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At a row of houses under construction on a sunny day, workers grip a window from the inside as they lift it into place.
Posted inHousing

Halifax council will consider minister’s housing demands, but height will be a sticking point

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 22, 2023September 24, 2023

Housing Minister Sean Fraser has asked Halifax to allow more density and more height.

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A row of over the counter medications is displayed, while a pharmacy team member with a beard and glasses and dressed in black stands behind the counter talking to a man dressed in a checkered shirt.
Posted inHealth

Nova Scotia expands nominee program to include paramedics, pharmacy technicians

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont September 22, 2023September 22, 2023
A building under construction is seen in the foreground. In the background, there are complete apartments and their balconies.
Posted inProvince House

Nova Scotia drops provincial portion of HST on new apartment construction

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson September 22, 2023September 22, 2023
Central Nova MP Sean Fraser, a white man with dark hair and a beard in his forties, stands at a podium.
Posted inHousing

Halifax won’t get federal housing funding unless it allows more density: minister’s letter to mayor

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 21, 2023September 22, 2023
A smiling woman with short grey hair and glasses against a white background.
Posted inProvince House

Nova Scotia elections chief says Liberals’ judicial review is ‘moot’

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 21, 2023September 21, 2023
The front steps of the warm and welcoming red brick building that is the Halifax Regional Police headquarters on Gottingen Street in June 2021.
Posted inPolicing

Halifax needs to pick a site soon for new $100-million police headquarters, says CAO

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 21, 2023September 21, 2023
A man in blue and a baby in yellow walk past an uprooted tree in a park.
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax didn’t submit a claim for its Hurricane Dorian costs

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 20, 2023September 20, 2023
Caution tape is wrapped around charred trees, with yellow and green weeds growing in the foreground.
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax councillors to consider $20.5 million to cover hurricane, fire, flood costs

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 19, 2023September 19, 2023
A man in a suit speaks at a podium outside an apartment building on a sunny day.
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax still waiting on answer to federal funding application for millions to boost housing supply

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 19, 2023September 19, 2023
The open wrought iron entrance gate to the courtyard of Province House in June 2021. On the stone wall is a bronze plaque reading 1726 Hollis St, and above that a copper plaque, completely green with patina, designating the building a provincial heritage property.
Posted inCommentary

Houston’s new ministers, all dressed up with nothing much to say

by Stephen Kimber September 17, 2023September 17, 2023

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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.


Tractors bulldoze trees as American money rains from the sky.
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.

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Brad Johns won’t ban NDAs, won’t say why. Why? We thought you’d never ask

by Stephen Kimber September 24, 2023September 24, 2023

The prosecution of Randy Riley rests on racist tropes of violent and animalistic Black men and a vulnerable, unquestionable white woman

by El Jones September 24, 2023September 24, 2023

Riley trial: the Crown’s own expert witness undermines Crown’s case

by Tim Bousquet September 23, 2023September 23, 2023

Halifax council will consider minister’s housing demands, but height will be a sticking point

by Zane Woodford September 22, 2023September 24, 2023

Nova Scotia expands nominee program to include paramedics, pharmacy technicians

by Yvette d'Entremont September 22, 2023September 22, 2023
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