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Halifax Lancers “gravely concerned” with Halifax Common master plan

HRM Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee defers motion to send the plan before council after equestrian group present concerns about how proposed redesign would affect accessibility, inclusion.

December 9, 2021 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

A decision by HRM’s Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee to defer a motion to send the Halifax Common Master Plan before Regional Council was applauded by the Halifax Junior Bengal Lancers on Wednesday. Canada’s only urban not-for-profit equestrian school was established in downtown Halifax in 1936. It offers junior and adult lesson programs, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Angie Holt, Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee, Halifax Common Master Plan, Halifax Junior Bengal Lancers, Halifax Lancers, Halifax Regional Council, horses of Halifax, Pamela Lovelace, Tamzen Black, Yvette d'Entremont

Women win big in Halifax election, full unofficial results delayed in some districts

October 17, 2020 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

Just two years after guys named Steve outnumbered women on regional council, Haligonians have opted for near gender parity. At least seven women were elected to serve as councillors in Halifax Regional Municipality for the next four years, according to unofficial election results tallied Saturday night. Just after 11 p.m., Halifax announced it wouldn’t be […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: Becky Kent, Cathy Deagle Gammon, councillor Bill Karsten, Councillor Lindell Smith, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, Councillor Russell Walker, councillor Steve Streatch, Deputy Mayor Lisa Blackburn, Iona Stoddard, Kathryn Morse, Maggie-Jane Spray, Mayor Mike Savage, municipal election, Pamela Lovelace, Patty Cuttell, Trish Purdy, women on Halifax council

Why people still believe the myth of tampered Halloween candy

Morning File, Thursday, October 1, 2020

October 1, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 7 Comments

News 1. Nearly 84% of Nova Scotia public schools had elevated levels of lead in water Zane Woodford reports on the results of the testing done on drinking water in schools across Nova Scotia. The results were finally released by the provincial government on Wednesday. And according to the numbers, 84% of public schools in […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: candidates' answers, Dalhousie University, Deep Saini, Derek Bellemore, enrolment, Eric Jury, Fenwick Tower, Gillian Batten, halloween candy, Halloween treat tampering, Iain Taylor, Iona Stoddard, Joel Best, John Bignell, Labi Kousoulis, Liberal Party, Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU), Pamela Lovelace, pandemic, Robert Holden, Ronald O'Bryan, The Vuze (Fenwick), Tim Elms

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 13 — Hammonds Plains-St. Margarets

September 30, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

With Matt Whitman hoping to step up to the mayor’s chair, District 13 is an open race. There are nine candidates hoping to take the controversial councillor’s place in the district, which includes Hammonds Plains, Tantallon, Hubbards and Peggys Cove. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to every candidate in this fall’s election: […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Elections, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, Darrell Jessome, Derek Bellemore, District 13, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Harry Ward, Iain Taylor, living wage, Nick Horne, Pamela Lovelace, Robert Holden, Tim Elms, Tom Arnold

Horse community rallies to find stolen animal in Nova Scotia

Morning File, Tuesday, February 5, 2019

February 5, 2019 By Suzanne Rent 7 Comments

I’m Suzanne Rent, a freelance writer in Halifax. I’m filling in for Tim this morning. You can follow me on Twitter @Suzanne_Rent News 1. Derogatory comments ignited brawl, St. FX says Global News reports a brawl between hockey teams from Acadia University and St. FX on Saturday night started after a derogatory comment about a survivor […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Acadia Axemen hockey brawl, ageism, Alex Cooke, Anthony Marlowe, cannabis, Communications Nova Scotia bursary, David A. Wimsett, Jean Laroche, job hunting in NS, John Demont, Kevin Dickie, LGBTQ, Lower Sackville intersection lights, Marlowe Companies Inc, MLA Brad Johns, Nicole Munro, Pamela Lovelace, payroll rebates, Phil Currie, Sam Studnicka, ServiCom Call Centre, Shaina Luck, shopping for pot, St. FX hockey brawl, stolen horse, The Halifax Mail, Valor SR

Council candidates answer two questions

October 5, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 18 Comments

I’ve asked two questions of candidates: 1. Will you support a living wage ordinance? (background here and here) 2. If elected, what single thing would you want to accomplish as councillor (or mayor)? The candidates’ unedited responses follow. I’ll update this page as I receive more responses Use these links to jump ahead to specific […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured Tagged With: Alison McNair, Anthony Kawalski, Brenden Sommerhalder, Bruce Smith, Carlos Beals, Colin Castle, Dawn E. Penney, Dominick Desjardins, Gabriel Enxuga, Iona Stoddard, Irvine Carvery, John Bignell, Kate Watson, Kevin Copley, Kyle Woodbury, Linda Mosher, Lisa Blackburn, living wage ordinance, Mike Savage, municipal election, Pamela Lovelace, Richard Zurawski, Sam Austin, Shawn Cleary, Shelley Fashan, Steve Streatch, Sue Uteck, Tim Rissesco, Trevor Lawson, two questions, Warren Wesson, Waye Mason

PRICED OUT

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.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

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. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

A young man wearing a purple jean jacket and sporting a moustache lies on the green grass surrounded by pink plastic flamingos

Episode 80 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Singer-songwriter Willie Stratton has wandered a number of genre paths, starting with raw acoustic folk as a teen phenom, moving through surf rock as Beach Bait, and landing in a Roy Orbison-style classic country on his new album Drugstore Dreamin’. Ahead of his release show at the Marquee on Friday, he stops in to explain why mixing influences makes the best art, how he approaches the guitar, and what he likes about his day job as a barber.

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

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