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A large silver bell sit on the ground in front of a building of red bricks. A red-and-white sign on the wall of the building says "The North Dartmouth Outreach Resource Centre. Home of the Food Bank."
Posted inLocal News, Poverty

‘Our numbers are up:’ higher food prices impacting Dartmouth food banks and clients

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson February 23, 2023March 2, 2023

The North Dartmouth Outreach Resource Centre served 90 households in the second week of February, reaching 150 adults and 72 children.

Posted inCrime and Courts

Advocates call for vandalism of Liverpool building to be investigated as a hate crime

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent January 27, 2023January 27, 2023
An icy sidewalk with snow banks along side of it.
Posted inMorning File

The last time Halifax didn’t get significant snow until late January, this happened

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson January 20, 2023January 20, 2023
A fallen light pole is leaning against a fence
Posted inMorning File

Hurricane Fiona hit Dartmouth 110 days ago; Thistle Street has been dark ever since

by Tim Bousquet January 12, 2023January 12, 2023
A map of Halifax and Dartmouth with green, black, and yellow markers over the peninsular Halifax part of the map.
Posted inLocal News

Dalhousie student puts Halifax’s missing street signs on the map

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent December 19, 2022December 20, 2022
an almost deserted street in downtown Amherst, with just a few cars parked on the roadside in the distance and what looks like mostly empty storefronts except for one Deli in the foreground on the left, with a green and white banner on the antique-style lamppost that says "Live Work Play"
Posted inBusiness and Development, Government, Local News

‘Monopolies killed my hometown’: an interview with anti-monopoly advocate Andrew Cameron about the decline of Amherst, Nova Scotia

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter November 17, 2022December 19, 2022
A man passes something to a woman. They're standing in front of a tree missing a ring of its bark. above the missing bark is police tape.
Posted inLocal News

Some asshole broke into Halifax Public Gardens and vandalized trees

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford July 26, 2022January 3, 2023
Looking down into a church sanctuary where choir members in red robes sing.
Posted inPRICED OUT

St. Matthew’s United Church looking for proposals to redevelop its downtown site

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent May 6, 2022January 3, 2023
Posted inLocal News

One person dead after ‘heavy fire’ at an outdoor structure in Bayers Lake

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford September 27, 2021January 2, 2023
Posted inCrime and Courts

Where’s Snoopy?

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford May 27, 2021January 2, 2023

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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.

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Acadia student advocating for improved access to mental health care for rural Nova Scotians

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AG finds weak cybersecurity at Halifax Water, putting water quality and supply systems at risk

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Debra Lucas and Iris Drummond: leading the way in historic Black community of Lucasville

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