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A woman stands next to a brightly painted food pantry.

Documentary looks at food deserts in rural, urban communities across Nova Scotia

by Suzanne Rent February 25, 2022November 30, 2022

The interior of a community food pantry. It's a plastic cabinet with wooden shelves. Shown are two shelves, one of which has a can of tomatoes, two cans of soup, and a carton of chocolate milk. The shelf below it has two plates of raw potatoes, carrots, an onion, and an apple.

Filling a need with the Fairview Community Food Cupboard

by Suzanne Rent January 20, 2022November 30, 2022

Tents remain in Meagher Park in Halifax. New tarps have been added to winterize the encampments.

Living on the streets can kill

by Philip Moscovitch December 14, 2021January 25, 2023

A colourful grocery store display of vegetables including yellow and red onions, tomatoes, cucumbers.

Economy, Poverty

Report: Families expected to pay $966 more for groceries next year

by Yvette d'Entremont December 9, 2021December 22, 2022

Three women volunteers in the kitchen of the North Dartmouth Outreach Resource food bank repackage macaroni and other bulk goods, at a long table in a kitchen with counters and two refrigerators..

Filling the need at food banks in North Dartmouth

by Suzanne Rent November 25, 2021November 29, 2022

A young, sad looking child peering out through slats of a wooden deck of playground equipment.

CCPA-NS report: Child poverty rate down just 0.1 of a percentage point in 30 years

by Yvette d'Entremont November 24, 2021December 22, 2022

Report: living wage in Halifax now $22.05/hour

by Suzanne Rent November 3, 2021November 29, 2022

Education, Poverty

Educators for Social Justice NS wants election candidates to implement recommendations to eliminate child poverty

by Yvette d'Entremont July 30, 2021December 22, 2022

A photo of a keychain with a little plastic house attached. It has a grey peaked roof, and is painted in red and white.

Housing, Poverty

CCPA-NS report: more than 30,000 permanent affordable housing units needed in NS

by Yvette d'Entremont May 26, 2021December 23, 2022

Dartmouth tenants head to social media to find Hope for Highfield

by Suzanne Rent April 15, 2021November 29, 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.