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Four large white geese stand on the island in Sullivan's pond.
Posted inLocal News

Municipality seeking winter refuge for Dartmouth geese

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford November 5, 2020January 2, 2023

The municipality is looking for a winter home for the flock of geese at Sullivan’s Pond in Dartmouth. Halifax posted a request for quotes on the provincial tender website on Thursday, “seeking submissions from qualified bidders to provide winter care for the Sullivan’s Pond geese.” The contract will last for three years, starting this fall, with […]

The women elected to Halifax regional council on Saturday. Top row, from left: Cathy Deagle-Gammon, Becky Kent, Trish Purdy, and Kathryn Morse. Bottom row, from left: Iona Stoddard, Pamela Lovelace, and Deputy Mayor Lisa Blackburn.
Posted inCity Hall

Women win big in Halifax election, full unofficial results delayed in some districts

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford October 17, 2020January 2, 2023
A rendering of Southwest Properties' proposal for the Cunard Block on Lower Water Street. It is a large multistory modern building made of steel and glass.
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax council allows appeal, overturning committee’s decision to approve Cunard block development

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 30, 2020October 20, 2022
A rendering of Southwest Properties' proposal for the Cunard Block on Lower Water Street. It is a large multistory modern building made of steel and glass.
Posted inCity Hall

Committee’s decision to allow 16-storey Halifax waterfront development appealed — 23 times

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 4, 2020October 20, 2022
The meadow garden in Kingswood was created by residents, but there are a few issues around its rock wall and a nearby ditch.
Posted inCity Hall

How a ditch and a draft bylaw are threatening a growing meadow in Hammonds Plains

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent July 30, 2020November 6, 2022
Posted inHousing

“I have never dealt with a landlord like this”

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent July 5, 2020November 6, 2022
Posted inCity Hall

Tanks but no tanks: Halifax councillors vote to cancel armoured vehicle, reallocate funding

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford June 9, 2020December 29, 2022
Kids at the city's Adventure Earth Centre for Sunship Earth camp in two large red canoes.
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax will hold modified summer day camps

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford May 28, 2020December 29, 2022
Eleven children sit on the forest floor, experiencing programming at the Nature centre. They are dressed for cool weather.
Posted inCOVID

Former teacher calls on Halifax to reinstate summer camps for kids

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford May 14, 2020December 29, 2022
Four large white geese stand on the island in Sullivan's pond.
Posted inCity Hall

Goose removed from Dartmouth park after ‘exhibiting aggressive behaviour’

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford May 6, 2020January 2, 2023

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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.


Tractors bulldoze trees as American money rains from the sky.
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.

Read the entire series, plus articles about Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, on the DEAD WRONG homepage.

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