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Category: Equity and Equality

A truck that holds home heating fuel
Posted inUtilities

The province substantially increases funding for and eligibility to the Heating Assistance Rebate Program

by Tim Bousquet December 14, 2022December 14, 2022
A black woman wearing a black head wrap and beige hoodie with UbU4U logo on it. Behind her are other hoodies in orange, yellow, and black that have Black Lives Matter logos on them.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Profiles, Racism, Subscribers only

Black fashion designer relocates store to Halifax location, continues to give back to community

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 December 13, 2022December 16, 2022
Brick front building with red siding trim and large picture windows. On one window is an orange circle label that says "this should be housing."
Posted inIndigenous Nova Scotia, Poverty, PRICED OUT

Bridgewater non-profit asks town council for tax exemption to build affordable housing

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent December 13, 2022December 13, 2022
A group of people stand on either side of a black podium that has the initials NPCC for North Preston Community Centre on it.
Posted inProvince House

Office of African Nova Scotian Affairs opens regional office in North Preston

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 December 12, 2022December 12, 2022
Three women stand in an office decorated with houseplants and paintings on the wall. The woman in the middle is holding a framed award.
Posted inEquity and Equality

Dartmouth non-profit that supports sex workers wins human rights award

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent December 9, 2022December 9, 2022
The front steps of the warm and welcoming red brick building that is the Halifax Regional Police headquarters on Gottingen Street in June 2021.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Family says cops racially profiled Black teen arrested at gunpoint after fight in Dartmouth

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 December 8, 2022December 9, 2022
A smiling white woman with long straight brown hair stands with her arms crossed. It is a bright, sunny day. She wears a blue dress and stands beside a tree and in front of an institutional brick building
Posted inLocal History

To rename or not to rename? Mount A prof grapples with Canada’s place names in new book

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch December 6, 2022January 20, 2023
A man with grey hair, glasses, and wearing a black winter jacket sits at a round table in an open area. Behind him are black chairs set up in a semi-circle. Along the perimeter of the room are a Christmas tree, chairs, and clothes set out on tables.
Posted inPRICED OUT

Sackville warming centre, overnight shelter opens; micro shelters to be on site soon

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent December 5, 2022December 5, 2022
A row of green and red apples in bins at a grocery store.
Posted inEquity and Equality

Food prices expected to increase by up to 7% for 2023, report predicts

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont December 5, 2022December 5, 2022
A white man with glasses and wearing a dark coloured jacket over a pale blue shirt sits at a table in front of a microphone.
Posted inPolicing

Cop testifies about anti-Black racism training at Nova Scotia Police Review Board hearing

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 November 30, 2022November 30, 2022

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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.


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.

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