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A middle-aged white man in a suit, leaning forward with a concerned look on his face.

City Hall, Housing, Province House

Halifax Mayor Mike Savage slams ‘egregious overreach’ of Lohr housing bill

by Tim Bousquet October 16, 2023November 7, 2023

A white woman wearing a pale denim jacket, black sweater, and pale jeans yells while holding a sign that says "Affordable housing now." Another white woman with a white baseball cap, red t-shirt, and jeans speaks into a microphone.

Housing, Province House

Protesters call for rent control, affordable housing as Nova Scotia legislature opens fall session

by Suzanne Rent October 12, 2023November 7, 2023

Three tents are seen on the grass in front of Halifax City Hall on a grey day.

Housing crisis top issue as Nova Scotia legislature opens today

by Jennifer Henderson October 12, 2023November 7, 2023

An architectural rendering showing an aerial view of a community of tiny homes on a green space with trees. The community is next to a health centre, a strip mall, and some other office plazas. A road runs right in front of the community.

Housing, Province House

Nova Scotia, HRM, developers to build tiny homes at current sanctioned tent site in Lower Sackville

by Suzanne Rent October 11, 2023November 7, 2023

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Nova Scotia public housing announcement came as ‘shock’ to Bridgewater mayor

by Jennifer Henderson October 4, 2023October 20, 2023

Nova Scotia’s Poverty Report Card — ‘F’ for filed and forgotten?

by Stephen Kimber October 2, 2023November 28, 2023

A man in a suit speaks in front of a microphone. Behind him is a Nova Scotia flag and a TV displaying an illustration of a house.

City Hall, Housing

Halifax MP says council can go higher on federal housing application

by Zane Woodford September 28, 2023October 20, 2023

A woman with short dark curly hair and wearing a black blazer, blue shirt, and jeans stands at a podium speaking into a microphone. A sign on the front of the podium says "Housing for everyone. NS NDP Caucus." Five other people stand on a sidewalk behind here. They people are all in front of an old, abandoned red brick building.

NDP wants Nova Scotia municipalities to tax developers who leave lots empty

by Suzanne Rent September 28, 2023October 20, 2023

Two women sit at a grey picnic table in a riverside park. The woman on the left has short dark curly hair and is wearing an orange jacket. The woman on the right has dark hair that is pulled back in a ponytail. She is wearing a dark denim shirt.

Housing, Province House

NDP lays out plan to close loopholes, up enforcement to protect tenants

by Jennifer Henderson September 28, 2023October 20, 2023

Two men in suits sit in front of microphones. Behind them is a Canada flag and a Nova Scotia flag, and a TV displaying a message: "More housing faster."

Housing, Province House

Nova Scotia, federal government building more than 200 public housing units

by Zane Woodford September 27, 2023October 20, 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.

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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.