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Point-in-time count shows record number of people unhoused in Halifax

June 1, 2022 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

There are more people in Halifax without housing than ever before, and the municipality would need thousands of new apartments to fix the problem. A new point-in-time count, conducted by the Navigator Street Outreach Program, found that on April 7, there were 586 people in the municipality without a safe, permanent home. “There’s so many […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, PRICED OUT Tagged With: Adsum House, Bedford, Charlene Gagnon, Clayton Park, Dartmouth, Dartmouth Crossing, Eric Jonsson, Halifax, homeless, homelessness, Meghan Oliver, Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre, Navigator Street Outreach Program, Sackville, Sheri Lecker, Spryfield, unhoused, Zane Woodford

Even when things are going well, the “nice” Canadian society is a myth

Morning File, Wednesday, February 16, 2022

February 16, 2022 By Ethan Lycan-Lang 5 Comments

News 1. Mass murder inquiry This item is written by Tim Bousquet. Yesterday, the families of the victims of the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020 issued a statement through their lawyers, objecting to how the Mass Casualty Commission is proceeding next week. You can read the statement here. The families make an important point: […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: Bayers Lake, Black experiences, Blacklantic, Brad Farquhar, Clinton Davis, commercial tax system, Const. Steven Mason, COVID, Dartmouth Crossing, Department of Natural Resources and Renewables, Halifax Regional Council, Halifax Regional Police, Hillary LeBlanc, HRM, Krista Blaikie Hughes, lichen, long COVID, Matthew Byard, Milena Khazanavicius, Nature Conservancy of Canada, nice Canadians, Nova Scotia Health, Olympics, Omicron, Public Health Agency of Canada, Suzanne Rent, taxes, Tim Bousquet, WestFor, Yvette d'Entremont, Zane Woodford

Province amps up its unwise and discredited biofuel efforts

Morning File, Thursday, December 13, 2018

December 13, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 13 Comments

News 1. Biofuel Last year, in her article “Life After Pulp,” Linda Pannozzo showed how as the old pulp industry is collapsing, the government is chasing two other forest dreams — biomass and biofuel. On the latter, she wrote: In 2012, when the Dexter government announced the defunct paper mill would become a business hub […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: biofuel, biomass, Brendan Elliott, Cape Sharp Tidal, Cathi Mullaly, Cellufuel, CTV advertorial, Dartmouth Crossing, David Patriquin, Emera, Emma Davie, Esquire, Global Forest Coalition, Halifax CFO, Jacques Dubé, Jane Fraser, JNET Communications LLC, John Traves, Lands and Forestry Department, Linda Pannozzo, Link Performing Arts Centre, Mary Campbell, Minas Basin tidal project, OpenHydro, Paul Hollingsworth, Reverend Dr. David Jefferson Sr., Richard Starr, ServiCom, Zane Woodford

There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts! Morning File, Thursday, October 20, 2016

October 20, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Dartmouth Crossing expansion in dispute The developer of Dartmouth Crossing is appealing the city’s rejection of an application to expand the sprawling complex. The appeal is made to the provincial Utility and Review Board. The conflict revolves around land designated for parks that the developer is required […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Carla Allen, Centre Plan, Chronicle Herald strike, Colin Stuttard, Dartmouth Crossing, EDM, Environmental Design and Management, Jennifer Taplin, Margot Young, Mark Foley, raccoons, Trevor Creaser, Yarmouth, Yvette d'Entremont

PRICED OUT

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.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

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. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

A young white woman with dark hair and a purple shirt lies on a large rock at dusk, looking up at the sky and playing her banjolele.

Episode 85 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Logan Robins (writer/director/composer) and Katherine Norris (star/composer) of the Unnatural Disaster Theatre Company are on the show this week ahead of their provincial tour of HIPPOPOSTUMOUS, Robins’ musical exploration of invasive species, colonization, environmentalism, and history. Hear how Pablo Escobar’s personal hippos have invaded and are ruining a section of Colombia, why Robins was intrigued to make a show about it, and all the places you can catch it this July. Plus Norris cracks out the banjolele to perform one of the show’s songs. And the new jam from Beauts!

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

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