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Accessibility, Education, Labour

Halifax school support workers vote to accept contract offer that includes no increase in pay

by Suzanne Rent June 19, 2023June 26, 2023

A group of striking school support workers stand on a sideway by a roadway with CUPE placards around their necks. Several are dressed in white and pink, and their signs include sayings like: "Fair deal now," "Schools work because we do," "Hey Tim, remember when you said we can't ever turn our back on a child in this province?" and "Houston we have a problem."

Education, Equity and Equality, Labour

Halifax-area school support workers reach tentative agreement

by Yvette d'Entremont June 14, 2023June 21, 2023

A white man with grey hair and in a blue shirt and navy pants stands outside speaking with women who are striking support workers. One woman has red hair pulled back in a ponytail and wearing a pink shirt. She is filming the man via her smartphone camera.

Education, Labour

Halifax school support workers get face to face with Houston over strike, talks with CUPE

by Suzanne Rent June 13, 2023June 20, 2023

Two smiling white women over the age of 50 pose for a photo.

Education, Health

Health care services are increasingly online, but not everyone knows how to use a computer

by Jennifer Henderson June 13, 2023June 20, 2023

Three white women stand on a sidewalk holding signs. Two of the signs are pink and says "Fair deal now for school support." The sign in the centre says CUPE support our support workers. Behind the women is a line of leafy trees along the sidewalk.

Accessibility, Education, Labour

Community outreach workers say their work is integral to students, families in Nova Scotia

by Suzanne Rent June 9, 2023June 16, 2023

Woman standing on a sidewalk with signs that read "Fair deal now for school support" and another featuring colourful drawings of children below the words "We miss the kids."

Education, Equity and Equality

CUPE Local 5047 heading back to bargaining table Friday

by Yvette d'Entremont June 8, 2023June 15, 2023

Five striking workers mostly wearing pink, hold pink and white CUPE signs and stand in front of the Middle Sackville constituency office of MLA Brad Johns.

Education, Equity and Equality

MLA Brad Johns should ‘understand’ struggle, school support workers say

by Yvette d'Entremont June 8, 2023June 15, 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!'

Education, Equity and Equality

‘Please see us’: Support workers’ union wants premier, education minister at bargaining table

by Yvette d'Entremont June 7, 2023June 15, 2023

The back of a young boy's head is seen staring out a large picture window at his front yard and street as he waits for the school bus to drive by.

Education, Equity and Equality

Inclusion Nova Scotia: Exclusion of students with disabilities from school a human rights violation

by Yvette d'Entremont June 7, 2023June 15, 2023

Fire update: Emergency alerts should be used for most urgent threats; recisions don’t meet criteria

by Suzanne Rent and Tim Bousquet June 6, 2023June 6, 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.

To read the entire DEAD WRONG series, and articles on Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, click here.