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Black and white photo of a woman with long hair, wearing a bikini on the beach in a wheelchair.

Arts and Culture

Online symposium brings together Disabled artists

by Philip Moscovitch October 20, 2021January 23, 2023

A man wearing a dark suit, white shirt and no tie speaks at a podium. In the background are four Nova Scotia flags, coloured blue, yellow and red.

Nova Scotia premier says he won’t fight decision on discrimination against people with mental disabilities

by Zane Woodford October 7, 2021January 2, 2023

Leona, Maggie, and Zack taking a selfie

Lessons in acceptance and inclusivity from Zack’s crew

by Suzanne Rent September 27, 2021November 29, 2022

Simon Snyder. He has very close-cropped grey hair and a greying beard, and is wearing tinted glasses and a grey T shirt. He's smiling at the camera, in front of a yellow wall in his home.

Teaching the truth about institutionalization

by Suzanne Rent July 18, 2021November 29, 2022

Virtual events open up the world

by Suzanne Rent April 6, 2021November 29, 2022

Blocked sidewalk at construction site is just the latest barrier to accessibility on Halifax crosswalks

by Zane Woodford March 30, 2021January 2, 2023

A female presenting physician in a white coat with a stethoscope around her neck holds a cell phone up to her face.

COVID

Virtual health care: “We jumped a generation and started catching up”

by Suzanne Rent March 25, 2021November 29, 2022

Halifax to contract for accessible taxi services

by Zane Woodford February 23, 2021January 2, 2023

“We know our bodies well and what works”: people with disabilities help design prototypes for sex toys

by Suzanne Rent February 9, 2021November 29, 2022

Dartmouth development to include affordable and accessible housing, but it needs help from government

by Zane Woodford September 16, 2020January 2, 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.

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.