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

Nova Scotia Power wants still higher rate increases

A smiling fair skinned woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson October 17, 2022January 5, 2023

Forget about a total rate hike on the power bill of 10% over three years. Residential customers are now looking at almost 7% in each of the next two years — 6.9 and 6.8%, according to additional information filed by Nova Scotia Power with the regulator on Friday.  Nova Scotia Power says its proposed higher […]

Posted inEnergy, Province House

The ‘hydrogen hyperbole epidemic’ comes to Nova Scotia

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter September 20, 2022January 9, 2023
a cartoon stadium surrounded by palm trees. The marquee reads "Naming rights available"
Posted inMorning File

What’s in a name? Money, that’s what

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang September 14, 2022January 9, 2023
Posted inUtilities

Nova Scotia Power rate-hike hearing begins today

A smiling fair skinned woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson September 12, 2022January 9, 2023
Three empty power meter bases painted to match a blue shingle sided building.
Posted inBusiness and Development

Nova Scotia Power files for even higher power rates due to rising fuel costs, failure to meet emissions targets

A smiling fair skinned woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson September 3, 2022January 9, 2023
Smiling man with glasses light blue shirt, navy tie and gray jacket in front of a purple sign for the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance.
Posted inClimate, Province House

Does the Houston government’s proposed carbon plan make sense?

A smiling fair skinned woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson August 26, 2022January 9, 2023
Posted inProvince House

Premier pitches ‘made-in-Nova Scotia plan’ as alternative to federal carbon tax

A smiling fair skinned woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson August 19, 2022January 9, 2023
A woman in a Victorian-era blue dress and bonnet stands next to a fence where a goat eats leaves.
Posted inLocal History, Morning File

The dedicated interpreters living Nova Scotia’s history

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent August 9, 2022January 9, 2023
A rendering of a hydro dam with labels listing each part of the infrastructure
Posted inBusiness and Development, Economy, Province House

What politicians say they will do about higher power bills stemming from delays at Muskrat Falls

A smiling fair skinned woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson August 9, 2022January 9, 2023
A bride and groom release balloons at a wedding ceremony
Posted inArts and Culture, Housing, Morning File

Going to the chapel again, and again, and again

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang August 8, 2022January 9, 2023

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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.

Read the entire series, plus articles about Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, on the DEAD WRONG homepage.

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