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A large piece of brown cardboard ripped into a rectangle with the word HELP written on it in black pen lies on top of some clothing in a grocery cart.

Nova Scotians on income assistance ‘live a life of damaging poverty,’ advocate tells committee

by Yvette d'Entremont January 11, 2023January 11, 2023

Legislature’s community services standing committee meeting hears stories about vulnerable people struggling with cost of living.

A arm is extended upward as if reaching for help in a dark room

Morning File, Poverty, Utilities, Women

It’s not unkind to criticize systems that keep us in the dark

by Suzanne Rent October 13, 2022October 20, 2022

A lineup of cars at a fast food drive through on a foggy morning

Labour, Morning File

Another emergency and the lowest paid workers are the heroes once again

by Suzanne Rent September 27, 2022January 9, 2023

A man holding up a phone camera to a scene of a mountain reflecting on a clear lake

Arts and Culture, Economy, Morning File

Overexposed: put down the camera and enjoy the experience

by Ethan Lycan-Lang June 7, 2022January 9, 2023

Economy, Province House

NS budget fails to take action to deal with the higher cost of living, critics say

by Jennifer Henderson March 30, 2022October 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: cost of living

Nova Scotians on income assistance ‘live a life of damaging poverty,’ advocate tells committee

It’s not unkind to criticize systems that keep us in the dark

Another emergency and the lowest paid workers are the heroes once again

Overexposed: put down the camera and enjoy the experience

NS budget fails to take action to deal with the higher cost of living, critics say

Why Tracy Kitch’s inappropriate expenses weren’t discovered sooner: financial audits don’t often reveal what the public cares most about

What Michelin wants, Michelin gets… always

‘This asshole bought 10 acres on P.E.I. to be alone, and then told a national magazine about it,’ and other ways to profit from rage-inducing journalism

Deforestation Inc: Canada is a ‘world laggard’ in sustainable forestry, say critics, and Paper Excellence’s expansion threatens this country’s boreal forests

Halifax landlord Peppermint Properties using fixed-term leases to clear out units, jack up rents