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Category: PRICED OUT

A rendering superimposed on a street view image shows a modern eight-storey building.
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax developer attempts to back out of affordable housing agreement, council says no

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford May 9, 2023June 7, 2023
At a construction site on a sunny morning, a worker on a ladder uses a plumb-line while another toils beneath him.
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax council to consider policy requiring ‘affordable’ housing in new development

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford May 5, 2023June 7, 2023
A building with several stories and a large corner piece with a sign that says Double Tree by Hilton. There is only one small beigh car in the parking lot out front. A glass structure is attached to the side of the building and under that is a drive thru area to the main door.
Posted inHealth, Labour, PRICED OUT, Province House

Two nonprofits set to hire staff for shelter in downtown Dartmouth

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent April 25, 2023May 3, 2023
A white man with grey hair, glasses, and wearing a blue jacket and jeans, stands next to a small shelter with metal siding, red trim, and a white door. A another shelter with blue trim is in the background.
Posted inPoverty, PRICED OUT, Province House

Lower Sackville shelter gets funding from province to operate into 2024

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent April 20, 2023April 27, 2023
Two people are holding signs. One says, Homes for people not for profit. The other says, Affordable housing for all.
Posted inPRICED OUT, Province House

Halifax housing rally calls for more non-market homes, no fixed-term leases, real rent control

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford April 5, 2023April 12, 2023
A group of people holding signs stands around the stairway leading to an old building. The biggest sign says, "LANDLORD LICENSING -INSPECT BUILDINGS -ENFORCE STANDARDS -COMPEL REPAIRS WRITE YOUR COUNCILLOR!'
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax council passes apartment registry bylaw

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford April 4, 2023April 11, 2023
The front of Province House, a sand-colored stone building, in June 2021. In the front is a very clean sidewalk and wrought iron fence; in the background, rising high above the roofline, are more modern buildings.
Posted inPRICED OUT, Province House

PC MLAs vote down NDP amendments to close fixed-term lease loophole

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford April 4, 2023April 11, 2023
Three similar concrete apartment buildings are seen in a row, with balconies protruding. In the background, we see the tower of a green suspension bridge.
Posted inProvince House

Nova Scotia to extend rent control to end of 2025, increase annual cap to 5%

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photoA smiling fair skinned woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Zane Woodford and Jennifer Henderson March 22, 2023March 29, 2023
A large historic building with white shingles and dark trim. The building has tall windows on the front and along the sides and a staircase and ramp that wraps around the perimeter.
Posted inCity Hall

Councillors ask provincial government to keep Dartmouth shelter open

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford March 21, 2023March 28, 2023
A screenshot shows a website. There's a title at the top, PEPPERMINT PROPERTIES, with a menu: Home, Residential, Commercial, Availability, Apply, Forms, Contact. There's a photo of a brick building on a corner lot.
Posted inPRICED OUT, Province House

Halifax landlord Peppermint Properties using fixed-term leases to clear out units, jack up rents

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford March 16, 2023March 23, 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.

To read the entire DEAD WRONG series, and articles on Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, click here.

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