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Category: Equity and Equality

A Black woman with grey hair pulled back in a ponytail and wearing glasses and a red blouse smiles while sitting in a chair. Behind her are two large green panels. The panel in the front has a design of a quilt on it in black, orange, red, and green. Text at the top of the screen says "Many rivers crossed."
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Profiles, Racism, Women

Shelley Fashan: Connecting with and fighting for her Black Nova Scotian community

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent April 27, 2023May 4, 2023
Two women sit in front of a microphone
Posted inAccessibility, Province House

Disabilty rights groups say historic agreement with Nova Scotia sends ‘powerful message’

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont April 27, 2023May 4, 2023
The front facade of a grey school building with grey steel doors and slightly damp sidewalk concrete.
Posted inEquity and Equality

Pride flag at Bay View High School destroyed by students in ‘act of discrimination’

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont April 22, 2023April 22, 2023
A white man with grey hair, glasses, and wearing a blue jacket and jeans, stands next to a small shelter with metal siding, red trim, and a white door. A another shelter with blue trim is in the background.
Posted inPoverty, PRICED OUT, Province House

Lower Sackville shelter gets funding from province to operate into 2024

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent April 20, 2023April 27, 2023
A young white woman wearing a purple top under a black apron cuts circles in a sheet of chocolate cake.
Posted inAccessibility, Labour

‘Use their gifts and talent’: How employers can be more inclusive by hiring people with disabilities

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent April 11, 2023April 18, 2023
Text on a black screen saying Something went wrong. Try again. Try again.
Posted inMorning File

It’s not just you. Online advertising really does suck

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch April 11, 2023April 11, 2023
A Black woman in a white nun's habit
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Racism

Sister Act: in 1951, a young Black woman left Detroit, moved to New Brunswick, and became a Catholic nun

A Black woman with short hair and round black framed glasses, wearing a multi coloured dashiki. She is standing with her right fist raised, in front of a mural of Arethan Franklin with the word 'Respect' in big red letters. by Evelyn C. White April 6, 2023April 14, 2023
Hockey players in bright pink sweaters with their pronouns on their sleeves sit on the bench at a rink during a game.
Posted inEquity and Equality, Sports

‘Openly and proudly queer’: Halifax hockey team participates in PEI tournament for first time

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch April 5, 2023April 12, 2023
A young girl of about four years old with brunette hair and wearing a yellow dress sits on the examination table in a doctor's office while a doctor checks her throat. The girl's mother is standing by, holding her hand.
Posted inEquity and Equality, Health, Medical Research

Canadian researchers’ national guidelines for treating children’s pain a global first

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont April 4, 2023April 11, 2023
A man wearing glasses and a suit with a striped shirt speaks to someone out of frame. He's sitting at a table with microphones and a stack of empty paper cups.
Posted inPoverty, Province House

Nova Scotians on income assistance worse off after new budget, lawyer tells committee

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford April 3, 2023April 11, 2023

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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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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.

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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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