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A white woman in her fifties wearing a burgundy blazer, a white and pink scarf and glasses speaks into a microphone at a podium. In the background are three Nova Scotia flags, coloured blue, yellow and red.

Economy, Poverty, Province House

PCs offer no quick fixes in light of Nova Scotia living wage report

by Zane Woodford September 8, 2023October 20, 2023

A white woman with long light brown hair and wearing a purple shirt leans against a stone wall with her arms crossed.

Equity and Equality

Report: More than half of Nova Scotia’s working population not earning living wage

by Yvette d'Entremont September 7, 2023September 20, 2023

A woman in a white teeshirt and black jeans walks into a Dollarama store set against a clear blue sky.

‘They don’t let us’: Dollarama stores sell bread, unless there’s a Sobeys nearby

by Suzanne Rent September 5, 2023September 6, 2023

A child in a colourful striped shirt sits at a table colouring. In the foreground are crayons in a yellow box.

Families and Childcare, Province House

Missed deadline won’t impact access to federal child care funds, Nova Scotia education minister says

by Yvette d'Entremont August 17, 2023August 28, 2023

A Black man with glasses wearing a beige blazer over a dress shirt stands giving a speech at a podium.

Justice, Racism

Justice Institute alleges systemic racism at Nova Scotia’s Crown prosecutor’s office

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter August 3, 2023October 20, 2023

An outdoor pool with several swimming lanes, a two rock climbing walls alongside of the pool. In the foreground is a ladder going into the pool and in the background is a lifeguard chair.

Learning to swim, drowning prevention, and the importance of public pools

by Suzanne Rent August 1, 2023August 1, 2023

Two large round planters with yellow and pink tulips sit outside a red brick building with a tall tower with a clock at the top and a glass window entrance. Two lampposts are also outside the entrance and a tree is close to the front of the building.

Government, Poverty

Yarmouth town council passes resolution in support of guaranteed basic income

by Suzanne Rent July 20, 2023July 27, 2023

An illustration of that shows the back of a woman who is looking out a large window. The second half of the photo shows three women of colour sitting at a table and talking an painting. The text says "creating communities of care."

Communities of care for Indigenous, African Nova Scotian women who experience gender-based violence

by Suzanne Rent July 18, 2023July 18, 2023

A parking lot, smaller old buildings, and a skyscraper are seen on a cloudy day from a high viewpoint.

Equity and Equality, PRICED OUT

How bad is the housing crisis in Nova Scotia? No one knows, because the data aren’t collected

by Yvette d'Entremont July 17, 2023July 24, 2023

A group of people including a person wearing a cowboy hat and with a rainbow flag around their shoulders walks down a small town street in a parade. There are dozens of people sitting and standing on the sidewalk, waving small rainbow flags. The day is sunny with some clouds in the sky. In the distance, there's a float with a small church building being towed by a truck

Celebrating Pride in small town Nova Scotia

by Suzanne Rent and Yvette d'Entremont July 11, 2023July 11, 2023

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents — Credit: Halifax Examiner. All rights reserved.

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.

Credit: Ricardo Weibezahn - ICIJ

DEFORESTATION INC

Reporter Joan Baxter is one of 140 journalists from 39 media outlets across 27 countries working collaboratively on ‘Deforestation Inc,’ a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which looked at the ownership structure of Paper Excellence, its relationship with Asia Pulp & Paper, and how the secretive corporate empires are devastating forests in Canada and around the world.

Find all of Baxter’s articles on the Deforestation Inc 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.

Read the entire series, plus articles about Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, on the DEAD WRONG homepage.