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The ‘hydrogen hyperbole epidemic’ comes to Nova Scotia

by Joan Baxter September 20, 2022January 9, 2023

This is the second article in a two-part series that the Halifax Examiner is co-publishing with The Energy Mix about the “green hydrogen and ammonia” project that EverWind Fuels has proposed for Point Tupper in Nova Scotia. See Part 1 here. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is a big fan of EverWind’s “green hydrogen and […]

Smiling man with glasses light blue shirt, navy tie and gray jacket in front of a purple sign for the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance.

Climate, Province House

Does the Houston government’s proposed carbon plan make sense?

by Jennifer Henderson August 26, 2022January 9, 2023

The Brooklyn Biomass plant belching smoke

Climate, Energy, Utilities

Despite receiving Muskrat Falls power, Nova Scotia is still burning biomass for electricity

by Jennifer Henderson June 24, 2022January 9, 2023

a white middle aged man at a plexiglass podium

Economy

Emera has record profits, but wants more from ratepayers to move off coal

by Jennifer Henderson May 26, 2022January 3, 2023

Economy, Environment

Nova Scotia ratepayers will pay $169.4 million this year for the Maritime Link, despite lack of significant energy deliveries

by Jennifer Henderson February 10, 2022October 20, 2022

Energy

Nova Scotia Power seeks three annual rate increases of 1.5% for residential customers

by Jennifer Henderson July 8, 2019December 7, 2022

Energy

UARB kicks Maritime Link costs down the road; orders small credit to ratepayers

by Jennifer Henderson September 13, 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.

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The ‘hydrogen hyperbole epidemic’ comes to Nova Scotia

Does the Houston government’s proposed carbon plan make sense?

Despite receiving Muskrat Falls power, Nova Scotia is still burning biomass for electricity

Emera has record profits, but wants more from ratepayers to move off coal

Nova Scotia ratepayers will pay $169.4 million this year for the Maritime Link, despite lack of significant energy deliveries

Nova Scotia Power seeks three annual rate increases of 1.5% for residential customers

UARB kicks Maritime Link costs down the road; orders small credit to ratepayers

Nova Scotia’s Poverty Report Card — ‘F’ for filed and forgotten?

Nova Scotia launches review of provincial policing structure

Brad Johns once again spins the revolving door of SIRT directorship, but that won’t solve the crisis of legitimacy for the police oversight board

Mount Uniacke residents organize, submit comments as quarry owners apply for expansion

Halifax MP says council can go higher on federal housing application