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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

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 man with grey hair, glasses, and wearing a black winter jacket sits at a round table in an open area. Behind him are black chairs set up in a semi-circle. Along the perimeter of the room are a Christmas tree, chairs, and clothes set out on tables.

Sackville warming centre, overnight shelter opens; micro shelters to be on site soon

by Suzanne Rent December 5, 2022December 5, 2022

On a rainy day, two crisis shelters and two tents are seen on grass outside a sandstone building. The shelter on the left is white with a small window on one side, covered in Tyvek house wrap painted with a black grid on one side and red scribbles on the other side. In the centre, there's a purple and grey tent in front of another shelter, with a wooden door with three small windows. Next to that shelter, there's a red and grey tent.

Unhoused people call for ‘shelters, not tents’ in report to Halifax council

by Zane Woodford November 23, 2022November 23, 2022

Halifax designates new sanctioned tent site in Lower Sackville

by Suzanne Rent November 1, 2022November 9, 2022

A woman wearing a denim jacket speaks into a Global News microphone in a red and yellow room. Behind her is a tall man in a suit and a woman in dark clothing.

Halifax tenant fights eviction from condemned apartment

by Zane Woodford October 28, 2022October 28, 2022

A woman wearing a red shirt, an orange coat and a beaded necklace speaks to people holding microphones out of frame. Behind her are rows of low-rise apartments.

Halifax tenant resisting renoviction says apartment condemned due to mould

by Zane Woodford October 24, 2022October 27, 2022

A man in a suit wearing glasses speaks at a podium outside an apartment building on a sunny day.

Nova Scotia government’s housing governance bill ignores commission recommendation

by Zane Woodford October 24, 2022October 27, 2022

A group of people pose for a photo in an office space. There are four people sitting in the front row on the floor, and the remainder of the group are in the back row.

Halifax housing organization creates a new role to offer support to survivors of domestic violence

by Suzanne Rent October 17, 2022October 21, 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.