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Still from Night of the Living Dead

Zombie ideas that won’t die

by Philip Moscovitch December 12, 2019January 3, 2023

Racists are yelling at teens playing hockey

by Erica Butler December 10, 2019October 20, 2022

More jerks who pay less than a living wage

by Suzanne Rent October 30, 2019November 5, 2022

an aerial photograph of the swirling eye of a hurricane.

Nova Scotia needs to adapt to the new reality of stronger and more frequent hurricanes

by Tim Bousquet September 12, 2019October 20, 2022

Dealing with Dalhousie’s past

by Erica Butler September 6, 2019October 20, 2022

A photo of the tidal turbine.

Despite government assurances to the contrary, no one knows what the abandoned tidal turbine is doing to the environment

by Tim Bousquet August 9, 2019October 20, 2022

Man by Shubenacadie River at the Alton Gas site, with Mi'kmaq and Warrior flags.

Alex Cameron’s “conquered people” brief is odious, but he’s got a good case against the McNeil government

by Tim Bousquet July 18, 2019October 20, 2022

A photo of City Hall

The shameful and cowardly political non-response to the Assoun case

by Tim Bousquet July 17, 2019October 20, 2022

Dan Kinsella, a white man in his forties, dressed for a ceremonial Hamilton Police portrait.

New top cop Dan Kinsella: no racial profiling, just “some inequalities, some negative experiences”

by Philip Moscovitch July 10, 2019December 29, 2022

The Grafton Street Glory Hole entrance to the convention centre and hotel.

The convention centre property tax bill for this year alone is $3.6 million more than expected

by Tim Bousquet June 25, 2019October 20, 2022

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.