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A small fishing boat is berthed next to a dock on the waterfront, and both are dwarfed by the Crystal Serenity.
Posted inMorning File

Cruise ships are returning, but do we want them back?

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

News 1. Police board recommends 0.4% increase to HRP budget I did not think I would find myself laughing out loud at a story on the Board of Police Commissioners and the budget increase they proposed for the Halifax Regional Police. Of course, policing is not a laughing matter, and neither is the intractability of […]

The "Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corporation, A Paper Excellence Company" sign.
Posted inCommentary, Environment

Northern Pulp has a new set of “friends”

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter March 9, 2022October 20, 2022
Photo of the devastation left behind after a clearcut. There are stumps of large trees, burned from the heat of the chainsaws, and crushed trees for a mile. Only a few denuded conifers and spindly trunks are left standing, bereft.
Posted inForestry

Public engagement, future of the forestry, and the Harvest Plans Map Viewer

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter June 10, 2021November 22, 2022
A stand within the community-proposed Ingram River Wilderness Area (IRWA). It contains a 400-year plus eastern hemlock.
Posted inEnvironment, Investigation

Backroad Deal

by Linda Pannozzo June 1, 2020October 20, 2022
A map of the proposed clear cuts near Lake Deception.
Posted inForestry

Environmentalists say logging companies are rushing clearcuts near Lake Deception before new forest regulations come into effect

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 20, 2019December 7, 2022
Recent drone shot of a clearcut located between Kejimkujik National Park and Lake Rossignol.
Posted inCommentary, Environment, Investigation, Province House

Truth Be Told: Nova Scotia’s forest department hires a PR firm with forest industry ties to help it with transparency

by Linda Pannozzo May 10, 2019October 20, 2022
Posted inCommentary, Environment, Province House

Turning protesters into pets

by Linda Pannozzo December 14, 2018October 20, 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.


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.

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Giving people food doesn’t solve food insecurity long term, but giving people money can

by Suzanne Rent and Jennifer Henderson September 26, 2023September 26, 2023

Halifax councillors consider new campaign financing limits

by Zane Woodford September 26, 2023September 26, 2023

Health care administrative professionals rally across Nova Scotia demanding better pay

by Yvette d'Entremont September 25, 2023September 25, 2023

Halifax Transit delays coming as Cogswell project enters second phase

by Zane Woodford September 25, 2023September 25, 2023

New building codes coming to Nova Scotia, but still concerns about meeting energy efficiency standard

by Jennifer Henderson September 25, 2023September 25, 2023
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