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Nurse recruitment during the pandemic is challenging, but going reasonably well

March 23, 2021 By Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. When Mary Ellen Gurnham retired in May 2019, she was a senior administrator with Nova Scotia Health responsible for education and practice standards for nurses and other healthcare professionals. She was also a Registered Nurse (RN) with […]

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Nova Scotia introduces bill to open adoption records

March 12, 2021 By Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

“We took a massive leap forward today,” a jubilant Scott Pyke told journalists today after Community Services Minister Kelly Regan tabled legislation to make it easier for adopted children and birth parents to find each other.  Nova Scotia is the last province in Canada to open up adoption records that had allowed birth parents an […]

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Judge: Extinction Rebellion protestors are “well-intentioned and play a role in our modern-day democracy”

Blockades of logging roads in Digby county were intended to protect Mainland Moose habitat.

March 11, 2021 By Jennifer Henderson 2 Comments

Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Kevin Coady has granted WestFor Management a permanent injunction to prevent Extinction Rebellion protesters from blockading roads to licensed harvesting sites at Rockypoint Lake and Napier Lake in Digby County.  But Coady ruled against a request from the consortium of sawmills to broaden or extend that injunction to other sites […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News

No clear answers to clearcut questions

Officials from the Department of Lands & Forestry give only vague assurances that tighter logging rules will be applied, eventually.

March 11, 2021 By Jennifer Henderson

Which rules are going to apply to hundreds of harvests approved on Crown land during the 2.5 years since the Lahey Report came out: the Interim Guide in place today or new rules poised to be introduced that will force companies to take less wood and leave more trees behind to improve biodiversity? That’s an...

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Nova Scotia announces changes to improve emergency response times

March 9, 2021 By Jennifer Henderson

It’s been a month since a 49-year-old Bass River woman named April George experienced a heart attack and her husband waited 80 minutes for an ambulance to arrive. Sadly, George did not survive.  Sadly, the story of her husband calling 911 and waiting more than hour for paramedics to arrive in a rural community is...

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More delays at Muskrat Falls hydro project

March 8, 2021 By Jennifer Henderson

The Muskrat Falls megaproject that is already more than two years late in delivering hydroelectricity to Nova Scotia needed to meet renewable energy goals has hit another series of speed bumps.  Work on the additional two generating units needed to deliver hydro from Labrador to Nova Scotia will take a month longer than forecast a...

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How a Halifax native is restoring looted art to Afghanistan

Morning File, Friday, March 5, 2021

March 5, 2021 By Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson 6 Comments

News 1. Glen Assoun “The Province of Nova Scotia has reached a financial settlement with Glen Assoun, the Dartmouth man who spent 17 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of murdering Brenda Way,” reports Jennifer Henderson: Assoun was fully exonerated two years ago this week — on March 1, 2019. Although he received a […]

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Nova Scotia finally reaches a financial settlement with Glen Assoun, compensating him for the 17 years he was imprisoned for a crime he did not commit

March 4, 2021 By Jennifer Henderson 1 Comment

The Province of Nova Scotia has reached a financial settlement with Glen Assoun, the Dartmouth man who spent 17 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of murdering Brenda Way. Assoun was fully exonerated two years ago this week — on March 1, 2019. Although he received a tiny interim compensation, the wait for a […]

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Every Nova Scotian who wants to get vaccinated will receive the first dose by the end of June, says Rankin

Halifax-area restrictions lifted; three new cases of COVID-19 announced.

March 4, 2021 By Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Premier Iain Rankin told journalists after the first meeting of his new cabinet today that all Nova Scotians can expect to receive their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of June. That statement is […]

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SIRT says ballistics report confirmed officers fired just five shots outside Onslow Fire Hall

March 3, 2021 By Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

Five shots and only five shots were fired by two RCMP officers during a controversial shoot-out at the Onslow Belmont Fire Hall in the midst of a manhunt for a mass killer last April 19, according to Felix Cacchione, director of the Serious Incident Response Team. No criminal charges will be laid against the police […]

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Keonté Beals. Photo: Keke Beatz

Episode #21 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

The young R&B artist Keonté Beals — Tara’s former NSCC student, by the way — started out singing in church in North Preston and performing popular covers before digging into who he is an artist. On his debut album KING, he sings about love, loyalty, and authenticity. He zooms in for a chat about its creation, his children’s book, and how not even a pandemic can keep him down.

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month.

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Uncover: Dead Wrong

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

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