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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.

Housing

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

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.

Health

Nova Scotia expands nominee program to include paramedics, pharmacy technicians

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.

Province House

Nova Scotia drops provincial portion of HST on new apartment construction

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.

Housing

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

by Zane Woodford September 21, 2023September 22, 2023

A smiling woman with short grey hair and glasses against a white background.

Province House

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

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.

Policing

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

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.

City Hall

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

by Zane Woodford September 20, 2023September 20, 2023

Caution tape is wrapped around charred trees, with yellow and green weeds growing in the foreground.

City Hall

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

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.

City Hall

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

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.

Commentary

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

by Stephen Kimber September 17, 2023September 17, 2023

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.

Category: Government

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

Nova Scotia expands nominee program to include paramedics, pharmacy technicians

Nova Scotia drops provincial portion of HST on new apartment construction

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nova Scotia expands nominee program to include paramedics, pharmacy technicians