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Three people sit at a long table in a conference room. There's a blue curtain behind them and a video screen to their right.
Posted inCommentary, Province House

‘Twas the late afternoon before a long weekend, and…

by Stephen Kimber September 6, 2022January 9, 2023

I hadn’t planned to write this. It was a long weekend. We had family visiting. In fact, on Friday, I’d written to my editors, Tim Bousquet and Suzanne Rent, to tell them not to expect me to be my usual shocked and appalled this weekend. “Good plan,” Tim replied. “Enjoy the weekend.” I should have […]

A member of the Blue Jays coaching staff signs autographs at a Spring Training game
Posted inMorning File

What is the pandemic doing to sports — and other — reporting?

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch January 10, 2022January 25, 2023
Posted inUncategorized

Here’s the best map of Cape Breton

by Tim Bousquet January 28, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inMorning File

Saltwire finds one scientist who thinks Northern Pulp’s effluent isn’t toxic

Avatar photo by Tim Bousquet and Joan Baxter December 9, 2019November 15, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

The long, bizarre, and costly journey of the knife used to convict Glen Assoun

by Tim Bousquet November 8, 2019October 20, 2022
Posted inLabour

More jerks who pay less than a living wage

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent October 30, 2019November 5, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

Climate change is killing the right whales

by Tim Bousquet June 27, 2019October 20, 2022
Posted inMorning File

The economic development grift, Cape Breton edition

by Tim Bousquet May 23, 2019November 25, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

Nova Scotia doesn’t have a demographic problem; it has a wage problem

by Tim Bousquet December 28, 2018October 20, 2022
Posted inMorning File

Bullshitter of the day: Jacques Dubé

by Tim Bousquet November 1, 2018November 25, 2022

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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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What Michelin wants, Michelin gets… always

by Stephen Kimber March 20, 2023March 20, 2023

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by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson March 17, 2023March 17, 2023

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

by Joan Baxter March 17, 2023March 17, 2023

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

by Zane Woodford March 16, 2023March 17, 2023

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

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter March 16, 2023March 17, 2023
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