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A bookshelf with a banner at the top that says Banned and Challenged. There is a selection of books on the shelves, with notes that are burned at the edges taped to the shelves.

Banned and challenged: it’s not wokeness gone wild that’s behind books being removed from libraries

by Philip Moscovitch April 27, 2022October 20, 2022

News 1. Sam Austin blames volunteers for crisis shelter assault Last Saturday morning, members of the anonymous volunteer group Mutual Aid Halifax erected a crisis shelter in Starr Park in Dartmouth. On Monday, Halifax Regional Police say, someone living in the shelter assaulted a local resident who had knocked on the shelter. In a post […]

A young girl looks through the blinds on a window.

Health, Poverty, Racism

New report finds poverty, systemic racism and discrimination “most urgent threats” to well-being of NS children, youth

by Yvette d'Entremont April 26, 2022November 18, 2022

A young, sad looking child peering out through slats of a wooden deck of playground equipment.

Poverty

CCPA-NS report: Child poverty rate down just 0.1 of a percentage point in 30 years

by Yvette d'Entremont November 24, 2021December 22, 2022

Education, Poverty

Educators for Social Justice NS wants election candidates to implement recommendations to eliminate child poverty

by Yvette d'Entremont July 30, 2021December 22, 2022

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Canada, land of the gas guzzler

by Erica Butler January 16, 2020October 20, 2022

Morning File

Public agencies lost at least $2.2 million on aioTV

by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson March 5, 2019December 7, 2022

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Taking out the trash: Thursday, September 14, 2017

by Katie Toth September 14, 2017October 20, 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.

Tag: child poverty

Banned and challenged: it’s not wokeness gone wild that’s behind books being removed from libraries

New report finds poverty, systemic racism and discrimination “most urgent threats” to well-being of NS children, youth

CCPA-NS report: Child poverty rate down just 0.1 of a percentage point in 30 years

Educators for Social Justice NS wants election candidates to implement recommendations to eliminate child poverty

Canada, land of the gas guzzler

Public agencies lost at least $2.2 million on aioTV

Taking out the trash: Thursday, September 14, 2017

Our ER health care crisis: going like hell in all directions, while getting nowhere fast

Halifax councillors to consider adding to budget for public safety strategy

Junk science continues to be presented as evidence in Nova Scotia courts

Halifax’s apartment vacancy rate remains at 1%

Let’s talk about Halifax’s long list of potential budget cuts