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Posted inCommentary, Education

Free speech and ‘really good conversation:’ Opportunities to teach and to learn

by Stephen Kimber June 6, 2021October 20, 2022

I used to think of myself as a free speech absolutist. I still do, mostly. But I’m now a little less absolute in my absolutism. The hard edges of my belief that every form of speech is OK — save perhaps yelling “fire” in a crowded theatre, or directly threatening to murder your neighbour — […]

Posted inCity Hall

Tanks but no tanks: Halifax councillors vote to cancel armoured vehicle, reallocate funding

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford June 9, 2020December 29, 2022
heavy machinery trucks for road and pavement resurfacing.
Posted inUncategorized

People are getting bent out of shape about $25 million being spent on bike projects over three years, but we’ve already spent more than that on road maintenance projects this year and no one batted an eye

by Tim Bousquet July 30, 2019October 20, 2022
Posted inMorning File

A lot of people in Halifax will be hungover at work on Thursday

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent May 21, 2019November 7, 2022
Posted inMorning File

The redemption of Frank Anderson

by Tim Bousquet May 13, 2019November 30, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

A Modest Proposal: Morning File, Saturday, September 16, 2017

A smiling young Black woman with long wavy hair by El Jones September 16, 2017October 20, 2022
Posted inProvince House

Examineradio 126: MacLean vs McNeil

by Russell Gragg August 25, 2017October 20, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish: Morning File, Monday, May 1, 2017

by Tim Bousquet May 1, 2017October 20, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

Bulding A Better Nova Scotia Through Poetry: Examineradio, episode #109

by Russell Gragg April 28, 2017October 20, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

The power of poetry: Morning File, Wednesday, April 26, 2017

by Tim Bousquet April 26, 2017October 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.


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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