Many First Nations across the country used checkpoints and lockdowns to keep the novel coronavirus out of their communities as cases spiked elsewhere.

Inequalities contributed to COVID-19 surge in western First Nations

Isolated communites fared well at first, but experts say when COVID arrived crowded housing helped it spread

By Dayne Patterson

2 weeks ago | Investigative Longform

Jonatan Carette, who was moved from foster home to foster home.

Quebec's child welfare system is badly in need of repair

Shortages in resources for foster families lead to frequent relocations of foster children

By Marianne Lassonde

Jul 6, 2021 | Investigative Longform

Brandon Maloney keeps an eye on commercial fishing boats as Mi'kmaw fishers exercise their treaty right to fish for a moderate livelihood.

Netukulimk: Our way forward

For Mi’kmaq, one guiding principle leads the way to a rights-based fishery

By Reporting in Mi'kma'ki class

Jun 22, 2021 | News

Diane Fletcher-Falvey signing "round" in ASL.

Teaching hands to talk

If you live in Nova Scotia, Diane Fletcher-Falvey says, you need to know the sign for Tim Hortons

By Chelsy Mahar

Jun 17, 2021 | Longform

Spotlight

2020 COPA Silver Award Winner, Best Interactive/Infographic Story (Academic)

Newsrooms, the heat is on

Scientists and governments have declared a climate emergency. Journalists debate.

Nov 18, 2019

A panoramic view towards the mouth of the Halifax Harbour, spanning the Dartmouth waterfront to the Halifax waterfront, from the centre of the A. Murray MacKay Bridge.

2020 COPA Gold Award Winner, Best Interactive/Infographic Story (Academic)

Harbour rising

Climate change will cause the waters in Halifax Harbour to rise by a metre or more, threatening more than a billion dollars of harbourfront real estate

Nov 9, 2019

Congregate living settings in Western Canada have been hit hard during the second wave of COVID-19.

For long-term care homes in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, COVID came later, then hit hard

Experts say homes need sweeping changes to safely house vulnerable seniors

By Dayne Patterson

May 6, 2021 | News

Those experiencing homelessness in Toronto have continued sleeping in public spaces like Grange Park during the pandemic.

COVID in TorontoStaying safe a daily struggle for the homeless

City's efforts to house the most vulnerable fall short

By Benjamin Elliott

Apr 28, 2021 | News

Crumpled pieces of paper with the words Human Trafficking.

"I don’t let my daughter go to sleepovers"

Sex-trafficking can cause severe and unique forms of post-traumatic stress disorder; survivors reveal how they learned to cope and how they now help others.

By Rachael Dyal

Apr 27, 2021 | News

Ry Shissler says they’d like to see lessons learned from last year “not just thrown aside as emergency measures.” Chief among them are that people will ride bikes if it’s safe to do so and the infrastructure is there.

COVID in TorontoToronto bike sharing trips have surged during COVID-19

Torontonians turned to program in record numbers in 2020 as they got outdoors and avoided transit

By Stephanie Roberts

Apr 23, 2021 | News

Street art along Vanier Parkway in Ottawa

COVID in OttawaBeing in poverty is tough and COVID-19 just makes it tougher

Advocates say government support programs let too many people fall through the cracks

By Kaarina Stiff

Apr 23, 2021 | News

IAPMD’s executive director Sandi MacDonald poses for her portrait at the University of King’s College in Halifax on March 16, 2021.

Halifax woman’s non-profit offers support for people with premenstrual disorders

International Association for Premenstrual Disorders (IAPMD) has just started providing live peer support sessions for people locally and around the globe

By Ella MacDonald

Apr 7, 2021 | Health News

A patron at Durty Nelly's pub on Argyle Street in Halifax enjoys a glass of beer on March 31, 2021. Depending on if the province decides to loosen public liquor laws, patrons might not be required to stay inside that fence to crack a cold one.

Eased public drinking rules in Canada spark conversation in Halifax

Some say relaxing public drinking laws could curb irresponsible drinking, help businesses

By Luke Dyment

Apr 1, 2021 | News