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A dingy motel is seen on a cloudy day. On the sign out front, in faded letters along the top, it says Howard Johnson. Underneath, Bluenose Inn & Suites. Below that, in removable letters: MONTHLY $1000 and a phone number, and then the website for the inn, thebluenoseinn.com.

Crime and Courts, Housing, PRICED OUT

Bluenose Inn and Suites landlord appeals tenant’s win after renoviction

by Zane Woodford September 22, 2022January 9, 2023

A Halifax-area landlord is taking a former tenant to small claims court after he was ordered to pay more than $13,000 for an illegal renoviction. Residential tenancies officer Jason Warham ordered John Ghosn, owner of Bluenose Inn and Suites on the Bedford Highway, to pay Brandy McGuire after she was evicted from the building last […]

A young woman wearing a denim jacket and patterned shorts stands in front of microphones on a street corner. Behind her are two people holding signs

Housing, PRICED OUT

Halifax woman says decision in renoviction case a ‘relief,’ calls for more rights for other tenants

by Suzanne Rent September 12, 2022January 9, 2023

A woman wearing a red shirt, denim jacket and a necklace stands in front of a building under construction. It's raining.

Halifax woman fights renoviction as municipality threatens landlord with fines

by Zane Woodford September 1, 2022January 3, 2023

A gold JUNO award against a multi-coloured abstract background

Arts and Culture, Morning File

The JUNOS: put our money where the music is

by Ethan Lycan-Lang August 25, 2022January 9, 2023

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents

PRICED OUT Resource List

by Suzanne Rent August 24, 2022March 15, 2023

Two small shelters and several tents in a park.

City 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

A shot looking into the walkway that runs through Meagher Park. Tents surround it and two wooden emergency shelters stand in the background.

Halifax mobilizing police to clear unhoused people from Meagher Park

by Zane Woodford August 2, 2022January 3, 2023

Federal, provincial governments pledge millions to preserve Nova Scotia co-op, nonprofit housing

by Zane Woodford July 25, 2022January 3, 2023

A man in a suit wearing glasses speaks at a podium outside an apartment building on a sunny day.

Nova Scotia offering low interest mortgages for nonprofit housing purchases

by Zane Woodford July 13, 2022January 3, 2023

Halifax police board asked to make policy on encampment enforcement

by Zane Woodford July 7, 2022January 3, 2023

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.