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A large silver bell sit on the ground in front of a building of red bricks. A red-and-white sign on the wall of the building says "The North Dartmouth Outreach Resource Centre. Home of the Food Bank."

‘Our numbers are up:’ higher food prices impacting Dartmouth food banks and clients

by Jennifer Henderson February 23, 2023March 2, 2023

The North Dartmouth Outreach Resource Centre served 90 households in the second week of February, reaching 150 adults and 72 children.

Wooden Scrabble blocks that spell out, "do the good thing."

Morning File

Doing good deeds: it’s not all about you

by Suzanne Rent November 29, 2022November 29, 2022

Dramatic low-angle black-and-white photo of a generator.

Morning File

Heartwarming mutual aid is great, but it’s time for large-scale collective solutions

by Philip Moscovitch September 29, 2022January 5, 2023

A woman stands next to a brightly painted food pantry.

Economy

Documentary looks at food deserts in rural, urban communities across Nova Scotia

by Suzanne Rent February 25, 2022November 30, 2022

A colourful grocery store display of vegetables including yellow and red onions, tomatoes, cucumbers.

Economy, Poverty

Report: Families expected to pay $966 more for groceries next year

by Yvette d'Entremont December 9, 2021December 22, 2022

Three women volunteers in the kitchen of the North Dartmouth Outreach Resource food bank repackage macaroni and other bulk goods, at a long table in a kitchen with counters and two refrigerators..

Morning File

Filling the need at food banks in North Dartmouth

by Suzanne Rent November 25, 2021November 29, 2022

Morning File

Let’s go on holiday… to late 1960s PEI!

by Philip Moscovitch May 6, 2020January 11, 2023

Labour

Child care workers go round and round with bus complaints

by Suzanne Rent September 20, 2019November 5, 2022

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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.

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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.

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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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Tag: food banks

‘Our numbers are up:’ higher food prices impacting Dartmouth food banks and clients

Doing good deeds: it’s not all about you

Heartwarming mutual aid is great, but it’s time for large-scale collective solutions

Documentary looks at food deserts in rural, urban communities across Nova Scotia

Report: Families expected to pay $966 more for groceries next year

Filling the need at food banks in North Dartmouth

Child care workers go round and round with bus complaints

Unions ask Nova Scotians to join day of action for striking Pete’s Frootique workers

Rick Perkins, natural health product champion

CN Railway files lawsuit to stop protesters from setting up blockades in Nova Scotia

Portrait project in Truro to honour Black women educators, church organist

Nova Scotia’s economy was and is deeply entwined with slavery