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

by Suzanne Rent October 17, 2022October 21, 2022

A housing support organization in Halifax now has a worker who helps survivors of domestic violence find housing and other services. Kay Spurr is the intimate partner case manager at Welcome Housing and Support Services and started the role in June. Spurr’s role is funded by Reaching Home, a community-based program from Infrastructure Canada aimed […]

A black and white photo from a newspaper showing a crash between a car and a police cruiser

Morning File

After Theresa McEvoy was killed, police mostly avoided high-speed chases in the urban area. But now they’re back, putting more innocent civilians at risk

by Tim Bousquet October 17, 2022January 5, 2023

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

Two workers wearing orange pants and hard hats walk on a messy street, with wires hanging down from above, and a pedestrian walk sign on the ground.

Economy

Amendments to Emergency “911” Act would require telcos to submit emergency plans, rebate customers for lost service

by Jennifer Henderson October 13, 2022January 5, 2023

About a dozen people stand or sit on a sidewalk in front of a red brick building. A sign above the entrance says Tacoma Family Medical Walk-In Clinic

Health, Province House

Province announces projects to recruit family doctors, improve access to health care

by Jennifer Henderson October 12, 2022October 20, 2022

A group of protestors with signs stand at a monument at a Grand Parade in downtown Halifax.

Labour

Nova Scotia announces wage hikes for early childhood educators, but some still won’t make a living wage

by Suzanne Rent October 11, 2022January 5, 2023

A woman in a black sweater with a floral print sits on the floor with a dog with beige and black fur

Equity and Equality

Blind, partially sighted Nova Scotians say they’re being denied access to spaces because of their guide dogs

by Suzanne Rent September 29, 2022January 5, 2023

Province House

Elections Nova Scotia wants e-voting option for provincial elections

by Zane Woodford September 28, 2022January 5, 2023

Morning File

After Hurricane Juan, power was out for four to five days; 19 years later, nothing has changed

by Tim Bousquet September 26, 2022January 9, 2023

Commentary, Energy, Province House

Nova Scotia government announces a target of five gigawatts of offshore wind energy

by Joan Baxter September 21, 2022January 9, 2023

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents — Credit: Halifax Examiner. All rights reserved.

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: Nova Scotia

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

After Theresa McEvoy was killed, police mostly avoided high-speed chases in the urban area. But now they’re back, putting more innocent civilians at risk

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

Amendments to Emergency “911” Act would require telcos to submit emergency plans, rebate customers for lost service

Province announces projects to recruit family doctors, improve access to health care

Nova Scotia announces wage hikes for early childhood educators, but some still won’t make a living wage

Blind, partially sighted Nova Scotians say they’re being denied access to spaces because of their guide dogs

Elections Nova Scotia wants e-voting option for provincial elections

After Hurricane Juan, power was out for four to five days; 19 years later, nothing has changed

Nova Scotia government announces a target of five gigawatts of offshore wind energy

Nova Scotia launches review of provincial policing structure

Brad Johns once again spins the revolving door of SIRT directorship, but that won’t solve the crisis of legitimacy for the police oversight board

Mount Uniacke residents organize, submit comments as quarry owners apply for expansion

Halifax MP says council can go higher on federal housing application

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