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A truck with the blue Nova Scotia Power logo is seen ijn the foreground. Behind it, a man wearing florescent yellow walks past another truck.
Posted inMorning File

Over the last 31 years, entire industries have collapsed, but profits for the privatized Nova Scotia Power remain protected from the realities of a changing world

by Tim Bousquet February 3, 2023February 3, 2023

It won’t solve everything, but one meaningful change the provincial government could implement would to end Nova Scotia Power’s guaranteed profit, which in practical terms means re-nationalizing it.

A large white boat in the water.
Posted inCommentary

What could we do for the price of John Risley’s yacht?

by Stephen Kimber January 8, 2023January 8, 2023
A young woman and a young man both in face masks out on a street holding up a paper petition.
Posted inLabour

Justice for Workers — Nova Scotia demanding $20 minimum wage, 10 paid sick days

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent November 23, 2022November 23, 2022
Two men in suits walking down the a street in downtown Halifax.
Posted inCOVID, Journalism, Labour, Morning File

Deputy Premier Allan MacMaster: minimum wage shouldn’t be increased because inflation is making things more expensive

by Tim Bousquet September 9, 2022January 9, 2023
Posted inEconomy, Labour

Living wage in Halifax now $23.50, reports Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 7, 2022January 9, 2023
An orange cat lying on a bed looking at a laptop screen with its eyes half closed.
Posted inMorning File

“Writing is stupid”

A smiling man with fair skin tone, a dark short beard, and dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt. by Philip Moscovitch April 1, 2022January 30, 2023
A group of protestors with signs in front of a building
Posted inEconomy, PRICED OUT

Protestors rally outside legislature demanding minimum wage increase, more affordable housing, tenant protections

by Leslie Amminson March 24, 2022October 20, 2022
A sticker on a black pole is seen on the side of a street. In the sticker is '15' in red, with '$/h' in black, and then '+' in red, along with a raised fist outlined in black.
Posted inCity Hall, Economy

Halifax councillor proposes $15 minimum wage for city staff

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford March 9, 2022October 20, 2022
A man wearing a dark suit, white shirt and no tie speaks at a podium. In the background are four Nova Scotia flags, coloured blue, yellow and red.
Posted inCommentary, Province House

Latest apology accepted, Tim Houston. Now…

by Stephen Kimber November 7, 2021October 20, 2022
Posted inLabour

Bad bosses and cranky customers

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent June 9, 2020November 6, 2022

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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.


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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.


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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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