Sipekne’katik First Nation (Indian Brook) Archives

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Just when we need local reporting the most, local media outlets are scaling down operations

by Erica Butler March 25, 2020October 20, 2022

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. News 1. Draconian cuts at SaltWire This item is written by Tim Bousquet. Yesterday, Mark Lever, president of SaltWire, announced that in response to the economic fallout from COVID-19, the company is making huge, draconian cuts: Please know these decisions deeply impact our SaltWire family. This is not […]

Man by Shubenacadie River at the Alton Gas site, with Mi'kmaq and Warrior flags.

Province House

Province: Sipekne’katik First Nation should blame itself for lack of consultation over Alton Gas project

by Jennifer Henderson February 20, 2020December 7, 2022

Uncategorized

Watch Mayor Mike Savage and HRM councillors’ chucklefest with Atlantic Gold

by Tim Bousquet September 23, 2019October 20, 2022

Morning File

Pandora’s Box

by Philip Moscovitch July 5, 2019December 29, 2022

Environment

Alton Gas asks court for order to remove Mi’kmaw protestors from Shubenacadie River site

by Jennifer Henderson March 13, 2019December 7, 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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Just when we need local reporting the most, local media outlets are scaling down operations

Province: Sipekne’katik First Nation should blame itself for lack of consultation over Alton Gas project

Watch Mayor Mike Savage and HRM councillors’ chucklefest with Atlantic Gold

Pandora’s Box

Alton Gas asks court for order to remove Mi’kmaw protestors from Shubenacadie River site

Halifax councillors to consider additions — and reductions — to police budget

Over the last 31 years, entire industries have collapsed, but profits for the privatized Nova Scotia Power remain protected from the realities of a changing world

‘You are not white men’: whispers to the redwoods and bros who forgot who they are

Shannon Park development agreement approved, Canada Lands commits to 20% affordability

Still more power rate increases likely