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Category: Families and Childcare

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

It’s lazy thinking to say “work harder,” “get a real job,” or “no one wants to work anymore.”

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 small child's hands gently pat down a green ball of play dough in a line of other primary coloured play dough sitting on a grey table.
Posted inFamilies and Childcare

Nova Scotia parents to get another 25% reduction in child care costs

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont November 29, 2022November 29, 2022
A young woman wearing a floral head scarf, beige sweater, and glasses stands next to a dining room table in a kitchen.
Posted inWomen

Transition house to support Muslim women opens in Halifax, first in Atlantic Canada

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent November 17, 2022November 17, 2022
A sign outside the IWK Health Centre shows the direction of the children's emergency department and the children's building.
Posted inHealth

IWK emergency physician ‘bracing for the worst’ as hospital sees record number of patients

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont November 8, 2022November 8, 2022
Two smiling Black women hug each other.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Women from North Preston, Cherry Brook recognized for longtime work as foster parents

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 October 27, 2022October 27, 2022
A group of protestors with signs stand at a monument at a Grand Parade in downtown Halifax.
Posted inLabour

Nova Scotia announces wage hikes for early childhood educators, but some still won’t make a living wage

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent October 11, 2022January 5, 2023
A woman with short dark hair in a pink t-shirt and ripped faded jeans stand on a step with a flag that says Child Care Now Nova Scotia
Posted inEconomy, Families and Childcare, Labour, Province House

Early childhood educators rally in Halifax to demand living wage

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent September 8, 2022January 9, 2023
Collage - Left photo: Close-up shot of a Black woman with long dark braids, Right photo: Close-up shot of a Black man with a Black and grey beard and Black glasses
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Social work student collecting data about Black mothers’ experiences with child welfare system

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 August 25, 2022November 8, 2022
A woman wearing glasses and wrapped in a blanket lying on a sofa.
Posted inFamilies and Childcare, Morning File, Women

What mothers want and need every day, not just on Mother’s Day

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent May 4, 2022October 20, 2022

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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.


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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.

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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

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