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A young white woman wearing a dark top sits in front of a laptop with her hands over her face in despair.

Back to the office? Some employees just aren’t having it

by Suzanne Rent June 23, 2022January 9, 2023

News 1. Former Halifax mayor Peter Kelly accused of ‘devastation’ of Eagle Head Beach Tim Bousquet drove to Queens County yesterday where residents near Eagle Head Beach are trying to stop construction at an oceanfront site owned by former Halifax mayor Peter Kelly. Cathie Mourre wrote in a press release that the “devastation is extreme.” […]

Mining

Updated: Photos suggest that there is a tailings leak at Atlantic Gold’s Moose River gold mine

by Joan Baxter August 29, 2021November 22, 2022

Province House

Roughed up by the RCMP at a public meeting, John Perkins sues Atlantic Gold and the cops

by Jennifer Henderson August 13, 2019December 7, 2022

Atlantic Gold security manager Terry Mosher, a smiling white man with greying hair

Mining

Setting the record straight on Atlantic Gold’s spin job

by Joan Baxter May 27, 2019November 10, 2022

Mining

RCMP violently remove and arrest citizen at public meeting about gold mine

by Joan Baxter May 24, 2019November 10, 2022

Mining

The $722 million deal

by Joan Baxter May 17, 2019November 10, 2022

A protest sign sayin "nope no open pit excavation" placed above tourism wayfinding signs for the Salmon Museum.

Environment

Friends of St. Mary’s River say “NOPE” to Atlantic Gold

by Joan Baxter January 25, 2019November 10, 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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Back to the office? Some employees just aren’t having it

Updated: Photos suggest that there is a tailings leak at Atlantic Gold’s Moose River gold mine

Roughed up by the RCMP at a public meeting, John Perkins sues Atlantic Gold and the cops

Setting the record straight on Atlantic Gold’s spin job

RCMP violently remove and arrest citizen at public meeting about gold mine

The $722 million deal

Friends of St. Mary’s River say “NOPE” to Atlantic Gold

The Mass Casualty Commission’s final report will be issued tomorrow. It will likely be thoughtful and considered, and mostly ignored.

Nova Scotia basic income conference to focus on housing, poverty, income assistance issues

Swamped with offers in just days, listing for historic Acadian church taken off the market

Planning for national urban park at Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes moves to next stage

PCs reject move to tighten language in Bill 256 to protect patients from poorly trained or unethical health care providers