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An architectural rendering shows a three-storey apartment building designed to look like a series of townhouses.

City Hall

Tie vote means council says no to Fall River development proposal

by Zane Woodford November 9, 2022November 9, 2022

Perry Lake Developments wants to build three 40-unit, three-storey buildings at the end of Ingram Drive.

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A traffic light is seen from a low angle on a sunny day. For traffic, there's a regular green light and a green left turn signal. For pedestrians, there's an orange hand. A few buildings are seen on either side of the street.

City Hall

Halifax engineers want to widen roads before implementing pedestrian-protecting turn signals

by Zane Woodford June 23, 2022January 3, 2023

Morning File

Natural born quillers

by Philip Moscovitch November 22, 2021January 25, 2023

Town of Wolfville councillor Mercedes Brian sitting at a picnic table.

Morning File

Councillor vs cars: Guess who wins

by Philip Moscovitch July 29, 2020January 12, 2023

Morning File

Cheerios and lard

by Philip Moscovitch July 22, 2020January 12, 2023

COVID

We’ll soon be driving more again, so watch out for animals that have gotten used to car-free roads

by Yvette d'Entremont June 2, 2020December 23, 2022

A "pandemic extended sidewalk" in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2020. Large orange barriers extend the sidewalk on an urban street.

City Hall

A look at Halifax’s foot-dragging around opening up streets to cyclists and pedestrians during COVID-19

by Zane Woodford May 6, 2020December 29, 2022

City Hall

Rethinking the Willow Tree

by Erica Butler October 4, 2016October 20, 2022

Transportation

Do the “your speed” signs on the MacKay Bridge approach work?

by Tim Bousquet July 17, 2014February 2, 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.

Tag: Traffic

Tie vote means council says no to Fall River development proposal

Halifax engineers want to widen roads before implementing pedestrian-protecting turn signals

Natural born quillers

Councillor vs cars: Guess who wins

Cheerios and lard

We’ll soon be driving more again, so watch out for animals that have gotten used to car-free roads

A look at Halifax’s foot-dragging around opening up streets to cyclists and pedestrians during COVID-19

Rethinking the Willow Tree

Do the “your speed” signs on the MacKay Bridge approach work?

Brad Johns won’t ban NDAs, won’t say why. Why? We thought you’d never ask

The prosecution of Randy Riley rests on racist tropes of violent and animalistic Black men and a vulnerable, unquestionable white woman

Riley trial: the Crown’s own expert witness undermines Crown’s case

Halifax council will consider minister’s housing demands, but height will be a sticking point

Nova Scotia expands nominee program to include paramedics, pharmacy technicians