This week, downtown Halifax's Navigator Outreach Program released its latest count of people sleeping outside in HRM. The count has almost doubled since last August's report, and the program lead says he sees homelessness rising all the time.
Nova Scotia's first Crown attorney dedicated to handling human trafficking offences expects the number of cases to rise as more survivors come forward. The province already has the highest rates of human trafficking in the country.
A bill the Nova Scotia government says is aimed at addressing the housing shortage in the Halifax area has been amended following concerns by a group representing African Nova Scotians.