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Bright blue sky over a clearcut area in Port Wallace in July 2022, with logs and brush lying on the ground and one remaining tree in the middle of the cleared area that will become Clayton Developments' "Parks of Lake Charles." Photo contributed.

Nova Scotia approves fast-tracked Port Wallace development

by Zane Woodford February 8, 2023October 20, 2023

Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister John Lohr approved planning document amendments and a development agreement last month.

Signage reading, "PROTECT Eisner Cove Wetland," "WATER IS LIFE," and other slogans are posted in front of a wooded area.

Province House

Nova Scotia housing minister approves controversial Eisner Cove development

by Zane Woodford November 10, 2022November 10, 2022

A building under construction is seen in the foreground. In the background, there are complete apartments and their balconies.

City Hall

Provincial review calls for less public consultation on Halifax housing development

by Zane Woodford October 19, 2022January 3, 2023

Business and Development, Province House

Nova Scotia environment minister dismisses Eisner Cove wetland appeals

by Zane Woodford September 16, 2022January 9, 2023

An old black and white photo of the Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Newfoundland.

Arts and Culture, Housing, Morning File

Losing their religion: Newfoundland’s Catholic churches face atonement

by Ethan Lycan-Lang June 2, 2022January 9, 2023

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents — Credit: Halifax Examiner. All rights reserved.

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.

Credit: Ricardo Weibezahn - ICIJ

DEFORESTATION INC

Reporter Joan Baxter is one of 140 journalists from 39 media outlets across 27 countries working collaboratively on ‘Deforestation Inc,’ a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which looked at the ownership structure of Paper Excellence, its relationship with Asia Pulp & Paper, and how the secretive corporate empires are devastating forests in Canada and around the world.

Find all of Baxter’s articles on the Deforestation Inc 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.

To read the entire DEAD WRONG series, and articles on Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, click here.

Tag: special planning areas

Nova Scotia approves fast-tracked Port Wallace development

Nova Scotia housing minister approves controversial Eisner Cove development

Provincial review calls for less public consultation on Halifax housing development

Nova Scotia environment minister dismisses Eisner Cove wetland appeals

Losing their religion: Newfoundland’s Catholic churches face atonement

Unions ask Nova Scotians to join day of action for striking Pete’s Frootique workers

Rick Perkins, natural health product champion

CN Railway files lawsuit to stop protesters from setting up blockades in Nova Scotia

Portrait project in Truro to honour Black women educators, church organist

Nova Scotia’s economy was and is deeply entwined with slavery