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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 screenshot of Google Streetview shows a gravel parking lot on a bright sunny day. In the background is a crane. In the middle, a few buildings are seen from the back. On the foundation of one of them, GOTTINGEN is written in white and red spray paint. There are a few vehicles in the parking lot.

Housing Trust of Nova Scotia changing tack, abandoning development plan and buying hundreds of apartments

by Zane Woodford May 2, 2022October 20, 2022

Water is seen flowing down a stream. The camera's shutter speed was slow, showing the movement of the water. In the background, there's a mossy old stone wall, with trees poking out behind it.

Environment

Nova Scotia Nature Trust adds protected property to Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes

by Zane Woodford January 21, 2022October 20, 2022

Mining

Atlantic Gold’s imaginary conservation land

by Joan Baxter May 20, 2021November 22, 2022

Looking down the length of Ash Lake on a beautiful late Spring day in the Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area in Halifax.

City Hall

Council rejects staff recommendation, agrees to $750,000 for Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes land purchase

by Zane Woodford July 21, 2020October 20, 2022

City Hall, Environment

Budget cut has environmentalists worried Halifax is forgetting about Blue Mountain–Birch Cove Lakes

by Zane Woodford January 7, 2020October 20, 2022

A map of Owls Head Provincial Park, filled in in green.

Province House

Who’s protecting Owls Head park from development? Not the provincial government

by Suzanne Rent December 18, 2019November 5, 2022

A page that has been fully redacted with the exception of the words "moreover" and "in that same vein".

Morning File

Secrecy is a feature, not a bug

by Philip Moscovitch November 14, 2019January 3, 2023

"NOPE" or no to open pit excavation sign on the St. Mary's Salmon Museum.

Mining

St. Barbara still intends to acquire Atlantic Gold

by Joan Baxter June 3, 2019November 15, 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.

Tag: Nova Scotia Nature Trust

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

Housing Trust of Nova Scotia changing tack, abandoning development plan and buying hundreds of apartments

Nova Scotia Nature Trust adds protected property to Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes

Atlantic Gold’s imaginary conservation land

Council rejects staff recommendation, agrees to $750,000 for Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes land purchase

Budget cut has environmentalists worried Halifax is forgetting about Blue Mountain–Birch Cove Lakes

Who’s protecting Owls Head park from development? Not the provincial government

Secrecy is a feature, not a bug

St. Barbara still intends to acquire Atlantic Gold

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

NDP wants Nova Scotia municipalities to tax developers who leave lots empty