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A hand holding a sign that reads "Not your body, not your choice"
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax councillors consider letter in support of abortion access

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford July 25, 2022January 3, 2023

Pending approval from all of regional council, Halifax Mayor Mike Savage may write a letter to the federal health minister “opposing any bill or motion that is intended to restrict abortion or reduce access to abortions in Canada.” Council’s Executive Standing Committee recommended in favour of the letter at its meeting on Monday, forwarding a […]

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
A steel grater sits on a wooden cutting board next to a small pile of freshly shredded ginger.
Posted inMorning File

The casual ableism of cooking snobbery

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch June 28, 2022January 30, 2023
A Halifax Transit bus, the number 7 robie, pulls away from a bus stop on a sunny summer day.
Posted inMorning File

Cheap transit: low fares, high returns

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang May 5, 2022October 17, 2022
A colourful photo of various methods of birth control, including condoms, pills, and IUDs
Posted inHealth, Province House, Women

Free contraception offers significant cost savings, improvements in population health, advocates tell Standing Committee on Health

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont April 12, 2022November 18, 2022
Birth control methods including the ring, IUD, and pills
Posted inCommentary, Government, Health, Province House, Women

Nova Scotia can demonstrate public sector leadership in sexual health by committing to free contraception for all

by Martha Paynter April 12, 2022October 20, 2022
Apples in a row.
Posted inEducation

Is it time for more nurses in schools?

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch September 4, 2020January 16, 2023
Posted inWomen

Signs, signs, everywhere a sign

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent July 15, 2020November 6, 2022
Posted inCity Hall, Commentary

In the midst of a crisis over policing, Halifax’s police commission has cancelled its scheduled meetings and is declining to accept public input

A smiling young Black woman with long wavy hair by El Jones June 15, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inCommentary

How Halifax council can (and must) regulate police use of force

by Harry Critchley June 9, 2020October 20, 2022

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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.


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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by Philip Moscovitch January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

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by Zane Woodford January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

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by Jennifer Henderson January 31, 2023January 31, 2023
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