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Halifax police argue their officer made ‘unlawful arrest’ in submission to Nova Scotia Police Review Board

August 11, 2022 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

Halifax police argue their own officer abused her authority when she unlawfully arrested and tased a Black man on Quinpool Road in 2019. Const. Nicole Green was found in disciplinary default after the arrest, which was captured on video, in December 2019. Halifax Regional Police found she’d breached all three subsections of s. 24(7) of […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Policing

Halifax council votes to legalize rooming houses despite suburban and rural parking concerns

August 10, 2022 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

Despite some rural and suburban concerns about parking, Halifax regional councillors have legalized so-called shared housing across the municipality. Council held a public hearing at its meeting on Tuesday to consider second reading of land-use bylaw amendments to permit shared housing uses like rooming houses or single-room occupancies, or supportive housing. “Shared housing is a […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, PRICED OUT Tagged With: Collins Ellison, Coun. Cathy Deagle-Gammon, Coun. Tim Outhit, Coun. Waye Mason, Deputy Mayor Pam Lovelace, Jillian MacLellan, Joseph Kirby, Mayor Mike Savage, parking, rooming houses, shared housing, supportive housing, Wade Johnston

People’s Park, the police, and the solution that isn’t

It's not clear what will happen next at the homeless encampment at Meagher Park. What is clear is that whatever it is won't solve the real problems.

August 7, 2022 By Stephen Kimber 5 Comments

I do not believe further civilian efforts will result in the park being vacated, as such I am asking your help to enforce the relevant provisions of the Municipal Parks By-law and the Protection of Property Act as set out in the notice. Between now, and when you enforce, we will continue to work to […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, PRICED OUT, Province House Tagged With: Deinstitutionalization, Homeslessness, Meagher Park, PRICED OUT

Halifax officially asks police to clear Meagher Park

August 5, 2022 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

The municipality has officially asked Halifax Regional Police to remove unhoused people from Meagher Park, but it’s unclear when police will move in. Maggie MacDonald, executive director of parks and recreation, made the request to Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella in a letter dated Wednesday, posted online Thursday evening. “I do not believe further […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, Policing, PRICED OUT Tagged With: Halifax, Halifax Regional Council, Halifax Regional Muncipality, Halifax Regional Police, Maggie MacDonald, Meagher Park, Zane Woodford

Halifax mobilizing police to clear unhoused people from Meagher Park

August 2, 2022 By Zane Woodford 2 Comments

The municipality is calling in the police to kick unhoused people out of a park, stoking fears, even among councillors, of a repeat of the chaos of last August. Halifax regional council held a special virtual meeting on Tuesday with one item on the agenda: “Homelessness in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM).” There was no motion […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Policing, PRICED OUT Tagged With: CAO Jacques Dubé, Coun. Becky Kent, Coun. Cathy Deagle-Gammon, Coun. Lisa Blackburn, Halifax Mutual Aid, Halifax Regional Council, Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax Regional Police, Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella, housing, housing crisis, Maggie MacDonald, Max Chauvin, Meagher Park, P.A.D.S. Community Network, People's Park, PRICED OUT, PTSD, Zane Woodford

Halifax denies former Const. Brian Johnston sexually assaulted girl, but admits she complained to police in 2009

July 29, 2022 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

The municipality denies that a former Halifax Regional Police officer sexually assaulted a teenaged girl in the early 1990s, but admits the same person later complained to police about the officer fathering her child. As the Halifax Examiner reported in January, a plaintiff using the pseudonym X.Y. is suing the municipality and the federal government, […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Courts, Featured, Investigation, News, Policing Tagged With: Brian Johnston, Halifax Regional Police, Karen MacDonald, Mike Dull, nova scotia supreme court, Policing, RCMP, Wayde Marriott, X.Y., Zane Woodford

One of Premier Tim Houston’s ‘friends’ tapped to run Crown corp wants to infill Dartmouth Cove

