January 9, 2023
A group of African Nova Scotian employees of Halifax Regional Municipality gathered for a protest in front of city hall in May 2018. The group was calling on the municipality to implement the recommendations of a 2016 report that found racial discrimination within the municipality.
Posted inCity Hall

Auditor general finds Halifax isn’t doing enough to foster a respectful workplace

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford June 22, 2022January 3, 2023
A twenty dollar bill with an image of Queen Elizabeth on it.
Posted inHousing, Indigenous Nova Scotia, Morning File

Royal flush: the monarchy’s role in reconciliation and Canada today

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang May 19, 2022January 9, 2023
A woman wearing glasses speaks to someone off camera. She's standing in a dimly-lit beige hallway.
Posted inCity Hall, Government

Halifax auditor general concerned about city’s risk assessment for big projects

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford April 20, 2022October 20, 2022
A view of the corner of Halifax City Hall, looking down Duke Street, in June 2021. The building is dwarfed by larger, more modern buildings.
Posted inCity Hall, Environment, Government

Halifax councillors pass 4.6% increase to average property tax bill, including 3% for climate action

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford April 12, 2022October 20, 2022
Apartment buildings under construction on Clyde Street in Halifax in June 2021. The new construction dwarfs an older building, which is itself only a couple of decades old. In the foreground you can see a bright blue cherry picker crane, and a yello tube through which trash drops into a dumpster. In front of the nearest building is a chain link fence, covered with multi coloured banners extolling the virtues of the construction company, the investors, and the future luxury accomodations. The banners are already worn and filthy.
Posted inCity Hall, PRICED OUT, Province House

‘Anti-democratic’ bill cutting Halifax planning committees moves ahead

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford April 11, 2022October 20, 2022
Posted inCOVID, Economy, Poverty, PRICED OUT

Researchers explore homelessness in Nova Scotia during early months of COVID-19

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont April 6, 2022November 18, 2022
A young boy is standing in a field, facing away from the camera, wearing a slightly soiled Canadian flag wrapped around his back like a cape
Posted inUncategorized

Even when things are going well, the “nice” Canadian society is a myth

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang February 16, 2022October 20, 2022

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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.


Tractors bulldoze trees as American money rains from the sky.
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.

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by El Jones September 24, 2023September 24, 2023

Riley trial: the Crown’s own expert witness undermines Crown’s case

by Tim Bousquet September 23, 2023September 23, 2023

Halifax council will consider minister’s housing demands, but height will be a sticking point

by Zane Woodford September 22, 2023September 24, 2023

Nova Scotia expands nominee program to include paramedics, pharmacy technicians

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