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Smiling white woman with hair tumbling below her shoulders. A painting of a man hangs on the salmon-coloured wall behind her.

‘Those acorns are expertly finished’: Sue Goyette takes us to the imaginary ‘Nova Scotia Forest’ of the future

by Philip Moscovitch November 8, 2022February 1, 2023

Never mind the future, you can add your own forest reviews to Google Maps right now. (The Hemlock and Hardwoods trail at Keji has five stars.)

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: poetry

‘Those acorns are expertly finished’: Sue Goyette takes us to the imaginary ‘Nova Scotia Forest’ of the future

Council looks for options to include new Bedford library with ferry station

Loss of 6 crew on scallop boat off Digby caused by insufficient crew training, says Transportation Safety Board

Province hikes Nova Scotia Power’s potential maximum fine to $25 million

President of NSTU calls for more staffing, provincial strategy to address violence in schools

Halifax mayor speaks at third rally for Black HRM workers who allege racial discrimination