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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.

Families and Childcare

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

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.

Black Nova Scotia

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

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.

Black Nova Scotia

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Women

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

by Suzanne Rent November 17, 2022November 17, 2022

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.

Defending the rich won’t make you rich, too

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.

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

by Yvette d'Entremont November 8, 2022November 8, 2022

A woman wearing orange and grey sneakers runs up concrete steps.

Let’s get physical: learning to enjoy exercise

by Suzanne Rent November 3, 2022November 6, 2022

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.