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Tag: provincial election

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

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

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter July 30, 2021November 22, 2022

Nova Scotia is experiencing a 21st century gold rush. Unlike the three previous gold rushes in the province in the 1800s and 1900s, this one involves a whole new kind of destructive extractive industry — open pit gold mines so massive they can be seen from outer space. These mines leave behind mountains of toxic […]

Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

For the first time in Nova Scotia election history, all the candidates in one riding are Black

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter July 20, 2021November 7, 2022
Posted inCommentary, Province House

Planning for a re-opening and hoping for a re-election

by Stephen Kimber May 30, 2021October 20, 2022
Posted inProvince House

Quick hits: the parties on the environment

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson May 16, 2017November 30, 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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