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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."

Indigenous Nova Scotia, Poverty, PRICED OUT

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

by Suzanne Rent December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

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.

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

by Suzanne Rent December 5, 2022December 5, 2022

Wooden Scrabble blocks that spell out, "do the good thing."

Doing good deeds: it’s not all about you

by Suzanne Rent November 29, 2022November 29, 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

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 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 arm is extended upward as if reaching for help in a dark room

Morning File, Poverty, Utilities, Women

It’s not unkind to criticize systems that keep us in the dark

by Suzanne Rent October 13, 2022October 20, 2022

A young girl looks through the blinds on a window.

Health, Poverty, Racism

New report finds poverty, systemic racism and discrimination “most urgent threats” to well-being of NS children, youth

by Yvette d'Entremont April 26, 2022November 18, 2022

COVID, Economy, Poverty, PRICED OUT

Researchers explore homelessness in Nova Scotia during early months of COVID-19

by Yvette d'Entremont April 6, 2022November 18, 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.