July 28, 2022 By Zane Woodford 5 Comments

One of the “personal friends” Premier Tim Houston appointed to look after consolidated Crown corporations is also the owner of a company associated with the application to infill Dartmouth Cove. Houston appointed Tom Hickey, CEO of Atlantic Road Construction and Paving Ltd., to run the newly-created Invest Nova Scotia, to be compensated up to $18,000 […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: 4197847 Nova Scotia Ltd, Atlantic Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Atlantic Road Construction and Paving Ltd, Bruce Wood, Dartmouth, Dartmouth Cove, Develop Nova Scotia, Economic Development Minister Susan Corkum-Greek, infill, Innovacorp, Invest Nova Scotia, Jill Brogan, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Business Inc, Premier Tim Houston, pyritic slate, T. Hickey Enterprises, Tom Hickey, Transport Canada, Wayne Crawley, Zane Woodford

Halifax heritage committee recommends in favour of eight-storey addition to Stairs House

July 27, 2022 By Zane Woodford

Halifax’s heritage committee is recommending in favour of a big addition to an old building in the south end. The proposal from Summer Wind Holdings, owned by Paul Murphy, Jim Spatz, and Gordon Laing, the same owners as Southwest Properties, has been a long time coming. The Halifax Examiner first reported on the proposal more...

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Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Aaron Murnaghan, Coun. David Hendsbee, Gordon Laing, Halifax Regional Council, Heritage Advisory Committee, Jim Spatz, Paul Murphy, Peninsula Planning Advisory Committee, Southwest Properties, Stairs House, Summer Wind Holdings, Zane Woodford

Halifax councillors consider letter in support of abortion access

July 25, 2022 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

Pending approval from all of regional council, Halifax Mayor Mike Savage may write a letter to the federal health minister “opposing any bill or motion that is intended to restrict abortion or reduce access to abortions in Canada.” Council’s Executive Standing Committee recommended in favour of the letter at its meeting on Monday, forwarding a […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, Health, News, Women Tagged With: abortion, abortion access, abortion care, Bill C 233, Canada Health Act, Canadian Constitution, Christine Qin Yang, Coun. Lisa Blackburn, Executive Standing Committee, Halifax Regional Council, Halifax Regional Municipality, health care, Martha Paynter, Mayor Mike Savage, Roe vs Wade, Women's Advisory Committee, Zane Woodford

Early tree clearing approved for Dartmouth development site as opponents say they’ve found species at risk

July 19, 2022 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

The provincial government has approved early tree clearing at one of its “special planning areas” in Dartmouth, but a group of local residents believes it’s found a threatened species of tree in the area. On Friday, Halifax Regional Municipality notified residents, in the Chronicle Herald and online, that Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister John Lohr […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Environment, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: A.J. Legrow Holdings, Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre, Bill Zebedee, BioBlitz, Black ash, Canadian Wildlife Service, Chronicle Herald, Clayton Developments, Dartmouth, Department of Environment and Climate Change, eisner cove wetland, Elizabeth MacDonald, Halifax Regional Municipality, iNaturalist, Joan Baxter, Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister John Lohr, Nova Scotia Environment Act, outhdale - Mount Hope Special Planning Area, Port Wallace, Save Our Southdale Wetland Society/Protect Eisner Cove Wetland, special planning area, Zane Woodford

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PRICED OUT

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.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

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. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Episode 90 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.
Gus the Tortoise, looking not a day over 90

What is there to say that hasn’t been said 100 times (probably more) about Halifax’s most famous animal? Gus — the de facto mascot of the Museum of Natural History — has been with the museum at its two locations since 1942, after being purchased in Florida for five American dollars. This weekend there are six chances to celebrate his life and sing happy hatch day to the oldest known living gopher tortoise in the world — Tara burrows into her love for him and his enduring place in the city’s tapestry.

Listen to the episode here.

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