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White coffee cup with very colourful flower swirl pattern in the latte milk.

Cafés as centres for “queer memory, identity, and place” in Halifax

by Philip Moscovitch March 29, 2022January 30, 2023

News 1. First officers on the scene at Portapique testify The Mass Casualty Commission began hearings again yesterday. Tim Bousquet was there for the Halifax Examiner, covering the testimony of the first three officers to arrive on the scene in Portapique on the night of April 18, 2020. The testimony of the three officers — […]

A small fishing boat is berthed next to a dock on the waterfront, and both are dwarfed by the Crystal Serenity.

Morning File

Cruise ships are returning, but do we want them back?

by Philip Moscovitch March 10, 2022January 25, 2023

A black and white photo of people sitting on a low wall beside the Royal Bank on Spring Garden Road, beside a modern photo of a woman sitting on a lovely concrete wall with wooden seats backed by a grassy area on South Park Street.

Morning File

Discovering an exciting, strange city in an old part of town

by Philip Moscovitch December 1, 2021January 25, 2023

Three photos: a notebook, pen, and tomato-shaped timer; Sharon Hyman, a young white woman with sunglasses in her living room; a white storey and a half house with a fence and a sign which says "danger construction zone"

Morning File

Follow-ups from Phil

by Philip Moscovitch November 9, 2021January 23, 2023

Lines of cocaine, a rolled-up bill and a credit card

Morning File

Moral panic and a “fantastic claim”

by Philip Moscovitch October 7, 2021January 23, 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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Cafés as centres for “queer memory, identity, and place” in Halifax

Cruise ships are returning, but do we want them back?

Discovering an exciting, strange city in an old part of town

Follow-ups from Phil

Moral panic and a “fantastic claim”

Ditch the hashtags: here’s how employers can support workers’ mental health

UARB approves 6.9% power rate increase for households, effective immediately

Most Canadians see grocery stores not accepting cash as form of discrimination, survey finds

Nova Scotia hospitals move to fully computerized health records with One Patient One Record

Inclusion discussion, performances, gala all part of Africa society Black History Month events