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Two small shelters and several tents in a park.
Posted inPRICED OUT

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

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford June 1, 2022January 3, 2023

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 […]

Tents covered with tarps to make them rain proof at Meagher Park, on a dark autumn day.
Posted inPRICED OUT

Volunteer group asks HRM to use bylaw to allow unhoused people to continue camping in public parks

by Leslie Amminson April 1, 2022October 20, 2022
A green sign saying "Thank you, Neighbours!" outside Meagher Park in Haifax. Tents stand behind the sign, obscured partially by the park garden.
Posted inPRICED OUT

As winter approaches, residents of People’s Park, volunteers, and neighbours wait for a better housing solution

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang and Leslie Amminson November 12, 2021October 20, 2022
Posted inMorning File

And the winner is…

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch August 18, 2021January 23, 2023
A screenshot from a video, which shows a grassy area in a park. There is a bright blue tent in the background, and a large group of police officers in dark uniforms, standing on the path. A few protesters are visible, and one man is filming the cops on his phone. In the foreground is a hand painted sign on a park bench, and you can see the words We need, but the rest is obscured.
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How not to handle homelessness

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang June 23, 2021October 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.

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