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Category: Equity and Equality

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 Black woman smiles while sitting at a table. There are other people in the room sitting at tables wrapped with white table cloths.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Kayla Borden’s appeal hearing to continue after being adjourned for almost a year

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 28, 2022November 28, 2022
A purple sign with white text stands along the corner of two rural roads. Above are power and telephone lines. The sign says North Preston, Nova Scotia. Canada's largest Black Community. We've this far by faith.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Community land trusts could mean more affordable housing for Preston, advocates say

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 24, 2022November 24, 2022
A young woman and a young man both in face masks out on a street holding up a paper petition.
Posted inLabour

Justice for Workers — Nova Scotia demanding $20 minimum wage, 10 paid sick days

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent November 23, 2022November 23, 2022
On a rainy day, two crisis shelters and two tents are seen on grass outside a sandstone building. The shelter on the left is white with a small window on one side, covered in Tyvek house wrap painted with a black grid on one side and red scribbles on the other side. In the centre, there's a purple and grey tent in front of another shelter, with a wooden door with three small windows. Next to that shelter, there's a red and grey tent.
Posted inPRICED OUT

Unhoused people call for ‘shelters, not tents’ in report to Halifax council

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford November 23, 2022November 23, 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 man in a black uniform speaks while gesturing with his right hand. On the uniform is the Halifax Regional Police logo, along with a badge and insignia denoting rank. On the table in front of the man is a name plate, a microphone and a water bottle. The background is grey.
Posted inCommentary

Union-chief spat just the tip of the troubles at Halifax Regional Police

by Stephen Kimber November 14, 2022November 14, 2022
An old smiling man with no hair and wire rim glasses sits at his desk in front of his laptop on a desk with a fan of money in his hands.
Posted inMorning File

Defending the rich won’t make you rich, too

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweaterA smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer.A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Suzanne Rent, Jennifer Henderson and Yvette d'Entremont November 10, 2022November 11, 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
A woman wearing orange and grey sneakers runs up concrete steps.
Posted inMorning File

Let’s get physical: learning to enjoy exercise

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent November 3, 2022November 6, 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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Nova Scotia political leaders respond to final report from Mass Casualty Commission

by Jennifer Henderson March 30, 2023March 30, 2023

Halifax councillors punt ‘imperfect’ Spring Garden Road bus-only pilot to next year

by Zane Woodford March 30, 2023March 30, 2023

RCMP must gather uniforms from retired officers, keep track of inventory: MCC Report

by Suzanne Rent March 30, 2023March 30, 2023

RCMP failed victims’ families: MCC Report

by Yvette d'Entremont March 30, 2023March 30, 2023

RCMP ‘revictimized’ Lisa Banfield: MCC Report

by Tim Bousquet March 30, 2023March 30, 2023
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