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Rhetoric ramps up over non-resident property tax

by Philip Moscovitch May 3, 2022January 30, 2023

News 1. Pitch your tent here … or else A Halifax staff report proposes sanctioning overnight tenting in some parks, and evicting people from all others in the municipality. The staff report, by parks and recreation special projects manager Max Chauvin and parks and recreation executive director Maggie MacDonald, comes to council today, Zane Woodford […]

A black and white photo of a Black pregnant woman lying on a sofa.

COVID, Province House, Women

New study shows getting COVID-19 when pregnant increases risks of hospitalization, premature birth, ICU admissions

by Yvette d'Entremont May 3, 2022November 18, 2022

A colourful grocery store display of vegetables including yellow and red onions, tomatoes, cucumbers.

Economy, Poverty

Report: Families expected to pay $966 more for groceries next year

by Yvette d'Entremont December 9, 2021December 22, 2022

A photo of tiny red wooden houses lined up in a row on a wooden table

PRICED OUT

What does the term “affordable housing” really mean?

by Suzanne Rent November 24, 2021June 20, 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.

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Rhetoric ramps up over non-resident property tax

New study shows getting COVID-19 when pregnant increases risks of hospitalization, premature birth, ICU admissions

Report: Families expected to pay $966 more for groceries next year

What does the term “affordable housing” really mean?

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

Giving people food doesn’t solve food insecurity long term, but giving people money can

Halifax councillors consider new campaign financing limits

Health care administrative professionals rally across Nova Scotia demanding better pay