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A woman with brown hair and an off-white shirt holds up a bristol-board sign which reads "Housing is a human right!" in capital letters, amongst a group of protesters at the police eviction of a homeless encampment at the former Memorial Library in Halifax, Aug. 18, 2021.

What does the word crisis even mean anymore?

by Ethan Lycan-Lang October 14, 2021October 20, 2022

News 1. Woodford Report, Province House edition: fixed election dates, rent control, inclusionary zoning “Like the Olympic Games for political nerds, Nova Scotians can now count on an election every four summers,” writes Zane Woodford in his report from Province House Wednesday. In the first session of the 64th general assembly of the Nova Scotia […]

Province House

Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservatives win majority government

by Zane Woodford August 18, 2021October 20, 2022

Moose river gold mine tailings pond with Scraggy Lake in foreground (contributed)

Mining

The Examiner quizzed the four main political parties on gold mining issues. Here are their responses.

by Joan Baxter July 30, 2021November 22, 2022

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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What does the word crisis even mean anymore?

Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservatives win majority government

The Examiner quizzed the four main political parties on gold mining issues. Here are their responses.

Why Tracy Kitch’s inappropriate expenses weren’t discovered sooner: financial audits don’t often reveal what the public cares most about

What Michelin wants, Michelin gets… always

‘This asshole bought 10 acres on P.E.I. to be alone, and then told a national magazine about it,’ and other ways to profit from rage-inducing journalism

Deforestation Inc: Canada is a ‘world laggard’ in sustainable forestry, say critics, and Paper Excellence’s expansion threatens this country’s boreal forests

Halifax landlord Peppermint Properties using fixed-term leases to clear out units, jack up rents