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The Lafarge Brookfield cement plant. You can see a grey building, three large grey silos, and a red and white striped smokestack. In front of it is a building with a concrete sign with the word lafarge on it, and a sign attached above that has the number 50 made of the flag designs of the four Atlantic provinces.

A potent human carcinogen found in Lafarge Brookfield’s cement kiln dust is making its way onto Nova Scotia’s farm fields

by Linda Pannozzo June 15, 2021October 20, 2022

For background on this story, here are Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of this three-part series. The Halifax Examiner has received responses from two federal departments involving the presence of a potent human carcinogen in Lafarge Brookfield’s cement kiln dust (CKD) — a product that is being sold as an agricultural soil amendment and is spread […]

Environment, Province House

Judge refuses to intervene in Lafarge’s tire-burning plan

by Jennifer Henderson March 21, 2018October 20, 2022

Environment, Province House

Judge rejects motion against Lafarge’s tire-burning plan

by Jennifer Henderson January 20, 2018October 20, 2022

Province House

Brookfield residents ask court to consider new tire-burning evidence

by Jennifer Henderson December 15, 2017November 30, 2022

Environment

Toxicologist Douglas Hallett raises concerns about Lafarge tire-burning

by Jennifer Henderson November 20, 2017November 30, 2022

Province House

NDP re-introduces same tire-burning ban bill introduced — and passed — by the Liberals in 2008

by Jennifer Henderson October 4, 2017November 30, 2022

Province House

Brookfield residents go to court to stop tire burning at Larfarge

by Jennifer Henderson September 5, 2017November 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.

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.

Tag: Lydia Sorflaten

A potent human carcinogen found in Lafarge Brookfield’s cement kiln dust is making its way onto Nova Scotia’s farm fields

Judge refuses to intervene in Lafarge’s tire-burning plan

Judge rejects motion against Lafarge’s tire-burning plan

Brookfield residents ask court to consider new tire-burning evidence

Toxicologist Douglas Hallett raises concerns about Lafarge tire-burning

NDP re-introduces same tire-burning ban bill introduced — and passed — by the Liberals in 2008

Brookfield residents go to court to stop tire burning at Larfarge

The cultural imperialism of the American smile

Proposed 9.7% tax increase dropped as Halifax regional council starts budget process

‘Routine’ forgery? Alleged woodlot theft raises suspicions about forestry industry practices

Nova Scotians urged to participate in national survey to help better understand grief

Eastern Shore residents want more services, funding from Halifax Regional Municipality