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A blue oval heritage plaque on the stone wall of the Old Presbyterian Manse

Health, Housing, Local History, Morning File

A part of our built heritage: what we get when we preserve or replace

by Ethan Lycan-Lang July 20, 2022January 9, 2023

News 1. Commission to review RCMP handling of sexual assault complaints from Susie Butlin Three days after the RCMP rebuffed her fears in September 2017, Susie Butlin was murdered by the man who sexually assaulted her. On Tuesday, the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) “initiated a complaint and public interest investigation into the RCMP’s […]

City Hall

Halifax planning advisory committee in favour of 16-storey Gottingen Street development

by Zane Woodford June 4, 2020October 20, 2022

Housing

Victoria Hall has been converted into apartments

by Tim Bousquet July 3, 2014February 2, 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.

Tag: Victoria Hall

A part of our built heritage: what we get when we preserve or replace

Halifax planning advisory committee in favour of 16-storey Gottingen Street development

Victoria Hall has been converted into apartments

Horsewoman in training: Learning to ride a horse is all about training the human

Councillor quits Peggy’s Cove Commission over ‘unfair and unreasonable position of conflict’

Dartmouth shelter to close next week, leaving residents scrambling to find housing

While Demario Chambers waited over three years for justice, the cop who beat him up was paid more than $300,000 for doing no work at all

Halifax EPA pens letter to premier asking him to intervene in school support workers strike