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At a row of houses under construction on a sunny day, workers grip a window from the inside as they lift it into place.

Province House

Halifax pans bill giving province veto power on housing and development bylaws

by Zane Woodford October 31, 2022November 9, 2022

Halifax Mayor Mike Savage said the bill ‘came with no notice and no respect for municipal authority.’

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.

Tag: municipal bylaws

Halifax pans bill giving province veto power on housing and development bylaws

Pilot project to allow pharmacists to treat patients for minor ailments, chronic diseases

Bridgewater affordable housing project likely a no-go as non-profit denied tax exemption

Sandwiches are beautiful and so are essays about them

Halifax police board recommends increased budget, rejects proposed new positions

Halifax Shipyard workers sign new contract for raises, more benefits