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Protestors rally outside legislature demanding minimum wage increase, more affordable housing, tenant protections

March 24, 2022 By Leslie Amminson 2 Comments

Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the Nova Scotia legislature Thursday to demand the provincial government do more to address poverty and housing gaps. Protestors at the rally, which was scheduled for the first day of the Nova Scotia legislature’s spring sitting, called on the province to increase its minimum wage, address the lack of affordable […]

Filed Under: Economy, Featured, PRICED OUT Tagged With: affordable housing, living wage, minimum wage, tenant protections

No one wants to work for terrible bosses who pay crap wages while exploiting their talent these days

Morning File, Thursday, March 17, 2022

March 17, 2022 By Suzanne Rent 3 Comments

News 1. Green Fund This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. Three years ago Nova Scotia rejected imposing a carbon tax on gasoline and home heating fuel and chose a cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the same amount. Companies such as Nova Scotia Power, Irving Oil, Wilson Fuels, and Lafarge Canada […]

Filed Under: Economy, Featured, Labour, Morning File Tagged With: daylight saving time, living wage, shitty bosses

Cruise ships are returning, but do we want them back?

Morning File, Thursday, March 10, 2022

March 10, 2022 By Philip Moscovitch 2 Comments

News 1. Police board recommends 0.4% increase to HRP budget I did not think I would find myself laughing out loud at a story on the Board of Police Commissioners and the budget increase they proposed for the Halifax Regional Police. Of course, policing is not a laughing matter, and neither is the intractability of […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: Aaron Patton, Adam Merchant, Anna Quon, Becky Kent, Board of Police Commissioners, BS, Cruise ships, Dr. Sanjana Sridharan, Friends of a New Northern Pulp, HRP Chief Dan Kinsella, Joan Baxter, Kate MacDonald, Lindell Smith, Lisa Banfield, living wage, Marty Ward, Mass Casualty Commission, mental health, Mike Lancaster, Northern Pulp, Noticed in Nova Scotia, Philip Moscovitch, Sensitivity readers, Shawn Cleary, Slovakia, Stephen Archibald, Stuart Beselt, Tara Thorne, The Tideline, Tim Bousquet, Trish Purdy, Vicki Colford, Yvette d'Entremont, Zane Woodford

Halifax councillor proposes $15 minimum wage for city staff

March 9, 2022 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

A Halifax councillor is proposing to hike pay for some city employees ahead of provincial minimum wage increases. While the municipality has a living wage policy covering some contractors’ staff, there’s no wage guarantee for HRM’s own staff. A living wage in Halifax, according to the latest calculation from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Economy, Featured, News Tagged With: $15 wage, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), Coun. Shawn Cleary, Coun. Trish Purdy, Cyclesmith, Halifax, living wage, minimum wage, Nova Scotia

Latest apology accepted, Tim Houston. Now…

If Premier Houston really has "the greatest respect for the workers of NS, especially those making minimum wage," he will make sure our minimum wage is also a living wage.

November 7, 2021 By Stephen Kimber 3 Comments

Why are we always talking about yet another “yesterday” issue long after that train should have jumped the tracks? Consider the living wage… er, the minimum wage. Last Thursday, there was a minor kerfuffle in the House of Assembly. During Question Period, NDP leader Gary Burrill demanded to know why Premier Tim Houston was refusing […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Province House Tagged With: living wage, minimum wage, NDP leader Gary Burrill, Premier Tim Houston

Report: living wage in Halifax now $22.05/hour

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Nova Scotia office says the most expensive items in each region are shelter, food, and child care.

November 3, 2021 By Suzanne Rent 1 Comment

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative released its latest report on living wages in Nova Scotia this morning. This year, CCPA-NS includes new living wage calculations for five economic regions: Annapolis valley (Annapolis, Kings, and Hants counties); Cape Breton (Cape Breton, Inverness, Richmond and Victoria counties); Halifax (Halifax County); Northern (Antigonish, Colchester, Cumberland, Guysborough, and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Adsum House, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS), Cape Breton, child care, Cyclesmith, food costs, Halifax, living wage, Nova Scotia, shelter

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 15 — Lower Sackville

October 1, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

Paul Russell didn’t have much time to get used to being a councillor. After winning a special election in District 15 last October, Russell is up for the ultimate annual performance review as voters head back to the polls. Russell is facing four candidates this time around, down from a field of nine others in […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Elections, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, Anthony Mrkonjic, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, David Schofield, District 15, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Jay Aaron Roy, living wage, Mary Lou LeRoy, Paul Russell

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 14 — Middle/Upper Sackville-Beaver Bank-Lucasville

October 1, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

Lisa Blackburn was almost acclaimed for a second term. But on the final day for nominations, the deputy mayor got a challenger with Greg Frampton adding his name to the ballot. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to every candidate in this fall’s election: What should Halifax be doing to create more affordable […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Elections, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, District 14, Greg Frampton, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Lisa Blackburn, living wage

Halifax council approves living wage requirement for contractors

October 1, 2020 By Zane Woodford 2 Comments

In one of the last votes of its term, Halifax regional council approved a living wage requirement for most contracted workers. As the Halifax Examiner reported earlier this month, municipal staff proposed the policy to council as part of a new code of conduct for suppliers: It’s a response to council’s lukewarm reception of the social procurement policy passed […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Economy, Featured, Labour, News Tagged With: Councillor David Hendsbee, Councillor Lindell Smith, councillor Matt Whitman, Councillor Paul Russell, Councillor Sam Austin, councillor Steve Streatch, Councillor Tim Outhit, Jacques Dubé, living wage

Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 13 — Hammonds Plains-St. Margarets

September 30, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

With Matt Whitman hoping to step up to the mayor’s chair, District 13 is an open race. There are nine candidates hoping to take the controversial councillor’s place in the district, which includes Hammonds Plains, Tantallon, Hubbards and Peggys Cove. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to every candidate in this fall’s election: […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Elections, Featured, News Tagged With: accessible housing, affordable housing, candidate questionnaire, climate crisis, Darrell Jessome, Derek Bellemore, District 13, HalifACT 2050, Halifax Police budget, Halifax Transit, Harry Ward, Iain Taylor, living wage, Nick Horne, Pamela Lovelace, Robert Holden, Tim Elms, Tom Arnold

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PRICED OUT

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.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

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. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Two young white women, one with dark hair and one blonde, smile at the camera on a sunny spring day.

Episode 79 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Grace McNutt and Linnea Swinimer are the Minute Women, two Haligonians who host a podcast of the same name about Canadian history as seen through a lens of Heritage Minutes (minutewomenpodcast.ca). In a lively celebration of the show’s second birthday, they stop by to reveal how curling brought them together in podcast — and now BFF — form, their favourite Minutes, that time they thought Jean Chretien was dead, and the impact their show has had. Plus music from brand-new ECMA winners Hillsburn and Zamani.

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