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A man in a suit wearing glasses speaks at a podium outside an apartment building on a sunny day.
Posted inProvince House

Nova Scotia offering low interest mortgages for nonprofit housing purchases

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford July 13, 2022January 3, 2023

When Trisha Estabrooks heard her building was being sold, she immediately started looking for a new place. The single mother of two pays $857 a month for a two-bedroom she’s lived in for five years — a virtually unattainable price in Halifax’s rental market. She expected to be renovicted, like so many other renters. “There’s […]

A concrete building is seen on a grey day. The sign says "The Law Courts, Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia." There are three flags — two Nova Scotian and one Canadian, in the centre.
Posted inPolicing

Federal government denies sexual assault by RCMP officer in X.Y. case

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford June 27, 2022January 3, 2023
A small brick building is seen in a grainy image with the word google at the bottom. It's a sunny day, and there are solar panels visible on the back of the building, facing away from the camera.
Posted inCity Hall, PRICED OUT

Halifax Pavilion to be used as temporary shelter, other housing projects secure funding

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford March 1, 2022October 20, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

All in All It’s Just Another Slick in the Harbour

by Chris Benjamin August 28, 2018October 20, 2022
Posted inCity Hall, Commentary, Province House

Transit passes coming for 16,800 people on income assistance, but for some, this means already paltry incomes will go down

by Erica Butler April 5, 2018October 20, 2022
A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents
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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Nova Scotia launches review of provincial policing structure

by Zane Woodford September 29, 2023September 29, 2023

Brad Johns once again spins the revolving door of SIRT directorship, but that won’t solve the crisis of legitimacy for the police oversight board

by Tim Bousquet September 29, 2023September 29, 2023

Mount Uniacke residents organize, submit comments as quarry owners apply for expansion

by Suzanne Rent September 29, 2023September 29, 2023

Halifax MP says council can go higher on federal housing application

by Zane Woodford September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

NDP wants Nova Scotia municipalities to tax developers who leave lots empty

by Suzanne Rent September 28, 2023September 28, 2023
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