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Disability rights activist Vicky Levack to move into new home this month

by Jennifer Henderson November 3, 2022November 7, 2022

Levack has been living in a nursing home for the past 10 years and has fought to have adults with disabilities moved out of institutions.

A man wearing orange safety gear and carrying a big chainsaw carries branches away from a large tree that's leaning on a wire. It's pouring rain.

Accessibility

Needs of people with disabilities must be considered in emergencies, advocates say

by Yvette d'Entremont November 2, 2022November 2, 2022

A steel grater sits on a wooden cutting board next to a small pile of freshly shredded ginger.

Morning File

The casual ableism of cooking snobbery

by Philip Moscovitch June 28, 2022January 30, 2023

Black and white photo of a woman with long hair, wearing a bikini on the beach in a wheelchair.

Arts and Culture

Online symposium brings together Disabled artists

by Philip Moscovitch October 20, 2021January 23, 2023

Accessibility

“We know our bodies well and what works”: people with disabilities help design prototypes for sex toys

by Suzanne Rent February 9, 2021November 29, 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.

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.

Tag: Disability

Disability rights activist Vicky Levack to move into new home this month

Needs of people with disabilities must be considered in emergencies, advocates say

The casual ableism of cooking snobbery

Online symposium brings together Disabled artists

“We know our bodies well and what works”: people with disabilities help design prototypes for sex toys

The cultural imperialism of the American smile

Proposed 9.7% tax increase dropped as Halifax regional council starts budget process

‘Routine’ forgery? Alleged woodlot theft raises suspicions about forestry industry practices

Nova Scotians urged to participate in national survey to help better understand grief

Eastern Shore residents want more services, funding from Halifax Regional Municipality