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About Yvette d'Entremont

Yvette d’Entremont is a bilingual (English/French) journalist writing news and features for The Halifax Examiner. email: [email protected]; Twitter

Fired up about fire

Morning File, Wednesday, August 10, 2022

August 10, 2022 By Philip Moscovitch and Yvette d'Entremont 6 Comments

News 1. Houston ditched by one of his friends In late July, Premier Tim Houston announced that his government was abolishing five crown corporations and consolidating them into two. Above is Jennifer Henderson’s photo from the media conference announcing the news. The two new entities, Invest Nova Scotia and Build Nova Scotia, were to be […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: alt text, backcountry camping, Bill McKibben, Build Nova Scotia, campfires, camping in parks, Clara-Jane Blye, Clive Thompson, Dr. Tim Holland, Emily Black, frontcountry camping, Health minister Michelle Thompson, Invest Nova Scotia, Jill Fleming, mental health crisis response, mental health treatment, mental illness, Newcomer Health Clinic, Premier Tim Houston, Sam Harris, Tom Hickey

Some Nova Scotians turning to ‘Your Doctors Online’ app for quick primary care access

August 4, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont 2 Comments

When Debbie Smith’s daughter began struggling with some physical issues at the end of May, she brought her to see their family doctor. But the Cole Harbour mother said their doctor was dismissive of the issue and they left frustrated with no resolution. When her daughter’s health didn’t improve, Smith knew she had to do […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health, News Tagged With: Department of Health and Wellness, doctor access, doctor app, doctor shortage, doctors app, emergency department, emergency department capacity issues, health app, health care, HealthATech Solutions Inc., Khalehla Perrault, Maple, MSI, Need A Family Practice, Nova Scotia, primary care access, rural hospitals, virtual care, Your Doctors Online

IWK: Supply chain ‘robust’ but sometimes ‘we may need to be creative’

August 3, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

While a North America-wide shortage of epidural catheter kits used in labour and delivery is on the IWK Health Centre’s radar, pregnant people are being advised there’s no reason to panic here. Two weeks ago the Saskatchewan Health Authority issued a media release advising families expecting a baby to “review pain management options with their […]

Filed Under: COVID, Featured, Health, News Tagged With: COVID-19, epidural catheter kit shortage, epidural catheter kits, epidurals, global supply chain shortages, hospital supplies, IWK, IWK Health Centre, labour and delivery, Matthew Campbell, Nova Scotia Health, pandemic, Reproductive Care Program of Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan Health Authority, supply chain issues, supply chain shortages, supply chains, Yvette d'Entremont

Valley hospital’s Team Lavender supports spiritual, emotional, psychological needs of health care workers

July 29, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

In his 13 years working at Valley Regional Hospital, Nick Swift says this is by far the most challenging time to be in health care. “Things are pretty stressful at the given moment. We’re dealing with a lot of patient volume and acuity, and it coincides with a lot of staff vacancies. So we’re dealing […]

Filed Under: COVID, Featured, Health, News, Province House Tagged With: capacity issues, Code Lavender, COVID, COVID-19, health care worker burnout, health care worker fatigue, health care workers, hospital stress, Kentville, Nick Swift, pandemic, Rev Dr. Debra Orton, Tamara Strong, Team Lavender, Valley Regional Hospital, Wall of Hope, Western Zone, Yvette d'Entremont

The perks of not waiting around for anyone

Morning File, Thursday, July 28, 2022

July 28, 2022 By Suzanne Rent, Yvette d'Entremont and Jennifer Henderson 2 Comments

News 1. Chender, Churchill concerned shelving art gallery could mean cuts, delays for other projects On Wednesday, Premier Tim Houston announced that the new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia project for the Halifax waterfront was being put on indefinite hold. The announcement was made in a news release. “We value the arts and want to make […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: ambulances, Avalon Sexual Assault Centre, going solo, Gwenn Dexter, health care crisis, inflation, Kevin MacMullin, Minister Brian Comer, Minister Michelle Thompson, MLA Kelly Regan, NDP Leader Claudia Chender, Nice List, paramedics, Premier Tim Houston, Question Period, Raylene Grant, road trip, Sarah Rodimon, sexual assault, Stephen Archibald, trauma therapy, Tri-Star Industries, vaccines for children

Behind the backlogs: waiting and waiting some more for health care

Morning File, Wednesday, July 27, 2022

July 27, 2022 By Ethan Lycan-Lang and Yvette d'Entremont 9 Comments

News 1. Vandalism threatens trees at Public Gardens Ever heard of girdling? You might know it by another name: ring-barking. For those unfamiliar, it’s the act of removing a strip of bark from the entire circumference of a tree trunk or branch. This creates a bark-free ring on a tree; everything above that ring will […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: backlogs, CBC, climate change, doctors, Environment Canada, Ethan Lycan-Lang, Globe and Mail, health care, health care worker fatigue, hockey, Hockey Canada, hot summers, It’s Not About Us; The Secret to Transforming the Mental Health and Addiction System in Canada, Jennifer Henderson, Maclean's, Matthew Byard, mental health, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Board of Examiners in Psychology (NSBEP), nurses, psychologist, Saint Mary's University, surgery backlogs, Todd Leader, wait lists, Yvette d'Entremont, Zane Woodford

