• Sign In
  • My Account
    • Receipts
  • All Categories
  • FAQ
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • About Us
    • Commenting policy
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Contact Us
  • Sign In
  • All Categories
  • Arts and Culture
    • Local History
    • Profiles
  • Black Nova Scotia
  • Commentary
  • Economy
    • Business and Development
    • Energy
    • Immigration
    • Labour
    • Natural Resources
    • Utilities
  • Education
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Recycling and Waste Management
  • Equity and Equality
    • Accessibility
    • Families and Childcare
    • Poverty
    • Racism
  • Government
    • City Hall
    • Elections
    • Province House
  • Health
    • COVID
  • Housing
    • PRICED OUT
  • Indigenous Nova Scotia
  • Investigation
  • Journalism
  • Justice
    • Crime and Courts
    • Incarceration in Nova Scotia
  • Mass Casualty Commission
  • Mass Murders 2020
  • Morning File
  • Podcasts
  • Policing
  • Transportation
  • Women
  • How to…
  • Archives
  • About Us
    • Commenting policy
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Contact Us
  • Sign In
  • All Categories
  • Arts and Culture
    • Local History
    • Profiles
  • Black Nova Scotia
  • Commentary
  • Economy
    • Business and Development
    • Energy
    • Immigration
    • Labour
    • Natural Resources
    • Utilities
  • Education
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Recycling and Waste Management
  • Equity and Equality
    • Accessibility
    • Families and Childcare
    • Poverty
    • Racism
  • Government
    • City Hall
    • Elections
    • Province House
  • Health
    • COVID
  • Housing
    • PRICED OUT
  • Indigenous Nova Scotia
  • Investigation
  • Journalism
  • Justice
    • Crime and Courts
    • Incarceration in Nova Scotia
  • Mass Casualty Commission
  • Mass Murders 2020
  • Morning File
  • Podcasts
  • Policing
  • Transportation
  • Women
  • How to…
  • Archives
Skip to content
Halifax Examiner

Halifax Examiner

An independent, adversarial news site in Halifax, NS

  • Sign In
  • My Account
    • Receipts
  • All Categories
  • FAQ
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
Home » North Preston

Tag: North Preston

An apple pie on a dark wood table next to two red apples
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Commentary

The hallowed and ever-sustaining shrine of homemade pies

A Black woman with short hair and round black framed glasses, wearing a multi coloured dashiki. She is standing with her right fist raised, in front of a mural of Arethan Franklin with the word 'Respect' in big red letters. by Evelyn C. White August 17, 2022January 9, 2023

There has been wide media coverage of the National Black Canadians Summit held last month in Halifax and attended by 1,200 people but nary a public mention of the pies. So, here’s a praise-break for the homemade blueberry, cherry, apple, and strawberry-rhubarb pies that the Michaëlle Jean Foundation — the host of the event — […]

Premier Stephen McNeil (left) and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang at the daily COVID-19 briefing, Tuesday, April 7, 2020.
Posted inUncategorized

Letter from Black community to Premier and Chief Medical Officer has been vandalized with racist comments

A smiling young Black woman with long wavy hair by El Jones April 15, 2020October 20, 2022
An empty roll of toilet paper with the words "Don't panic" written on it in pen.
Posted inMorning File

There really is a toilet paper shortage (sort of)

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch April 14, 2020January 4, 2023
Posted inUncategorized

With pride and purpose: COVID-19 Preston Response Team galvanizes Canada’s largest Black community

A Black woman with short hair and round black framed glasses, wearing a multi coloured dashiki. She is standing with her right fist raised, in front of a mural of Arethan Franklin with the word 'Respect' in big red letters. by Evelyn C. White April 9, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

Amidst the pandemic, parkade plans soldier on

by Erica Butler April 8, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inCommentary

“This is North Preston”: a story that “needs to be heard”

by Stephen Kimber May 12, 2019October 20, 2022
Corey Beals, Assistant Chief for Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Services/Rural Operations, poses for his official photo. He is a Black man with a moustache, wearing a clean and crisp firemen's suit and cap.
Posted inCity Hall, Commentary

Corey Beals becomes the first African Nova Scotian Assistant Fire Chief

A Black woman with short hair and round black framed glasses, wearing a multi coloured dashiki. She is standing with her right fist raised, in front of a mural of Arethan Franklin with the word 'Respect' in big red letters. by Evelyn C. White March 1, 2019October 20, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

Whatever happened to Justine Colley? Life After Basketball

A smiling young Black woman with long wavy hair by El Jones February 24, 2019October 20, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

Love you berry much: Morning File, Thursday, August 25, 2016

by Katie Toth August 25, 2016October 20, 2022
Posted inProvince House

“I miss the job” – Sue Uteck. Examineradio, episode #72

by Russell Gragg July 29, 2016October 20, 2022

Posts navigation

1 2 Older posts
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.


Tractors bulldoze trees as American money rains from the sky.
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.

LATEST NEWS

Giving people food doesn’t solve food insecurity long term, but giving people money can

by Suzanne Rent and Jennifer Henderson September 26, 2023September 26, 2023

Halifax councillors consider new campaign financing limits

by Zane Woodford September 26, 2023September 26, 2023

Health care administrative professionals rally across Nova Scotia demanding better pay

by Yvette d'Entremont September 25, 2023September 25, 2023

Halifax Transit delays coming as Cogswell project enters second phase

by Zane Woodford September 25, 2023September 25, 2023

New building codes coming to Nova Scotia, but still concerns about meeting energy efficiency standard

by Jennifer Henderson September 25, 2023September 25, 2023
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username

CONTACT US

Halifax Examiner
PO Box 463
Stn. Central Halifax, NS
B3J 2P8

QCJO # Q9427428
HST # 81281 0638 RT0001

ABOUT US

  • Who we are
  • Commenting policy
  • Terms and Conditions

RSS Feed

MY ACCOUNT

My profile, orders,
subscription,
payment details,
and receipts

SUBSCRIBE

DONATE

EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS

ARCHIVE

Canada wordmark and flag

Matthew Byard's reporting is funded by the Government of Canada

© 2023 All information and images on this site copyright Halifax Examiner, except where otherwise noted. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic