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A pile of Canadian bills and coins, including loonies, twoonies, nickels, dimes, quarters, plus bills of 100, 50, 10, and 20 dollars.
Posted inLabour

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

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent March 29, 2023March 29, 2023

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

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A white man has a bunch of microphones thrust at him.
Posted inEducation

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

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. 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.
Posted inMorning File

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

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater 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.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, City Hall, Labour, Racism

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

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio 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.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Justice, Racism

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

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter March 16, 2023March 23, 2023
A hand holding a smart phone that has several icons for social media platforms on its screen.
Posted inMorning File

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

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent March 16, 2023March 16, 2023
A woman in a dark coloured top and vibrant necklace sits in a red chair looking into the camera with a somewhat serious face.
Posted inEquity and Equality, Health, Province House

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

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont March 16, 2023March 23, 2023
A person's hand with an IV inserted is clad in a green hospital gown. The hand is relaxed and a device is clipped to their thumb.
Posted inEquity and Equality, Health, Province House

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

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont March 14, 2023March 21, 2023
A young boy wearing a navy ball cap, orange hooded sweatshirt and grey pants sits on a wooden wharf looking down at seagulls in the water.
Posted inEquity and Equality, Poverty, Province House

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

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont March 9, 2023March 16, 2023
A black and white photo of a young woman chewing her nails, leaning forward with eyes downcast looking concerned.
Posted inEquity and Equality, Women

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

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont March 9, 2023March 15, 2023

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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.

LATEST NEWS

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

by Tim Bousquet March 29, 2023March 29, 2023

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

by Suzanne Rent March 29, 2023March 29, 2023

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

by Suzanne Rent and Jennifer Henderson March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

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

by Zane Woodford March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

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

by Jennifer Henderson March 28, 2023March 28, 2023
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