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The milky way at night. Two shooting stars streak across the sky
Posted inArts and Culture, Morning File

Starry with a chance of showers

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang August 12, 2022January 9, 2023

News 1. HRP tell police review board their officer made ‘unlawful arrest’ in 2019 tasing You may remember an incident back in December 2019, when a Halifax Regional Police officer tased a Black man on Quinpool Road after issuing him a ticket. The officer in question, Const. Nicole Green, was found in disciplinary default after […]

Two small shelters and several tents in a park.
Posted inCity Hall, Commentary, PRICED OUT, Province House

People’s Park, the police, and the solution that isn’t

by Stephen Kimber August 7, 2022January 9, 2023
Tents covered with tarps to make them rain proof at Meagher Park, on a dark autumn day.
Posted inCity Hall, Policing, PRICED OUT

Halifax officially asks police to clear Meagher Park

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford August 5, 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.
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax mobilizing police to clear unhoused people from Meagher Park

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford August 2, 2022January 3, 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
Three baseball lined up on a cement rail
Posted inArts and Culture, Indigenous Nova Scotia, Morning File

Catching a baseball: Are some things just for kids or do adults get dreams, too?

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang July 6, 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.
Posted inCity Hall, PRICED OUT

Halifax councillors tweak staff plan to designate tent sites in city parks

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford May 4, 2022October 20, 2022
Two small shelters and several tents in a park.
Posted inCity Hall, PRICED OUT

Municipal staff recommend allowing tents at a handful of Halifax-area parks

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford May 2, 2022October 20, 2022
Posted inCity Hall, Investigation, PRICED OUT

People’s Park: ‘None of this is sustainable’

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont September 1, 2021October 20, 2022
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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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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