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A burgundy and beige toy car sits on a table
Posted inArts and Culture, Commentary

Botswana, Bessie Head, a Rolls Royce, and the privilege of regular

A Black woman with short hair and round black framed glasses, wearing a multi coloured dashiki. She is standing with her right fist raised, in front of a mural of Arethan Franklin with the word 'Respect' in big red letters. by Evelyn C. White September 27, 2022January 9, 2023

The Queen. In addition to the late British sovereign, the words remind me of the Royal Band that honoured Aretha Franklin by playing ”Respect,” her signature hit, outside of Buckingham Palace on the day the vocalist was laid to rest, in 2018. “A salute from the Queen of England to the Queen of Soul,” a […]

Two women sit at a bar and are approached by a man
Posted inArts and Culture, Commentary

Finding a balm in the stories at FIN Atlantic International Film Festival

A Black woman with short hair and round black framed glasses, wearing a multi coloured dashiki. She is standing with her right fist raised, in front of a mural of Arethan Franklin with the word 'Respect' in big red letters. by Evelyn C. White September 13, 2022January 9, 2023
Posted inCommentary, Crime and Courts

Of elephants and tidal waves and the future of the bar society

by Stephen Kimber July 11, 2022January 9, 2023
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Commentary, Crime and Courts, Province House

NS Bar Society: another day, another racism investigation

by Stephen Kimber July 3, 2022January 9, 2023
Archival black and white image of The Home for Colored Children, a four story brick building with a flagpole out front. A small figure stands at the base of the flagpole.
Posted inCity Hall

Committee recommends heritage registration for former Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford June 23, 2022January 3, 2023
Three people sit at a table
Posted inCommentary, Province House

The Bar Society’s governing council — ‘We’re supposed to be lawyers?’

by Stephen Kimber May 16, 2022January 9, 2023
Judge Warren Zimmer, an older white man with grey hair, wearing black robes with a red border, reads from documents at his desk.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Commentary, Province House

Waiting for answers as the Lionel Desmond inquiry wraps up

by Stephen Kimber April 25, 2022October 20, 2022
A photo of an old brass set of scales, sitting on a wooden desk, with a blurry courtroom in the background.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Commentary, Province House

Turmoil at the Nova Scotia Barristers Society, Take 32

by Stephen Kimber April 17, 2022October 20, 2022
A photo of Angela Simmonds beside a black silhouette of a woman with a white question mark in it.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Commentary, Province House

Firing a staff member for racist comments is a start, but…

by Stephen Kimber October 31, 2021October 20, 2022
Posted inCommentary, Province House

Does Tim Houston need to press reset on his resets?

by Stephen Kimber September 5, 2021October 20, 2022

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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.


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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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