The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. A new phone line has been launched by East Coast Prison Justice Society (ECPJS) to monitor conditions in provincial jails during the COVID-19 epidemic. Sheila Wildeman, Chair of the ECPJS, says that the line grew out of a planned project to monitor provincial jails. When COVID-19 closed facilities to … [Read More...]
Frontline workers: Emergency department housekeeper
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Maria Boutilier started working in the housekeeping department at the Halifax Infirmary in the … [Read More...]
RCMP’s rural policing is an ongoing disaster, say Colchester County councillors
The RCMP’s rural policing strategy has been for many years an ongoing disaster and a danger to the public in Colchester County, say two municipal councillors with … [Read More...]
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Halifax will hold modified summer day camps
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Halifax will hold some modified day camps for kids this summer after a vote by regional councillors on Thursday, but the details are sparse. As part of the recast COVID-19 budget … [Read More...]
What to do if you’re lost in the woods
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Frontline workers: Grocery store staff
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. As a grocery store employee, Aaron (we’re not using his real name so he doesn't face disciplinary action from his employer) is an essential worker, but like many retail employees, … [Read More...]
Healthy Bays Network: Fish farms are not just a rural issue; people in Halifax should be concerned
A group of community organizations opposed to open-net finfish farms in Nova Scotia have pooled their resources and formed a … [Read More...]
Opposition critics on the Advisory Council on the Status of Women call for an inquiry into mass murder, but McNeil government demurs
A provincial public inquiry into the April mass shooting that resulted in the deaths of 22 people in Nova Scotia is … [Read More...]
COVID-19 update: Most businesses in Nova Scotia can reopen June 5
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Premier McNeil: A message from my grandmother about the RCMP
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Halifax developer proposes 23-storey tower for Robie Street under baked-in Centre Plan exception
Developer Danny Chedrawe submitted a new proposal for his Robie Street property this week, seeking approval for a … [Read More...]
The Torstar sale leaves a gaping hole in the Canadian news scene, but journalism can still thrive
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Frontline workers: Doctors
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Council approves Halifax Transit’s ‘transformative’ plans. Now it has to convince the province to pay up
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COVID-19 restrictions are causing a mental health crisis: Dal prof
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Now comes the Poodemic
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As a Halifax-area woman becomes the 59th Nova Scotian to die with COVID-19, the premier hints all businesses will be allowed to reopen in “early June”
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Three wildfires rage across Nova Scotia
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Hospitals and outpatient clinics resuming regular service
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Halifax councillors vote for smaller cuts to police and fire, saving Upper Sackville station
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This little vaccine did not go to market: how private sector “innovators” can slow down life-saving treatments
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Frontline workers: cab drivers
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Halifax Transit proposes electric buses in dedicated lanes, fast ferries with new Rapid Transit Strategy
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Halifax police chief lays out options for smaller budget cuts
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Here’s what the RCMP doesn’t want you to know about the mass murder investigation
Documents newly obtained by the Halifax Examiner related to the April 18/19 mass murder in Nova Scotia are so redacted by the … [Read More...]
Halifax widening 900 metres of sidewalk on Spring Garden, Quinpool roads
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