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4 days ago · 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.
The province substantially increases funding for and eligibility to …
Dec 14, 2022 · The province is substantially increasing funding for and eligibility to the Heating Assistance Rebate Program (HARP). An additional one-time increase of $100 million is being dedicated to the program. And the maximum payment to eligible households is increasing from the present $200 to $1,000. Additionally, the eligibility threshold is …
The end of SaltWire: What happened and what happens next?
Mar 12, 2024 · What happened. On Monday, a private equity firm called Fiera Private Debt started the legal process to dissolve SaltWire. At stake are the jobs and livelihood of hundreds of reporters, printers, delivery drivers, and related staff across three provinces. SaltWire was created by the owners of the Halifax Herald in 2017 specifically to purchase ...
About Us - Halifax Examiner
Oct 10, 2024 · About Us. The Halifax Examiner is an independent, adversarial news site devoted to holding the powerful accountable. We pry the lid off Halifax City Hall and offer a fresh look into Province House. We expose grifters, bullshitters, and business interests putting profit over people and the environment. We keep an eye on the police, and amplify ...
Hurricane Fiona relief programs still taking applications; Nova …
Nov 28, 2022 · All of the programs above are still taking applications, as is the Seniors Care Grant program that provides $250 to low-income seniors. Small businesses can receive a one-time grant of $2,500 if their business was forced to close or sustained damage from the hurricane.
Nova Scotia to pay for free heat pumps for low-income households
Dec 13, 2022 · Credit: Zane Woodford. Low-income homeowners in Nova Scotia are eligible to receive a free heat pump through a $140 million provincial outlay announced today, and middle-income homeowners are eligible for financial assistance to install a heat pump. For purposes of the program, “low income” is defined as a two-person household making less ...
HRMFireNews - Halifax Examiner
Aug 10, 2023 · HRMFireNews is a free service which follows and reports on fire and emergency news in the Halifax Regional Municipality. The page was started in 2015 by an anonymous member of the public in response to a perceived lack of public information on fires and emergencies in HRM. The purpose of the page was and continues to be to increase the level of ...
Nova Scotia Wildfires - Halifax Examiner
May 31, 2023 · The Halifax Examiner is still on the fire beat (Morning File, June 12, 2023, by Tim Bousquet) 36. Retired Halifax firefighter Paul Irving says he urged that the FireSmart program be adopted in 2004, but was ignored (by June 12, 2023, by Jennifer Henderson) 35.
EverWind Fuels’ 'green hydrogen and ammonia' project in Nova …
Sep 19, 2022 · EverWind acquired a 7.8 million-barrel storage terminal at the site in Point Tupper from Texas-based NuStar Energy for $60 million in May this year. The terminal is supposed to be in “advanced stages of development” as a green hydrogen and ammonia production and export facility, EverWind said in a release. But Ken Summers said the company will be submitting its facility conversion proposal ...
COVID deaths and positive cases on the rise in Nova Scotia
Nov 27, 2023 · Numbers released by Public Health at the end of last week show a jump in the number of deaths from COVID-19 as well as an increase in lab-confirmed or PCR positive cases. The respiratory watch session runs from Aug. 27 2023 to Aug. 24, 2024. Since the season began at the end of August, 53 deaths are being reported.
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