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A bride and groom release balloons at a wedding ceremony

Going to the chapel again, and again, and again

by Ethan Lycan-Lang August 8, 2022January 9, 2023

News 1. Muskrat Falls delays, power bills to rise Breaking news: hydroelectricity from Muskrat Falls for Nova Scotians is delayed. I suppose that’s not breaking, now that I think of it. But as Jennifer Henderson reports, there’s some new information on just how much those delays could cost Nova Scotians. In June, the province received […]

Tents and wooden shelters in a park in autumn

Government, Housing, Morning File, Policing

Criminalization, disappearance, and death: the results of clearing urban encampments

by Philip Moscovitch July 19, 2022January 9, 2023

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.

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Going to the chapel again, and again, and again

Criminalization, disappearance, and death: the results of clearing urban encampments

‘This asshole bought 10 acres on P.E.I. to be alone, and then told a national magazine about it,’ and other ways to profit from rage-inducing journalism

Deforestation Inc: Canada is a ‘world laggard’ in sustainable forestry, say critics, and Paper Excellence’s expansion threatens this country’s boreal forests

Halifax landlord Peppermint Properties using fixed-term leases to clear out units, jack up rents

Justice institute to use federal funds to help Black Nova Scotians understand legal rights

Kids whose childhoods were made into social media ‘content’ are starting to speak out