Halifax Mutual Aid

• Housing rally held in Halifax a year after police-lead encampment evictions

  A rally for housing rights was held in downtown Halifax, in the same place where exactly one year ago, city police forcibly evicted unhoused people living in an encampment.

  Canada

  Aug 18, 2022
  
• Councillor, Halifax Mutual Aid point fingers after alleged assault in Dartmouth park

  After a recent assault, a Dartmouth, N.S., councillor has cast blame on a group of volunteers who made the shelter where it happened — but the group says there's more to the story.

  Canada

  Apr 26, 2022
  
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• Nova Scotians protest low wages, rising living costs as legislature’s spring sitting begins

  Dozens of people gathered outside the Nova Scotia legislature early Thursday afternoon to protest rising living costs, low wages and poverty in the province.

  Canada

  Mar 24, 2022
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• Unhoused people living in Halifax parks brace for first major snow storm

  The municipality has opened an emergency shelter for the duration of Wednesday night's snow storm.

  Features

  Dec 8, 2021
• How advocacy forced governments to confront Nova Scotia’s housing crisis

  In Part 3 of our series about homelessness in Halifax and N.S., we hear from advocates who say the work of community members forced governments to acknowledge the housing crisis.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2021
• Halifax cycling advocates decry police using bicycles as weapons

  'We believe that bicycles are tools of freedom, and should not be used for oppression or violence,' said a statement from the Halifax Cycling Coalition.

  Canada

  Aug 24, 2021
• Shelter residents, allies holding line at remaining Halifax encampments

  Volunteers are staying at encampments in Halifax and Dartmouth, where a handful of small wooden structures built by Halifax Mutual Aid remain.

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2021
• Federal program to add 43 new affordable housing units in HRM

  According to the province, as of July 6, there were 352 people seeking housing, which is 138 fewer than on Dec. 8, 2020.

  Economy

  Jul 14, 2021
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• ‘Hotels are not homes’: 10 groups call on Halifax to stop removal of temporary shelters

  The group said that the city's eviction actions are legally suspect and that the province isn't offering permanent housing solutions.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2021
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• ‘Heartbreaking’: With municipal teardown imminent, volunteers dismantle 2 tiny Halifax shelters

  The Halifax Regional Municipality has started tearing down temporary shelters in local parks, so a group of volunteers has decided to take charge on two of them.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2021