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Deputy Premier Allan MacMaster: minimum wage shouldn’t be increased because inflation is making things more expensive

by Tim Bousquet September 9, 2022January 9, 2023

News 1. Nova Scotia Power fined $375,000 This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) has slapped Nova Scotia Power with a $375,000 fine for failing to meet performance standards established more than five years ago. The utility filed its annual report last March and the data show […]

One man holding a hammer moves a sheet of plywood to cover a door while two men watch. The house is dark red, with an old truck parked in the driveway and a vehicle covered by a blue tarp and garbage next to the house

Policing

Halifax police shot and killed a Dartmouth man, SIRT investigating

by Zane Woodford August 29, 2022January 3, 2023

A woman sits at a table during testimony.

Policing

27 minutes: the RCMP’s communications division hesitated when the public most needed to be warned about the mass murderer

by Tim Bousquet June 9, 2022January 3, 2023

A group of nine photos, including maps, memorials, and locations in the mass shooting

Investigation

Here’s all the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020

by Tim Bousquet, Jennifer Henderson, Joan Baxter, Yvette d'Entremont, Suzanne Rent, Zane Woodford, Philip Moscovitch, Stephen Kimber, El Jones, Erica Butler, Paul Palango and Chris Murphy April 26, 2022January 6, 2023

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Time for a serious rethink of the Serious Incident Response Team?

by Stephen Kimber March 14, 2021October 20, 2022

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When You See That Cop Light Bling, That Can Only Mean One Thing

by El Jones July 7, 2018October 20, 2022

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The Halifax Examiner is four years (and one day) old

by Tim Bousquet June 19, 2018October 20, 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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Deputy Premier Allan MacMaster: minimum wage shouldn’t be increased because inflation is making things more expensive

Halifax police shot and killed a Dartmouth man, SIRT investigating

27 minutes: the RCMP’s communications division hesitated when the public most needed to be warned about the mass murderer

Here’s all the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020

Time for a serious rethink of the Serious Incident Response Team?

When You See That Cop Light Bling, That Can Only Mean One Thing

The Halifax Examiner is four years (and one day) old

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