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a cartoon stadium surrounded by palm trees. The marquee reads "Naming rights available"
Posted inMorning File

What’s in a name? Money, that’s what

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang September 14, 2022January 9, 2023

News 1. Woodford Report: this week at Halifax council Halifax councillors spoke of many things at Tuesday’s meeting, and Zane Woodford brings you his usual roundup.  Councillors voted to direct staff to develop amendments to legalize “market gardens” — where food is “grown or prepared to be sold or shared with neighbours and community members.” […]

A screenshot of the ArriveCAN app on a mobile phone
Posted inCOVID, Morning File, Transportation

ArriveCAN app: little health benefit, big costs for Canadian travellers

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang June 15, 2022January 9, 2023
Tents in a park under trees with autumn leaves
Posted inMorning File, PRICED OUT

City camping: Toronto teaches Halifax another lesson about tents, parks, and homelessness

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang May 17, 2022January 9, 2023
A Halifax Transit bus, the number 7 robie, pulls away from a bus stop on a sunny summer day.
Posted inMorning File

Cheap transit: low fares, high returns

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang May 5, 2022October 17, 2022
Posted inCommentary, PRICED OUT

Jen Powley: For a real smackdown on slumlords, demand that landlords be licensed

by Jen Powley February 28, 2022October 20, 2022
A shea tree growing in a arid landscape under a bright blue sky.
Posted inMining

Anaconda Mining joins the gold rush on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter February 13, 2022November 22, 2022
This aerial shot shows the vast tailings facility at the Touquoy open pit gold mine in Nova Scotia. Photo: Simon Ryder-Burbidge
Posted inMining

Anaconda Mining joins the gold rush on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter February 10, 2022January 29, 2023
A sandwich-board sign that says COVID-19 Testing Centre sits on a snowy patch of grass. A Christmas wreath of greenery with a bright red bow lies on the ground in front of it.
Posted inMorning File

It’s OK to not obsess over every bit of COVID data

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch December 21, 2021January 25, 2023
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.
Posted inUncategorized

How not to handle homelessness

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang June 23, 2021October 20, 2022
A photo of a blackface effigy erected in Parrsborough. It's completely black except for cartoony white features and one white glove on its right hand. Behind it is a cartoony black picket fence and a green lawn.
Posted inUncategorized

Blackface effigy erected in Parrsboro is just the latest example of Nova Scotia’s ingrained racism

A smiling young Black woman with long wavy hair by El Jones June 14, 2021October 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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My trip to Province House, and why it makes me worry about the future

by Tim Bousquet March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

Opposition, advocates say budget misses the mark on poverty, housing crisis

by Jennifer Henderson March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

Acadia student advocating for improved access to mental health care for rural Nova Scotians

by Yvette d'Entremont March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

AG finds weak cybersecurity at Halifax Water, putting water quality and supply systems at risk

by Zane Woodford March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

Debra Lucas and Iris Drummond: leading the way in historic Black community of Lucasville

by Suzanne Rent March 23, 2023March 24, 2023
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