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Bright blue sky over a clearcut area in Port Wallace in July 2022, with logs and brush lying on the ground and one remaining tree in the middle of the cleared area that will become Clayton Developments' "Parks of Lake Charles." Photo contributed.

Port Wallace development steamrolls ahead over concerns about poisoning of Barry’s Run and Lake Charles

by Joan Baxter November 4, 2022November 9, 2022

Planners and environment scientists cite risks of the project that is just downstream from Nova Scotia’s most contaminated site at Montague Mines, and about how the development will affect traffic on Waverley Road.

A group of people pose for a photo in an office space. There are four people sitting in the front row on the floor, and the remainder of the group are in the back row.

PRICED OUT

Halifax housing organization creates a new role to offer support to survivors of domestic violence

by Suzanne Rent October 17, 2022October 21, 2022

A white woman with her light brown hair pulled back and wearing a black sweater and leggings sits just inside a brown-gold van. Inside is a bed, a countertop with sink and food items. On the door is a diesel heater and a large Halloween sticker of a witch.

PRICED OUT

Halifax woman living the van life gets a closer look at the housing crisis in the city

by Suzanne Rent October 13, 2022October 20, 2022

A young woman wearing a denim jacket and patterned shorts stands in front of microphones on a street corner. Behind her are two people holding signs

Housing, PRICED OUT

Halifax woman says decision in renoviction case a ‘relief,’ calls for more rights for other tenants

by Suzanne Rent September 12, 2022January 9, 2023

Three police officers are seen in front of a police vehicle with a handcuffed older woman. She's holding a feather.

Policing

Halifax police arrest four people defending Eisner Cove wetland from development

by Zane Woodford September 6, 2022January 3, 2023

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents

PRICED OUT

PRICED OUT Resource List

by Suzanne Rent August 24, 2022March 15, 2023

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

Business and Development, Economy, Labour

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

by Philip Moscovitch August 18, 2022January 9, 2023

an aerial view of an intersection with a red dotted line indicating the route one driver took

Economy, Labour, Morning File, Women

The dreadful and dangerous habits of Nova Scotian drivers

by Suzanne Rent August 17, 2022January 9, 2023

A woman in a Victorian-era blue dress and bonnet stands next to a fence where a goat eats leaves.

Local History, Morning File

The dedicated interpreters living Nova Scotia’s history

by Suzanne Rent August 9, 2022January 9, 2023

A shot looking into the walkway that runs through Meagher Park. Tents surround it and two wooden emergency shelters stand in the background.

City Hall

Halifax mobilizing police to clear unhoused people from Meagher Park

by Zane Woodford August 2, 2022January 3, 2023

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: housing

Port Wallace development steamrolls ahead over concerns about poisoning of Barry’s Run and Lake Charles

Halifax housing organization creates a new role to offer support to survivors of domestic violence

Halifax woman living the van life gets a closer look at the housing crisis in the city

Halifax woman says decision in renoviction case a ‘relief,’ calls for more rights for other tenants

Halifax police arrest four people defending Eisner Cove wetland from development

PRICED OUT Resource List

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

The dreadful and dangerous habits of Nova Scotian drivers

The dedicated interpreters living Nova Scotia’s history

Halifax mobilizing police to clear unhoused people from Meagher Park

Halifax MP says council can go higher on federal housing application

NDP wants Nova Scotia municipalities to tax developers who leave lots empty

Conservative MP tells non-binary parent he opposes “imposing contrary values” on children

NDP lays out plan to close loopholes, up enforcement to protect tenants

Nova Scotia, federal government building more than 200 public housing units