News 1. Disabled people can't properly enjoy lots of money, says adjudicator "Beth MacLean is an intellectually disabled middle-aged woman who spent 35 years in institutions, including more than four years in a locked-down psychiatric unit of the Nova Scotia Hospital known as Emerald Hall," writes Jennifer Henderson: She is currently living at Quest in Lower Sackville … [Read More...]
Compensation of $100K for three disabled people who fought for human rights
Beth MacLean is an intellectually disabled middle-aged woman who spent 35 years in institutions, including more than four years in a locked-down psychiatric unit of … [Read More...]
Halifax Transit moving forward together, but without some Beaver Bankers
News 1. 198 workers out of a job as Web.com closes Yarmouth location Almost 200 employees at Web.com in Yarmouth were told yesterday that their location is … [Read More...]
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A non-existent service is Nova Scotia’s top attraction
News 1. Cassidy Bernard's ex-boyfriend arrested for her murder Yesterday, RCMP announced second-degree murder charges against 20-year-old Austin Isadore. He is accused of killing Bernard last year. Isadore was her ex-boyfriend and is the father … [Read More...]
Euphemism watch: Jails are now “prisoner care facilities”
News 1. Health care funding Canadian premiers met Monday and issued a call for a 5.2% annual bump in the Canada Health Transfer, among other demands. Andrea Gunn reported on the meeting for the Chronicle Herald: Nova Scotia Premier Stephen … [Read More...]
The Ivany Report set a target of a $4 billion tourism industry in Nova Scotia by 2024. We’re nowhere near that. Now what?
Despite making significant progress in attracting more visitors and generating $2.6 billion in revenue last year, the province’s tourism industry is still a long way from the goal of $4 billion by 2024 envisioned by the Ivany Report five years … [Read More...]
How a Young Avenue property is being flipped to “Canada’s worst landlord”
News 1. Gerald Regan Writes Stephen Kimber: How do you reconcile the contradictory facts of our 19th premier's life? … [Read More...]
Coming to terms with the complicated legacy of Gerald Regan
“I think you know every Canadian knows you’re guilty. And you can take that to your grave!” Court spectator Mark … [Read More...]
Feeling blue? Go to the purple house
One of the stories I think the Examiner has covered best recently is the Northern Pulp saga. As Joan Baxter pointed out … [Read More...]
Street check apology misses the point: Black people continue to be profiled and surveilled
On Friday, November 29, Halifax Police Chief Dan Kinsella will apologize to the African Nova Scotian community for street … [Read More...]
The Halifax Regional Police have some questions for you
It's party time! November is subscription drive month, so we're having a party to celebrate. Drop into Bearly's (1269 … [Read More...]
Health Authority hits re-set button
Four years after the amalgamation of nine separate district health authorities into one centralized organization known as the … [Read More...]
Central Nova MP Sean Fraser: Don’t change Boat Harbour Act
Even if Northern Pulp’s controversial new effluent treatment plant gets the green light from the Nova Scotia Department of … [Read More...]
NOT GUILTY: The missing Gerald Regan Chapters, Part 2
It remains one of the most intriguing and enduring mysteries of the Gerald Regan era. Who stole the tape recording of the … [Read More...]
NOT GUILTY: The missing Gerald Regan Chapters, Part 1
Before there was Jian Ghomeshi, or Bill Cosby, or Donald Trump, there was Gerald Regan. On March 15, 1995, the RCMP … [Read More...]
“A victory for tenants everywhere”
Party this Sunday! The annual Halifax Examiner subscriber party takes place at Bearly's (1269 Barrington Street) on Sunday, … [Read More...]
(Can we stop) talkin’ ’bout our generations?
November Subscription Drive: How a paywall can actually make a newspaper better Christine Schmidt in Nieman Lab writes about … [Read More...]
The Ecology Action Centre says Nova Scotia can be completely off coal by 2030
Hey, come to our party! Join us Sunday, December 1, 4-7pm at Bearly’s (1269 Barrington Street). Entry is free for all … [Read More...]
Province stalls home for disabled adults
After the 2019 Emerald Hall decision affirmed that people with disabilities have the right to adequate care in the community, … [Read More...]
Doctors’ deal within government’s public sector wage guidelines? Not really
We won’t know for certain until Wednesday (Nov. 27) whether Nova Scotia’s 3,100 doctors have agreed to a new four-year … [Read More...]
Four men will lecture on women’s contributions to a militarized world
I moved to Halifax in December 1, 2004. At the time, there was a strong journalism industry locally — two daily newspapers, … [Read More...]
Why open adoption records matter
Party! This item is written by Tim Bousquet. November is subscription drive month, and that means our annual … [Read More...]
Bad math at Lands & Forestry
In what can only be described as a peculiar series of events, the Department of Lands and Forestry is cancelling the third … [Read More...]
Northern Pulp’s “political game”
The story of the bleached kraft pulp mill in Pictou County, which has already dragged on for 53 years, is coming to a … [Read More...]
Environmentalists say logging companies are rushing clearcuts near Lake Deception before new forest regulations come into effect
Environmental groups are pushing back against three proposed cuts in a rural area near Lake Deception north of … [Read More...]
Bad news for local journalism
News 1. Torstar shuts down StarMetro newspapers The Toronto Star is closing down all of the StarMetro newspapers across … [Read More...]