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A large silver bell sit on the ground in front of a building of red bricks. A red-and-white sign on the wall of the building says "The North Dartmouth Outreach Resource Centre. Home of the Food Bank."

Local News, Poverty

‘Our numbers are up:’ higher food prices impacting Dartmouth food banks and clients

by Jennifer Henderson February 23, 2023March 2, 2023

Red double doors at the top of the stairs of a red brick church. A sign on the side of the building says "Grace United. Sunday 11 am service virtual and in person. A warm welcome to all."

New warming centre, shelter in Dartmouth churches serving unhoused in community

by Suzanne Rent January 26, 2023January 26, 2023

The entrance to the Atlantic Superstore on the Bedford Highway on a sunny day.

Theft from grocery stores and the end of civilization as we know it

by Tim Bousquet January 16, 2023November 9, 2023

A large piece of brown cardboard ripped into a rectangle with the word HELP written on it in black pen lies on top of some clothing in a grocery cart.

Nova Scotians on income assistance ‘live a life of damaging poverty,’ advocate tells committee

by Yvette d'Entremont January 11, 2023January 11, 2023

A truck that holds home heating fuel

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

by Tim Bousquet December 14, 2022November 8, 2023

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

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.