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A young white woman with shoulder length brown hair and wearing a pink tank top and skirt of pastel colours smiles for the camera. She is sitting in a wheelchair that is on a lush lawn.
Posted inProfiles

‘The sun is duller today’: remembering Jen Powley

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent September 19, 2023September 19, 2023

Jen Powley, author and advocate for people with disabilities, has died. She was 45. Powley wrote two books, Just Jen: Thriving Through Multiple Sclerosis, which was published in 2017, and Making a Home: Assisted Living in the Community for Young Disabled People, which was published this year. Powley wrote for the Halifax Examiner on how […]

A group of early childhood educators hold signs emblazoned with the CUPE logo and with slogans like "We deserve respect" and "Over 3,000 preprimary children are not in school. ECEs matter!" A golden retriever is also in the photo as its owner holds a red leash and the dog looks back.
Posted inAccessibility, Education, Labour

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

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent June 19, 2023June 26, 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.
Posted inAccessibility, Education, Labour

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

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent June 9, 2023June 16, 2023
A group of people in a circle with their hands touching. We see only their hands and brightly coloured sleeves.
Posted inMorning File

Someone to go with: the importance of reducing social isolation

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch June 8, 2023June 8, 2023
Posted inMorning File

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

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent and Tim Bousquet June 6, 2023June 6, 2023
A young white man in a black t-shirt, jeans, and holding a white cane and another young white man in a neon yellow t-shirt and jeans join three white women support workers on a picket line on a sidewalk.
Posted inAccessibility, Families and Childcare, Labour

Union news: school support workers on Day 5 of strike; QEII hospital cleaners won’t get bonuses

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson May 16, 2023May 24, 2023
A banner that reads "Human rights come from my heart, not just a piece of paper."
Posted inMorning File

Moving from disability rights to disability justice

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch May 9, 2023May 9, 2023
A black screen with a blue flame that shoots up from a pink, purple, and blue font that says Disrupt.
Posted inAccessibility, Arts and Culture

‘You have to accept us for who we are:’ TV show on AMI features Canadian artists with disabilities

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent May 5, 2023May 15, 2023
A white woman with long dark hair tied back and wearing a teal green jacket and black jeans stands on a sidewalk holding a black labrador dog in a harness. On the grassy area next to the sidewalk is an orange sign that says detour. It's a sunny day on the street that is lined with houses and trees.
Posted inMorning File

Taking a Jane’s Walk through what you can’t see in Halifax’s District 8

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent April 27, 2023April 27, 2023
Two women sit in front of a microphone
Posted inAccessibility, Province House

Disabilty rights groups say historic agreement with Nova Scotia sends ‘powerful message’

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont April 27, 2023May 4, 2023

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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.

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