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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 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

A arm is extended upward as if reaching for help in a dark room

Morning File, Poverty, Utilities, Women

It’s not unkind to criticize systems that keep us in the dark

by Suzanne Rent October 13, 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 deer stands on the lawn of a cemetery. In the background is a headstone with the name Hatcher engraved on it.

Morning File

Getting back to the earth with green burials

by Suzanne Rent October 6, 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

A lineup of cars at a fast food drive through on a foggy morning

Labour, Morning File

Another emergency and the lowest paid workers are the heroes once again

by Suzanne Rent September 27, 2022January 9, 2023

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

Two men in suits walking down the a street in downtown Halifax.

COVID, Journalism, Labour, Morning File

Deputy Premier Allan MacMaster: minimum wage shouldn’t be increased because inflation is making things more expensive

by Tim Bousquet September 9, 2022January 9, 2023

A woman with short dark hair in a pink t-shirt and ripped faded jeans stand on a step with a flag that says Child Care Now Nova Scotia

Economy, Families and Childcare, Labour, Province House

Early childhood educators rally in Halifax to demand living wage

by Suzanne Rent September 8, 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: Suzanne Rent

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

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

It’s not unkind to criticize systems that keep us in the dark

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

Getting back to the earth with green burials

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

Another emergency and the lowest paid workers are the heroes once again

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

Deputy Premier Allan MacMaster: minimum wage shouldn’t be increased because inflation is making things more expensive

Early childhood educators rally in Halifax to demand living wage

Councillors in favour of new Bedford library in proposed Mill Cove Ferry Terminal

Halifax councillors ask for report on school evacuation plans in wake of wildfire

Halifax council votes for four units on serviced lots, hopes to satisfy federal housing minister

Feed Nova Scotia ‘not surprised’ after report gives province failing grade for poverty reduction efforts

Ambulance service in ‘critical’ state, says Nova Scotia auditor general