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Disability rights activist Vicky Levack to move into new home this month

by Jennifer Henderson November 3, 2022November 7, 2022

Levack has been living in a nursing home for the past 10 years and has fought to have adults with disabilities moved out of institutions.

A man wearing orange safety gear and carrying a big chainsaw carries branches away from a tree that's leaning on a wire. It's pouring rain.

Accessibility

Needs of people with disabilities must be considered in emergencies, advocates say

by Yvette d'Entremont November 2, 2022November 2, 2022

A woman in a black sweater with a floral print sits on the floor with a dog with beige and black fur

Equity and Equality

Blind, partially sighted Nova Scotians say they’re being denied access to spaces because of their guide dogs

by Suzanne Rent September 29, 2022January 5, 2023

Vicky Levack smiles from the sidewalk beside Meagher Park. She is sitting in her wheelchair with a purple sweater and dark sunglasses.

Accessibility, Health, Housing, Province House

Disability advocates still waiting for concrete progress on closure of institutions

by Philip Moscovitch September 9, 2022January 9, 2023

A steel grater sits on a wooden cutting board next to a small pile of freshly shredded ginger.

Morning File

The casual ableism of cooking snobbery

by Philip Moscovitch June 28, 2022January 30, 2023

Crime and Courts

Supreme Court of Canada dismisses Nova Scotia’s bid to appeal systemic discrimination ruling

by Zane Woodford April 14, 2022December 29, 2022

Milena Khazanavicius, a white woman, is in a large hoop suspended from a gym's ceiling. She's on her back with her feet braced against the hoop, her arms are outstretched, and she's laughing joyfully.

Accessibility

All the world’s an accessible stage

by Suzanne Rent February 15, 2022November 30, 2022

Milena sits on her sofa and demonstrates how to use ScripTalk a handheld machine used to scan a code on a prescription bottle and read the instructions on its label out loud.

Health

A prescription for accessibility in health care

by Suzanne Rent February 15, 2022November 30, 2022

A smiling Milena Khazanavicius points out the the sharp corner of a large orange warning sign, hung at eye level, with an upraised middle finger. Her guide dog Louis doesn't look impressed either.

Accessibility

One woman’s fight to make Halifax accessible

by Suzanne Rent February 13, 2022November 30, 2022

Health

The court ruled that the province discriminates against people with disabilities; what is the government going to do about it?

by Jennifer Henderson December 2, 2021December 21, 2022

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.

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.

Category: Accessibility

Disability rights activist Vicky Levack to move into new home this month

Needs of people with disabilities must be considered in emergencies, advocates say

Blind, partially sighted Nova Scotians say they’re being denied access to spaces because of their guide dogs

Disability advocates still waiting for concrete progress on closure of institutions

The casual ableism of cooking snobbery

Supreme Court of Canada dismisses Nova Scotia’s bid to appeal systemic discrimination ruling

All the world’s an accessible stage

A prescription for accessibility in health care

One woman’s fight to make Halifax accessible

The court ruled that the province discriminates against people with disabilities; what is the government going to do about it?

Nova Scotia wants to hire Black high school students through summer mentorship program

The Port of Sydney discovers wind

Bedford school stabbings: the talking points memo

My trip to Province House, and why it makes me worry about the future

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