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Posted inCity Hall

Councillors approve new plan for sanctioned tent sites, with Halifax police as ‘final resort’

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford June 14, 2022January 3, 2023

Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella says his officers won’t remove people tenting in municipal parks if they have no place to go. “The last thing that we want to do, the very last thing that we want to do, is physically remove anyone from their site,” Kinsella told councillors on Tuesday. “I think we’ve […]

Posted inCity Hall

Staff still looking to Halifax police to enforce new plan for tenting in municipal parks

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford June 13, 2022January 3, 2023
Two small shelters and several tents in a park.
Posted inCity Hall, PRICED OUT

Municipal staff recommend allowing tents at a handful of Halifax-area parks

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford May 2, 2022October 20, 2022
Four tents surround a temporary wooden shelter at People's Park. Some patches of snow on ground. It's daytime
Posted inCity Hall, Economy, Government, PRICED OUT

Halifax councillors cool to decriminalizing sheltering in parks

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford April 21, 2022October 20, 2022
A grey building is seen at golden hour on a sunny day. The building, a hotel, has three peaks, and several windows. There's an overhang at the front entrance. In the sky, there are wispy clouds.
Posted inCity Hall, PRICED OUT, Province House

Tenants could be living in ‘trailblazing’ Dartmouth housing project by mid-March

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford January 27, 2022October 20, 2022
A protestor holds a sign up to traffic outside Province House in Halifax. It says "N.S. has a housing crisis."
Posted inUncategorized

“Call back the house until everybody’s got one:” Protestors demand province call emergency session of legislature to deal with housing crisis

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang and Leslie Amminson November 28, 2021October 20, 2022
A green sign saying "Thank you, Neighbours!" outside Meagher Park in Haifax. Tents stand behind the sign, obscured partially by the park garden.
Posted inPRICED OUT

As winter approaches, residents of People’s Park, volunteers, and neighbours wait for a better housing solution

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang and Leslie Amminson November 12, 2021October 20, 2022
Posted inLabour

Bad news for local journalism

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent November 20, 2019November 5, 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.


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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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