Advocates applaud province’s decision to remove barriers for gender-affirming care, but say more needs to be done

July 20, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

Gender Affirming Care Nova Scotia (GCANS) is applauding a provincial government decision that will mean fewer barriers and shorter wait times for Nova Scotians seeking gender-affirming surgeries, but says this is just the beginning. “Gender Affirming Care Nova Scotia is happy to hear about the recent changes made by the Department of Health and Wellness […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health, News, Province House Tagged With: Abbey Ferguson, Cape Breton Transgender Network, Department of Health and Wellness, GAC, Garry Dart, Gender Affirming Care Nova Scotia, gender affirming surgery, gender-affirming care, Halifax Sexual Health Centre, Michelle Thompson, Nova Scotia Health, prideHealth, Sexual Health Nova Scotia, Stella Samuels, Veronica Merryfield, Yvette d'Entremont

Halifax researcher creates world’s first ultra-high resolution ultrasound endoscope for surgeries

July 19, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

A Nova Scotia researcher’s ultrasound device and accompanying tool with the potential to revolutionize brain and cancer surgeries and treatments have their roots in a beloved mentor’s brain cancer death. Dr. Jeremy Brown, a Dalhousie University professor and Nova Scotia Health (NSH) affiliate scientist, created what’s being described in an NSH media release as “the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health, News Tagged With: ACOA, acoustic neuromas, aneurysm, brain surgery, cancer, Dalhousie University, Dr. Geoff Lockwood, Dr. Jeremy Brown, glioblastoma, Nova Scotia Health, NSH, QEII Health Sciences Centre, therapeutic tool, tumour ablation, tumours, ultra-high resolution ultrasound endoscope, ultrasound, Yvette d'Entremont

Wanted: Healthy Nova Scotians willing to be infected with whooping cough

July 14, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont 2 Comments

It’s a warm and sunny summer day, but all that Dartmouth resident Sarah MacDonald wants to hear is that it’s miserable outside. MacDonald, 21, is isolating in a hospital room for 16 to 21 days and being exposed to whooping cough — by choice — as part of the first controlled human infection model study […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health, News Tagged With: Bordetella pertussis, Caitlin Ferry, Canadian Center for Vaccinology, CDC, Challenge Unit, controlled human infection model, Dr. May ElSherif, Dr. Scott Halperin, FDA, Health Canada, human challenge trial, isolation, IWK Health Centre, McGill University, pertussis, quarantine, Sarah MacDonald, vaccination, vaccines, whooping cough, Yvette d'Entremont

Dealing with difficult patients in health care

Morning File, Thursday, July 14, 2022

July 14, 2022 By Suzanne Rent and Yvette d'Entremont 9 Comments

News 1. Lisa Banfield’s 19 years of abuse Tim Bousquet’s latest article from the documents from the Mass Casualty Commission details the abuse Lisa Banfield endured from GW for 19 years: Dozens of people knew about the abuse. Her family knew about the abuse. The Wortman family knew about the abuse. Her friends knew about […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: abuse of doctors, Adam Reid, Bob Murphy, Carolyn Ray, CTV Atlantic, Deborah Page, Develop Nova Scotia, Doctors Nova Scotia, domestic violence, Dr. Leisha Hawker, emergency departments, Global Halifax, Halifax Harbour, Halifax Noice, Halifax Noise, Halifax Pride, harbour stairs, health care crisis, housing crisis, Housing Trust of Nova Scotia, Jazz Fest, Josée Caron, Karla Renić, Lisa Banfield, Lucy Niles, Maritime Noon, Mass Casualty Commission, Nova Scotia Health, Partner, Paul Hollingsworth, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Queens Landing, Ross Cantwell, Suzanne Rent, swimming in the harbour, Tara Thorne, The Tideline, The Weather Station., Tim Bousquet, Tim Krochak, Trisha Estabrooks, Wortman family, Yvette d'Entremont, Zane Woodford

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PRICED OUT

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents
PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

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.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Episode 90 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.
Gus the Tortoise, looking not a day over 90

What is there to say that hasn’t been said 100 times (probably more) about Halifax’s most famous animal? Gus — the de facto mascot of the Museum of Natural History — has been with the museum at its two locations since 1942, after being purchased in Florida for five American dollars. This weekend there are six chances to celebrate his life and sing happy hatch day to the oldest known living gopher tortoise in the world — Tara burrows into her love for him and his enduring place in the city’s tapestry.

Listen to the episode here.

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