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A bride and groom release balloons at a wedding ceremony
Posted inArts and Culture, Housing, Morning File

Going to the chapel again, and again, and again

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang August 8, 2022January 9, 2023

News 1. Muskrat Falls delays, power bills to rise Breaking news: hydroelectricity from Muskrat Falls for Nova Scotians is delayed. I suppose that’s not breaking, now that I think of it. But as Jennifer Henderson reports, there’s some new information on just how much those delays could cost Nova Scotians. In June, the province received […]

A screenshot of Frank Eckhardt and Luis Pazos, taken from an online interview.
Posted inInvestigation

Controversial Cape Breton land seller Frank Eckhardt arrested for the second time in just two weeks, this time on a slew of weapons charges

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter December 31, 2021November 22, 2022
F.E. Properties sign in German offering new settler advice to German speakers in Cape Breton September 2021. Photo: Joan Baxter
Posted inJustice

Controversial Cape Breton land seller Frank Eckhardt arrested, charged with extortion

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter December 10, 2021November 22, 2022
F.E. Properties sign in German offering new settler advice to German speakers in Cape Breton September 2021. Photo: Joan Baxter
Posted inCommentary

Developers are selling off Cape Breton, one subdivision after the other, to German-speaking non-residents. What — if anything — is wrong with that?

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter November 23, 2021November 22, 2022
Posted inMorning File

McNeil is fighting the wrong battle

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch July 31, 2020January 12, 2023
Posted inMorning File

Policing the pandemic

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch March 31, 2020January 4, 2023
Posted inLocal History

Let’s play The Game of Halifax!

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent February 27, 2020November 5, 2022
Posted inMorning File

Another loss for local journalism

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch January 7, 2020January 4, 2023
Posted inUncategorized

Are anti-vaxxers meeting with your MLA?

by Erica Butler November 5, 2019October 20, 2022
The Masons Mountain Nature Reserve, an endless stretch of green trees.
Posted inProvince House

“Hands off our protected areas, and lay off our Crown land”

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter July 21, 2019November 15, 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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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

RCMP must gather uniforms from retired officers, keep track of inventory: MCC Report

by Suzanne Rent March 30, 2023March 31, 2023

RCMP failed victims’ families: MCC Report

by Yvette d'Entremont March 30, 2023March 30, 2023
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