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Two people hike along a lake. On the right is a woman with a blue backpack, and on the left, in front, is a man with a red backpack. It's an overcast day, and along the shores of the lake there are evergreen trees and steep hills.

Feds, province announce agreements to create urban park, conserve land

by Jennifer Henderson August 18, 2022January 9, 2023

Representatives from the Nova Scotia Nature Trust, Friends of Blue Mountain, and the Nature Conservancy of Canada were on hand Thursday when federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault made an announcement with his provincial counterpart promising to protect more of Nova Scotia’s land and biodiversity. The event was held at the Maskwa Aquatic Club, which borders […]

A young boy is standing in a field, facing away from the camera, wearing a slightly soiled Canadian flag wrapped around his back like a cape

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Even when things are going well, the “nice” Canadian society is a myth

by Ethan Lycan-Lang February 16, 2022October 20, 2022

Mining

Atlantic Gold’s imaginary conservation land

by Joan Baxter May 20, 2021November 22, 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.

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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Feds, province announce agreements to create urban park, conserve land

Even when things are going well, the “nice” Canadian society is a myth

Atlantic Gold’s imaginary conservation land

Nova Scotia’s Poverty Report Card — ‘F’ for filed and forgotten?

Nova Scotia launches review of provincial policing structure

Brad Johns once again spins the revolving door of SIRT directorship, but that won’t solve the crisis of legitimacy for the police oversight board

Mount Uniacke residents organize, submit comments as quarry owners apply for expansion

Halifax MP says council can go higher on federal housing application