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Monday print editions of newspapers are ending, but we still need good reporting

by Ethan Lycan-Lang October 5, 2022January 5, 2023

News 1. Prime Minister says feds will provide $300 million to help with Fiona recovery Last week, Jennifer Henderson reported for the Examiner on homeowners with uninsurable properties assessing their options after tropical storm Fiona. Perhaps the Prime Minister could be of some assistance. Speaking in Dartmouth yesterday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a $300-million […]

A graphic with a basketball, soccer ball, football, and baseball over a green and black online betting screen

Business and Development, Education, Morning File

Should we be betting on gambling advertising in sports?

by Ethan Lycan-Lang May 31, 2022January 9, 2023

An overhead map view of the location for the new modular housing units in Dartmouth.

City Hall

Council votes to approve $3.2 million for purchase of new modular housing units for locations in Halifax, Dartmouth

by Yvette d'Entremont November 9, 2021December 22, 2022

Two photos are put together side by side. On the left a man and woman wearing sunglasses stand in front of an old aquaduct on a bright day. On the right, a man in a grey suit, white shirt and blue and white tie speaks with a flash of red behind his left shoulder.

Province House

After a chance encounter at a park, Liberal leader Iain Rankin called the RCMP on Nicole Gnazdowsky

by Zane Woodford October 26, 2021October 20, 2022

A sign that was erected near Tatamagouche saying "No Goldmine in our Watershed" after word emergegd that the province wanted to promote mineral exploration in the area. Photo contributed.

Commentary

The “Right to Know” in Nova Scotia often goes right to “no”

by Joan Baxter September 23, 2021November 22, 2022

A screenshot from a video, which shows a grassy area in a park. There is a bright blue tent in the background, and a large group of police officers in dark uniforms, standing on the path. A few protesters are visible, and one man is filming the cops on his phone. In the foreground is a hand painted sign on a park bench, and you can see the words We need, but the rest is obscured.

Uncategorized

How not to handle homelessness

by Ethan Lycan-Lang June 23, 2021October 20, 2022

Uncategorized

Local journalism is dead. Long live local journalism!

by Stephen Kimber April 4, 2021October 20, 2022

A black and white stock image of several newspapers piled up.

Commentary, Journalism

Stop the presses

by Stephen Kimber April 11, 2020October 20, 2022

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.

Tag: the Coast

Monday print editions of newspapers are ending, but we still need good reporting

Should we be betting on gambling advertising in sports?

Council votes to approve $3.2 million for purchase of new modular housing units for locations in Halifax, Dartmouth

After a chance encounter at a park, Liberal leader Iain Rankin called the RCMP on Nicole Gnazdowsky

The “Right to Know” in Nova Scotia often goes right to “no”

How not to handle homelessness

Local journalism is dead. Long live local journalism!

Stop the presses

Nova Scotia launches review of provincial policing structure

Brad Johns once again spins the revolving door of SIRT directorship, but that won’t solve the crisis of legitimacy for the police oversight board

Mount Uniacke residents organize, submit comments as quarry owners apply for expansion

Halifax MP says council can go higher on federal housing application

NDP wants Nova Scotia municipalities to tax developers who leave lots empty