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A screenshot from Google Street View shows a sign in front of townhouses, reading "Welcome to the Bayers Westwood Community."

Crime and Courts

Metro housing employees claim managers tried to ‘gaslight and vilify’ them after nearby shooting

by Zane Woodford January 18, 2023January 18, 2023

A woman speaks at a microphone. Behind her are three Nova Scotia flags.

Nova Scotia auditor general details ‘obvious’ conflicts of interest at Metro Regional Housing

by Zane Woodford January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

A white woman wearing a blue, purple, and white striped shirt sits at a table next to a white man with a grey-green shirt and wearing glasses. On the table in front of them are several papers, notebooks, and a file folder.

The renoviction files: Truro couple fighting eviction; property manager says landlord wants to live in apartment

by Suzanne Rent January 15, 2023January 16, 2023

A rudimentary rendering of a proposed development shows a big building and some shadowy figures of trees and people playing along a path.

Dartmouth Cove development with 30-storey tower approved, construction years away

by Zane Woodford January 13, 2023January 13, 2023

On a grey winter day, the MacKay Bridge is seen in the background with the vacant lands known as Shannon Park in the foreground. On the right, there are parked cars and children playing in a field.

Shannon Park development agreement headed to community council

by Zane Woodford January 9, 2023January 10, 2023

A two-storey building with beige siding, white trim, and a red brick front, and white doors. There's a large paved parking lot out front.

Apartment hunter warns others about paying illegal deposits to landlords

by Suzanne Rent January 6, 2023January 6, 2023

A woman wearing a red shirt, denim jacket and a necklace stands in front of a building under construction. It's raining.

Tenant evicted from condemned Halifax apartment gets another hearing in the new year

by Zane Woodford December 28, 2022January 3, 2023

Halifax council defers short-term rental regulations, accepts transit funding, and more

by Zane Woodford December 14, 2022December 14, 2022

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

Tiny red wooden houses sit on a table.

Halifax non-profit looks to work with more landlords to find emergency housing for families

by Suzanne Rent December 8, 2022December 9, 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.