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The ‘hydrogen hyperbole epidemic’ comes to Nova Scotia

by Joan Baxter September 20, 2022January 9, 2023

This is the second article in a two-part series that the Halifax Examiner is co-publishing with The Energy Mix about the “green hydrogen and ammonia” project that EverWind Fuels has proposed for Point Tupper in Nova Scotia. See Part 1 here. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is a big fan of EverWind’s “green hydrogen and […]

A quietly negotiated trade agreement with Indonesia is a bad deal for Canada

by Joan Baxter July 25, 2022January 9, 2023

Health, Province House

The clock is ticking, but Nova Scotia is still not acting on ticks and Lyme disease

by Joan Baxter June 5, 2022January 9, 2023

A Halifax Transit bus, the number 7 robie, pulls away from a bus stop on a sunny summer day.

Morning File

Cheap transit: low fares, high returns

by Ethan Lycan-Lang May 5, 2022October 17, 2022

A silhouette of a woman standing side-on. Her face isn't visible but her hair is up in a ponytail and is lit from the side.

Province House, Women

Dalhousie researcher studying how pandemic impacted violence against women services

by Yvette d'Entremont April 21, 2022November 18, 2022

Commentary

Northern Pulp and its wealthy owners seem intent on taking Nova Scotians to the cleaners

by Joan Baxter April 4, 2022October 20, 2022

A skyline view of a handful of apartment buildings on the horizon.

Commentary, PRICED OUT

Jen Powley: For a real smackdown on slumlords, demand that landlords be licensed

by Jen Powley February 28, 2022October 20, 2022

Environment

Paper Excellence’s very big deal

by Joan Baxter July 26, 2021November 22, 2022

Investigation

A plague of ticks, tick-borne diseases, and poli-ticks

by Joan Baxter July 6, 2021November 22, 2022

Investigation

A plague of ticks, tick-borne diseases, and poli-ticks

by Joan Baxter July 5, 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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The ‘hydrogen hyperbole epidemic’ comes to Nova Scotia

A quietly negotiated trade agreement with Indonesia is a bad deal for Canada

The clock is ticking, but Nova Scotia is still not acting on ticks and Lyme disease

Cheap transit: low fares, high returns

Dalhousie researcher studying how pandemic impacted violence against women services

Northern Pulp and its wealthy owners seem intent on taking Nova Scotians to the cleaners

Jen Powley: For a real smackdown on slumlords, demand that landlords be licensed

Paper Excellence’s very big deal

A plague of ticks, tick-borne diseases, and poli-ticks

A plague of ticks, tick-borne diseases, and poli-ticks

Appeals court sends Halifax cop’s complaint back to Human Rights Commission board of inquiry

Nova Scotia elections chief says Liberals’ judicial review is ‘moot’

Parents’ rights, children’s rights, and the law in Canada

Halifax needs to pick a site soon for new $100-million police headquarters, says CAO

‘I protect trans kids’: counter-protesters respond to anti-2SLGBTQIA+ rally