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Yet another $9 million of public money is going to support the Yarmouth ferry

by Tim Bousquet May 6, 2019October 20, 2022

Clearwater wins. Again. Still. Always. And forever

by Stephen Kimber March 17, 2019October 20, 2022

Palace coup at Shambhala

by Tim Bousquet February 21, 2019October 20, 2022

John Risley’s South African adventure

by Tim Bousquet February 20, 2019October 20, 2022

Nova Scotia billionaire John Risley says a fast-talking man posing as a Saudi oil tycoon swindled him out of 10 million Euros

by Tim Bousquet November 23, 2018October 20, 2022

John Risley, owner of a private island and a $30 million yacht, lectures us about thrift

by Tim Bousquet November 15, 2018October 20, 2022

John Risley is a petty and mean-spirited man

by Tim Bousquet September 28, 2018October 20, 2022

Which crazy religion is Halifax Mayor Mike Savage promoting this week?

by Tim Bousquet May 7, 2018October 20, 2022

How corporate funding compromises independent science at Dalhousie

by Tim Bousquet April 4, 2018October 20, 2022

The Fabulous Lobster Trap

by Tim Bousquet March 16, 2018October 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.