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A woman in a Victorian-era blue dress and bonnet stands next to a fence where a goat eats leaves.

The dedicated interpreters living Nova Scotia’s history

by Suzanne Rent August 9, 2022January 9, 2023

News 1. Reaction to delays at Muskrat Falls On Monday, Jennifer Henderson reported on more delays at Muskrat Falls and how that will almost certainly mean a hike in Nova Scotians’ power bills. Today, Henderson got reaction from political leaders after she sent out this question to all three parties: What action would your party […]

Four Black ladies and a Black man pose in front of an African Nova Scotian quilt.

Black Nova Scotia

Stitching together a history of quilting in African Nova Scotia communities

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter April 8, 2022November 8, 2022

The entrance to the Old Burying Grounds, with its wrought iron gates and fence.

Morning File

Digging up the stories of Halifax’s Old Burying Ground

by Suzanne Rent June 24, 2021November 29, 2022

Uncategorized

Commence Phase 2: waking up from COVID fatigue

by Ethan Lycan-Lang June 16, 2021October 20, 2022

Labour

Take this volunteer “job” and shove it

by Suzanne Rent July 2, 2020November 6, 2022

Morning File

Calling connected devices “smart” is propaganda

by Philip Moscovitch April 28, 2020January 11, 2023

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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The dedicated interpreters living Nova Scotia’s history

Stitching together a history of quilting in African Nova Scotia communities

Digging up the stories of Halifax’s Old Burying Ground

‘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