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This map from Calyton Developments 2021 presentation shows the location of and proposed Port Wallace subdivision with Barry's Run owned by HRM in the middle, and Montague Gold Mines upstream across Highway 107 (Forest Hills Parkway), and the only road access is from Waverley Road
Posted inCity Hall, Commentary, Province House

Fast-tracking Port Wallace development threatens Lake Charles and health of future residents

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter July 4, 2022January 9, 2023
A street of homes under construction
Posted inPRICED OUT, Women

Women and gender diverse people are disproportionately affected by the housing crisis. Are we doing enough?

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent June 23, 2022January 9, 2023
A white sign shaped like a house with a peaked roof on which is written Welcome to the community of Mulgrave Park. Below that is a logo of three people in grey on a red square. The red paint has faded in the sun. In the background you can see the slope of the grassy lawn, a chain link fence, several homes in a row of townhouses, and beyond that Barrington Street. Taken in 2018.
Posted inProvince House

Nova Scotia auditor general finds public housing governance ‘severely lacking’

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford June 21, 2022January 3, 2023
Posted inBusiness and Development, Housing, Morning File

Small business owners should be advocating for off-market housing

by Tim Bousquet June 20, 2022January 9, 2023
A view of a historic yellow house with white trim with a magnolia tree just near the front door.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Economy

Couple selling business in Mahone Bay after “unbearable” two years, staff shortages

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent June 17, 2022January 9, 2023
Six Halifax Regional Police officers comb the grass for debris at Peace and Friendship Park after eviction several residents of tents. They are all wearing masks.
Posted inCity Hall

Staff still looking to Halifax police to enforce new plan for tenting in municipal parks

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford June 13, 2022January 3, 2023
Wood framing in a room under construction
Posted inHousing, PRICED OUT

New 24-hour shelter opening in Truro this summer

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent June 2, 2022January 9, 2023
Halifax City Hall in August 2020. It is a large and stately nineteenth century building with a central clock tower.
Posted inCity Hall

Council votes to contribute to Housing Trust of Nova Scotia’s purchase of 295 affordable homes

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
Two men in blue suits walking down a street smiling.
Posted inCommentary, Economy, Province House

Non-resident property tax increase: gone before the ink was dry

by Stephen Kimber May 9, 2022January 9, 2023
Looking down into a church sanctuary where choir members in red robes sing.
Posted inPRICED OUT

St. Matthew’s United Church looking for proposals to redevelop its downtown site

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent May 6, 2022January 3, 2023

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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.

LATEST NEWS

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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