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A man wearing a suit and tie and glasses clasps his hands while looking ahead.
Posted inEquity and Equality

Here are the arguments for and against banning NDAs

A smiling fair skinned woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson October 3, 2023October 4, 2023

On Sept. 21, Justice Minister Brad Johns told reporters that after two years of consideration and two bills brought before the legislature last session, the Houston government will not make changes to ban the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs).  NDAs are settlements made outside of court between a person who complains they were a victim […]

A group of mostly women, many wearing pink, hold signs asking for a fair deal for school support workers. One woman, Joanne Dileo, holds a sign saying 'I am proud to be an ECE! Don't undervalue me!'
Posted inMorning File

How Nova Scotia doesn’t support women workers: let us count the ways

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent September 22, 2023September 22, 2023
Paddlers in two side by side boats, perfectly in sync, cross under a bridge.
Posted inWomen

‘We’re all in this together’: Competition, collaboration, and caring in a dragon boat and beyond

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent September 19, 2023September 20, 2023
A smiling white woman with shoulder length reddish-brown hair and wearing a black blouse and faded jeans sits on a lawn under a tree in a front yard. Next to her is a video camera and behind her is a step to a front door of a house.
Posted inMorning File

Slut-shaming, victim blaming, and rape culture on campus and beyond

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater.A smiling fair skinned woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Suzanne Rent, Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson September 14, 2023September 14, 2023
A line drawing of a group of varied people, of different skin tones and genders, facing forward, looking very sombre. Above them are the words, "I was sexually assaulted and the police failed me."
Posted inJustice

Survivors in their own words: ‘Are you sure you didn’t just go to a party and make some bad choices?’

by A Survivor September 7, 2023September 7, 2023
A line drawing of a group of varied people, of different skin tones and genders, facing forward, looking very sombre. Above them are the words, "I was sexually assaulted and the police failed me."
Posted inMorning File

Failing to address rape culture on campus and in society

A smiling man with fair skin tone, a dark short beard, and dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt. by Philip Moscovitch September 5, 2023September 5, 2023
A sandstone coloured building with an entrance flanked by two large walls. A blue and white sign over the glass doors says (in French) Welcome to Sainte-Anne.
Posted inEducation, Women

‘Left me there like trash’: Sainte-Anne students, staff, say university has failed to properly address sexual assault on campus

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont September 2, 2023September 6, 2023
A line drawing of a group of varied people, of different skin tones and genders, facing forward, looking very sombre. Above them are the words, "I was sexually assaulted and the police failed me."
Posted inJustice

Survivors in their own words: ‘the police said that I was not being assaulted despite physical injuries’

by A Survivor September 1, 2023September 1, 2023
A line drawing of a group of varied people, of different skin tones and genders, facing forward, looking very sombre. Above them are the words, "I was sexually assaulted and the police failed me."
Posted inJustice

Survivors in their own words: ‘The police did absolutely nothing but essentially shut me up’

by A Survivor September 1, 2023September 1, 2023
A line drawing of a group of varied people, of different skin tones and genders, facing forward, looking very sombre. Above them are the words, "I was sexually assaulted and the police failed me."
Posted inJustice

Survivors in their own words: ‘I was blown off by police because the man who sexually assaulted me was my ex-husband’

by A Survivor August 31, 2023August 31, 2023

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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.

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Today is Zane Woodford’s last day with the Halifax Examiner

by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson October 4, 2023October 4, 2023

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by Jennifer Henderson October 4, 2023October 4, 2023

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by Zane Woodford October 3, 2023October 3, 2023

Strang encourages Nova Scotians to get COVID, flu vaccines, but not be alarmed about rising infections

by Suzanne Rent October 3, 2023October 3, 2023
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