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Halifax Examiner

An independent, adversarial news site in Halifax, NS

Three red and white smoke stacks against a bright sky are seen in the background of a street lined with trees with colourful leaves on a sunny afternoon.

Province House

New regulation pushes Nova Scotia Power to address company complaints or face fines

by Jennifer Henderson November 16, 2022November 16, 2022

Utility now has 18 months to deal with complaints from industrial firms that lose money over power outages.

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.

Tag: performance standards

New regulation pushes Nova Scotia Power to address company complaints or face fines

Sandwiches are beautiful and so are essays about them

Halifax police board recommends increased budget, rejects proposed new positions

Halifax Shipyard workers sign new contract for raises, more benefits

‘Do your due diligence,’ says Lunenburg property owner after couple scammed by fake rental ad

Do we really need to outsource government responsibilities as corporate PR social media contests?