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A bus is seen on a busy street on a sunny day. On the front, it says 7 ROBIE.

The province budgets $1 billion for highways and $0 for Halifax’s Bus Rapid Transit system

by Tim Bousquet January 9, 2023January 10, 2023

NEWS 1. John Risley’s yacht “Quick now. How many Nova Scotians — earning Canada’s average industrial wage of $58,800 a year — could be hired for one full year for the reported asking price of John Risley’s one new, never-even sailed US$350-million luxury yacht?” asks Stephen Kimber: Don’t even bother with the currency conversion. If […]

Halifax council defers short-term rental regulations, accepts transit funding, and more

by Zane Woodford December 14, 2022December 14, 2022

An aircraft carrier followed by three smaller ships

There’s seamen all over town: of war, peace, and priorities

by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson October 31, 2022November 9, 2022

A Halifax Transit ferry crosses the harbour on a sunny day in June 2021. It's heading for Dartmouth, and in the background you can see nearly the entire span of the Macdonald Bridge.

Halifax to apply for federal funding for electric Bedford ferry service, now estimated at $215 million

by Zane Woodford September 29, 2022January 5, 2023

Should Halifax put cops on buses? Committee wants report on public safety on transit

by Zane Woodford August 25, 2022January 3, 2023

A train sits next to a platform

Health, Morning File

Planes, trains, and automobiles: pick your poison with travel this summer

by Ethan Lycan-Lang July 13, 2022January 9, 2023

Community members in orange refective vests during a walk. One of the walkers has a stroller

Black Nova Scotia

Lucasville group holding fundraising walk to lobby for safe greenway, public transit

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter June 9, 2022November 8, 2022

A Halifax Transit bus, the number 7 robie, pulls away from a bus stop on a sunny summer day.

Cheap transit: low fares, high returns

by Ethan Lycan-Lang May 5, 2022October 17, 2022

An orange cat lying on a bed looking at a laptop screen with its eyes half closed.

“Writing is stupid”

by Philip Moscovitch April 1, 2022January 30, 2023

A public toilet at a park on a sunny day. The toilet has a two by four nailed across the door to keep people from using it.

Exploiting pandemic measures for profit

by Philip Moscovitch March 22, 2022January 30, 2023

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.