Yvette d'Entremont, Author at Halifax Examiner

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PRICED OUT

‘Do your due diligence,’ says Lunenburg property owner after couple scammed by fake rental ad

by Yvette d'Entremont January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

Couple paid $2,000 security deposit on a basement apartment that didn’t exist.

A dark grey house with a small attached building to the right. Each building has a bright blue door, and the house's roof is a bright blue, white and red Acadian flag. Small Acadian flags line the walkway leading to the main door.

Francophone Nova Scotia

La Vieille Maison, the Acadian ‘old house,’ is finalist in National historic preservation contest

by Yvette d'Entremont January 30, 2023January 30, 2023

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Women

Nova Scotia to be included in community-based study about pandemic, violence against women

by Yvette d'Entremont January 27, 2023January 27, 2023

A physiotherapist's hands work on a patient clad in a blue gown sitting on a bed. The physiotherapist has a hand on the back of their leg and knee, placing a white bandage around the knee.

Health

Physiotherapists advocating to have role in emergency departments in Nova Scotia

by Yvette d'Entremont January 26, 2023January 26, 2023

A person in a blue scrub suit is seen from the neck down bending over and holding the hand of a patient lying in a hospital bed.

Health

‘Pay now or pay later:’ spend more on public health in Nova Scotia, committee hears

by Yvette d'Entremont January 20, 2023January 20, 2023

A duplex. The apartment on the left has vinyl siding, and the apartment on the right has a faux brick siding.

Morning File

The housing economy: people with money prey on people struggling to simply stay alive

by Tim Bousquet and Yvette d'Entremont January 18, 2023January 18, 2023

A large piece of brown cardboard ripped into a rectangle with the word HELP written on it in black pen lies on top of some clothing in a grocery cart.

Province House

Nova Scotians on income assistance ‘live a life of damaging poverty,’ advocate tells committee

by Yvette d'Entremont January 11, 2023January 11, 2023

A woman sits on a bench in front of the Halifax Infirmary's emergency department.

Health

EHS reminds Nova Scotians to ‘make the right call’ to access health care over holiday season

by Yvette d'Entremont December 23, 2022January 3, 2023

A sitting woman with blond hair grimaces while a health care worker wearing a blue surgical mask dressed in white injects her with a vaccine.

COVID

Answering questions on COVID-19 boosters, long-COVID, masks, and more

by Yvette d'Entremont December 20, 2022December 20, 2022

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.

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2020 MASS MURDERS

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, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong. Click here to listen to the podcast.

Author Archives: Yvette d'Entremont

‘Do your due diligence,’ says Lunenburg property owner after couple scammed by fake rental ad

La Vieille Maison, the Acadian ‘old house,’ is finalist in National historic preservation contest

Nova Scotia to be included in community-based study about pandemic, violence against women

Physiotherapists advocating to have role in emergency departments in Nova Scotia

‘Pay now or pay later:’ spend more on public health in Nova Scotia, committee hears

The housing economy: people with money prey on people struggling to simply stay alive

Nova Scotians on income assistance ‘live a life of damaging poverty,’ advocate tells committee

EHS reminds Nova Scotians to ‘make the right call’ to access health care over holiday season

Answering questions on COVID-19 boosters, long-COVID, masks, and more

Pilot project to allow pharmacists to treat patients for minor ailments, chronic diseases

Bridgewater affordable housing project likely a no-go as non-profit denied tax exemption

Sandwiches are beautiful and so are essays about them

Halifax police board recommends increased budget, rejects proposed new positions

Halifax Shipyard workers sign new contract for raises, more benefits