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A woman vacuums the floor while a man sits on the sofa looking at his laptop. Meanwhile, a kid sits on a chair in the corner reading a book

What’s the “one small habit” that keeps a man organized? A wife

by Suzanne Rent June 30, 2022January 9, 2023

News 1. Sable Island fog Paul Withers at CBC recently visited Sable Island where scientists are there for an international study on how to predict fog, which poses a lot of challenges for meteorology. Project leader Joe Fernando of Notre Dame University told Withers they chose Sable Island because it’s one of the foggiest places […]

A woman wearing glasses and wrapped in a blanket lying on a sofa.

Families and Childcare, Morning File, Women

What mothers want and need every day, not just on Mother’s Day

by Suzanne Rent May 4, 2022October 20, 2022

A close up photo of a man's fingers holding a newborn baby's fingers.

COVID

New parents find blessings and curses during COVID-19

by Suzanne Rent February 18, 2021November 29, 2022

the green roadsign to Portapique with a tartan sash tied around the post

Morning File

Lisa Banfield seeks to keep court records sealed

by Suzanne Rent February 9, 2021November 29, 2022

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.

Tag: motherhood

What’s the “one small habit” that keeps a man organized? A wife

What mothers want and need every day, not just on Mother’s Day

New parents find blessings and curses during COVID-19

Lisa Banfield seeks to keep court records sealed

‘This asshole bought 10 acres on P.E.I. to be alone, and then told a national magazine about it,’ and other ways to profit from rage-inducing journalism

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

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

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

Kids whose childhoods were made into social media ‘content’ are starting to speak out