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Halifax City Hall — an old sandstone building with a clock tower — is seen on a sunny day.

Men still dominate Halifax municipal workforce, but diversity hires on the rise

by Suzanne Rent October 18, 2023November 7, 2023

A group of workers wearing red shirts and bearing signs that say "We deserve a living wage" and "Tim Houston, why don't you respect our work" chant during a rally outside the VG.

Health care administrative professionals rally across Nova Scotia demanding better pay

by Yvette d'Entremont September 25, 2023October 20, 2023

A group of mostly women, many wearing pink, hold signs asking for a fair deal for school support workers. One woman, Joanne Dileo, holds a sign saying 'I am proud to be an ECE! Don't undervalue me!'

How Nova Scotia doesn’t support women workers: let us count the ways

by Suzanne Rent September 22, 2023September 22, 2023

A woman sits on a bench in front of the Halifax Infirmary's emergency department.

Nova Scotia health care administrative staff unions want province to head to bargaining table

by Suzanne Rent September 22, 2023October 20, 2023

A concrete building is seen on a grey day. The sign says "The Law Courts, Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia." There are three flags — two Nova Scotian and one Canadian, in the centre.

Crime and Courts, Labour, Policing

Appeals court sends Halifax cop’s complaint back to Human Rights Commission board of inquiry

by Zane Woodford September 21, 2023October 20, 2023

A long brick building with red roof is seen in the distance across a field of yellowish green grass and a few stubby shrubs.

Justice, Labour

Staffing levels ‘worst in the history’ of Burnside jail; correction officers at risk, union says

by Yvette d'Entremont August 14, 2023August 28, 2023

A young Black woman wearing a grey toque and jacket over a striped top speaks as a woman of colour and a white man look on from her left. All three people are sitting at a table with microphones on it. Behind them in a pink fabric sign hanging in the window that says MSI for Migrant Workers now.

Migrant worker with cancer has application for temporary health care approved by feds

by Suzanne Rent August 14, 2023August 28, 2023

A young Black woman wearing a sweater dress with pink sleeves and a black bodice sits on a black sofa next to a pillow with colourful chevron pattern. A wall next to the sofa is painted to resemble blue bricks.

Arts and Culture, Black Nova Scotia, Labour

New union for Black artists launches in Nova Scotia to fight for fair wages, more protections

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter August 3, 2023October 20, 2023

A blue background, shadowy image of a person, and the words "However, with the pay scale as low as it is, nobody wants this job" written in white letters.

811 telehealth workers speak out about staff shortages, low pay in union video series

by Yvette d'Entremont August 1, 2023August 8, 2023

Tents are set up on the lush green grass of a city park. Behind the tent are trees and tall buildings.

The housing crisis is several crises in one

by Suzanne Rent, Yvette d'Entremont and Tim Bousquet July 4, 2023July 4, 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.

Read the entire series, plus articles about Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, on the DEAD WRONG homepage.