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Posted inPRICED OUT

Halifax designates new sanctioned tent site in Lower Sackville

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent November 1, 2022November 9, 2022

Residents at the new encampment say there’s no housing in the community.

Quiz question on a blue background, which asks "Being Nova Scotia Loyal means..." and there are two buttons which read "Fun" and "Excitement".
Posted inBusiness and Development, Economy, Labour

Is your loyalty to Nova Scotia “fun” or “exciting”?

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch August 18, 2022January 9, 2023
a man gesturing in front of Nova Scotia flags
Posted inCity Hall, Commentary, Government, Policing, Province House

Short Snappers from the doggiest days of summer…

by Stephen Kimber August 15, 2022January 9, 2023
A woman in a Victorian-era blue dress and bonnet stands next to a fence where a goat eats leaves.
Posted inLocal History, Morning File

The dedicated interpreters living Nova Scotia’s history

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent August 9, 2022January 9, 2023
A bride and groom release balloons at a wedding ceremony
Posted inArts and Culture, Housing, Morning File

Going to the chapel again, and again, and again

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang August 8, 2022January 9, 2023
a closeup of cigarette butts piled on the ground
Posted inHealth, Housing, Morning File

Hidden plastics: get your butts off the ground

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang July 15, 2022January 9, 2023
A cyclist rides on a protected bicycle lane between a row of parked cars and a sidewalk, with a line of blue posts between them.
Posted inMorning File

Vision, lobbying, and high-profile stunts: lessons on how to become a cycling city

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch July 7, 2022January 30, 2023
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax police board asked to make policy on encampment enforcement

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford July 7, 2022January 3, 2023
The front of a pizza shop at nighttime. The store windows are outlined in neon green lighting and two neon signs say pizza slices and donair. Above the windows and door is another neon sign that says Tony's and a sign that says pizza, donairs, subs.
Posted inMorning File

Unwrapping the story of the donair

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch June 14, 2022January 30, 2023
Wood framing in a room under construction
Posted inHousing, PRICED OUT

New 24-hour shelter opening in Truro this summer

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent June 2, 2022January 9, 2023

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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.


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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.

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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