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Tag: Hurricane Fiona

A man in the bucket of a yellow utility truck repairs power lines on the side of a rural road.
Posted inEconomy

Province asks feds for more troops to speed up power restoration efforts

A smiling fair skinned woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson September 29, 2022January 5, 2023

With 80,000 people in northern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton still without power six days after tropical storm Fiona battered the province, the Houston government is calling on Ottawa to send up to 1,000 military personnel to help clear downed trees from roads and power lines.  More than 300 troops have arrived in the province […]

Two rows of books are displayed on a shelf in a store window
Posted inMorning File

Go ahead: judge a book by its cover

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang September 28, 2022January 9, 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.
Posted inBusiness and Development, Province House, Utilities

Nova Scotia Power’s request for ‘storm cost recovery rider’ could mean additional hike in power rates

A smiling fair skinned woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson September 21, 2022January 9, 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.


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.

LATEST NEWS

Somebody might maybe one day look into police malfeasance in the Glen Assoun case

by Tim Bousquet December 1, 2023December 1, 2023

Department of Labour wants feedback from Nova Scotians on harassment in workplaces

by Suzanne Rent December 1, 2023December 1, 2023

Studies find political interference in science is prevalent and ongoing

by Yvette d'Entremont November 30, 2023November 30, 2023

Emergency egress, hfxALERT debated as Halifax regional council reviews wildfire reports

by Suzanne Rent November 30, 2023November 30, 2023

Silent Book Club: low-pressure reading group comes to Halifax

by Philip Moscovitch November 30, 2023November 30, 2023
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