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Labour

Nova Scotia basic income conference to focus on housing, poverty, income assistance issues

by Suzanne Rent March 29, 2023March 29, 2023

Conference set for all day Saturday in Halifax, Sydney, and online.

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Education

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

by Jennifer Henderson March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

A small red piggy bank with white polka dots sits on a wooden table. There's no money in the piggy bank.

Morning File

Poverty and financial literacy: you can’t budget if you don’t have the money

by Suzanne Rent March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

A Black man wearing a baseball cap, vest, hoodie, and grey pants speaks from a megaphone at a rally in an outdoors town square. The day is sunny and a group of people are standing on the cobble stone pathways. There are banners hanging from the lamposts.

Black Nova Scotia, City Hall, Labour, Racism

Halifax mayor speaks at third rally for Black HRM workers who allege racial discrimination

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter March 22, 2023March 29, 2023

A group of men and women of colour stand in room. Behind them is large TV screen and a glass door.

Black Nova Scotia, Justice, Racism

Justice institute to use federal funds to help Black Nova Scotians understand legal rights

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter March 16, 2023March 23, 2023

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Morning File

Kids whose childhoods were made into social media ‘content’ are starting to speak out

by Suzanne Rent March 16, 2023March 16, 2023

Equity and Equality, Health, Province House

Spending on health care, inequality, climate change top priorities of alternative budget

by Yvette d'Entremont March 16, 2023March 23, 2023

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Equity and Equality, Health, Province House

Author of Dying to Be Seen wants book to start discussion about privatization, Medicare

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

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Equity and Equality, Poverty, Province House

Federal benefits reduced child poverty in Nova Scotia, but ‘province did very little,’ report finds

by Yvette d'Entremont March 9, 2023March 16, 2023

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Equity and Equality, Women

Nova Scotia women’s organizations get funding, but advocates say more needs to be done

by Yvette d'Entremont March 9, 2023March 15, 2023

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.

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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.

Category: Equity and Equality

Nova Scotia basic income conference to focus on housing, poverty, income assistance issues

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

Poverty and financial literacy: you can’t budget if you don’t have the money

Halifax mayor speaks at third rally for Black HRM workers who allege racial discrimination

Justice institute to use federal funds to help Black Nova Scotians understand legal rights

Kids whose childhoods were made into social media ‘content’ are starting to speak out

Spending on health care, inequality, climate change top priorities of alternative budget

Author of Dying to Be Seen wants book to start discussion about privatization, Medicare

Federal benefits reduced child poverty in Nova Scotia, but ‘province did very little,’ report finds

Nova Scotia women’s organizations get funding, but advocates say more needs to be done

The Mass Casualty Commission’s final report will be issued tomorrow. It will likely be thoughtful and considered, and mostly ignored.

Nova Scotia basic income conference to focus on housing, poverty, income assistance issues

Swamped with offers in just days, listing for historic Acadian church taken off the market

Planning for national urban park at Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes moves to next stage

PCs reject move to tighten language in Bill 256 to protect patients from poorly trained or unethical health care providers