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A man in the bucket of a yellow utility truck repairs power lines on the side of a rural road.
Posted inEconomy

Province asks feds for more troops to speed up power restoration efforts

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson September 29, 2022January 5, 2023

With 80,000 people in northern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton still without power six days after tropical storm Fiona battered the province, the Houston government is calling on Ottawa to send up to 1,000 military personnel to help clear downed trees from roads and power lines.  More than 300 troops have arrived in the province […]

Posted inMorning File

After Hurricane Juan, power was out for four to five days; 19 years later, nothing has changed

by Tim Bousquet September 26, 2022January 9, 2023
Archival black and white image of The Home for Colored Children, a four story brick building with a flagpole out front. A small figure stands at the base of the flagpole.
Posted inCity Hall

Committee recommends heritage registration for former Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford June 23, 2022January 3, 2023
A man with short dark hair, a moustache, and wearing a yellow rain jacket leans against a pay phone in front of a brick wall.
Posted inArts and Culture, Health, Morning File

Calling the quarantine hotline

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch June 21, 2022January 9, 2023
Posted inBusiness and Development, Housing, Morning File

Small business owners should be advocating for off-market housing

by Tim Bousquet June 20, 2022January 9, 2023
A uniformed conservation officer driving a deep green pickup truck emblazoned with white and yellow stripes and the words "Conservation Officer"
Posted inProvince House

The conservation officer shuffle: Houston government quietly moves inspection, enforcement and compliance officers out of Nova Scotia Environment and back to Natural Resources

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter June 15, 2022January 9, 2023
A selection of illustrations and photos from the internet with famous women and the quote "Well behaved women rarely make history."
Posted inMorning File

Well-behaved women are rarely quoted properly

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch April 5, 2022January 30, 2023
Posted inCommentary

Northern Pulp and its wealthy owners seem intent on taking Nova Scotians to the cleaners

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter April 4, 2022October 20, 2022
Posted inCommentary, Environment

Northern Pulp has a new set of “friends”

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter March 9, 2022October 20, 2022
Posted inCommentary, Province House

A cautionary tale for Nova Scotia’s Liberal leadership hopefuls

by Stephen Kimber March 6, 2022October 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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Heidi Stevenson shows us how to address policing

by Tim Bousquet March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

Amherst emergency doctor files defence in Holthoff death lawsuit

by Jennifer Henderson March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

Rally set for Second Story Women’s Centre after impasse between staff, board of directors

by Yvette d'Entremont March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

Nova Scotia political leaders respond to final report from Mass Casualty Commission

by Jennifer Henderson March 30, 2023March 30, 2023

Halifax councillors punt ‘imperfect’ Spring Garden Road bus-only pilot to next year

by Zane Woodford March 30, 2023March 30, 2023
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