Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Author at Halifax Examiner

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Vanessa Fells, ANSDPAD Coalition Director smiles at the camera while working from her laptop at her office.

Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society’s new advisor to work on equity, access plan

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter February 17, 2023February 24, 2023

Vanessa Fells, director at African Nova Scotian Decade for People of African Descent, to start new role at Barristers’ Society on Mar. 10.

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.

Author Archives: Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society’s new advisor to work on equity, access plan

My trip to Province House, and why it makes me worry about the future

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

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

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

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