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Two workers wearing orange pants and hard hats walk on a messy street, with wires hanging down from above, and a pedestrian walk sign on the ground.

Amendments to Emergency “911” Act would require telcos to submit emergency plans, rebate customers for lost service

by Jennifer Henderson October 13, 2022January 5, 2023

The Nova Scotia government is taking on the telecommunications companies in the wake of prolonged communications failures following tropical storm Fiona. John Lohr, the minister responsible for the Emergency Management Office, introduced amendments to the Emergency “911” Act on Thursday that he said “will compel local telecommunications companies to provide reliable service and better […]

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

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

by Jennifer Henderson September 29, 2022January 5, 2023

A smartphone on a white background shows a ticketing app, with a QR code, and a second red screen floating in an illustration.

Mobile ticketing en route to Halifax Transit, convention centre deficits, and more from council

by Zane Woodford July 13, 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

City Hall, Commentary, Province House

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

by Joan Baxter July 4, 2022January 9, 2023

An advisory sign that warns about high levels of arsenic, in front of a body of water

Port Wallace Gamble: the real estate boom meets Nova Scotia’s toxic mine legacy

by Joan Baxter April 13, 2022November 22, 2022

Four black and white photos from a free photo service. They are all of people with their faces buried in their hands in misery. One is a young teenaged boy on a bridge. Apparently this illustrates the feelings of poor troubled landlords.

Renovictions spike, but let’s not forget the plight of landlords

by Philip Moscovitch April 12, 2022January 30, 2023

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.

City Hall, PRICED OUT, Province House

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

by Zane Woodford April 11, 2022October 20, 2022

a rocket flying above the Earth

What’s a little unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine among friends?

by Philip Moscovitch August 29, 2018December 28, 2022

Commentary, Province House

Is Tory leader wannabe John Lohr a Maxime Bernier in waiting?

by Stephen Kimber August 25, 2018October 20, 2022

Meet the PC Leadership candidates

by Jennifer Henderson June 22, 2018November 30, 2022

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.

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.