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How safe is dentistry in the pandemic? Dalhousie researchers aim to find out

February 27, 2021 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Dental and dental hygiene students and staff continue to regularly attend Canadian college and university campuses during the pandemic, but little is known about the occupational risks they face working in university dental clinics, labs, and offices. […]

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What does a recovery of the tourism industry look like?

February 26, 2021 By Yvette d'Entremont 2 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. The “devastating” impacts of COVID-19 on Atlantic Canada’s tourism sector and the policies that could support a post-pandemic recovery were discussed during an online forum hosted by the MacEachen Institute on Thursday. “There’s a new player in […]

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Here’s how people older than 80 will be vaccinated in Nova Scotia

February 19, 2021 By Yvette d'Entremont 2 Comments

Friday’s COVID-19 briefing was Nova Scotia’s 100th, Premier Stephen McNeil’s last, and a busy one for announcements. The province’s vaccine rollout is expanding with the creation of 10 community-based clinics open to Nova Scotians ages 80 and older. On March 8, clinics will open in Halifax, New Minas, Sydney and Truro. Clinics will open in […]

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Can UV lights in nursing homes (and elsewhere) stop COVID-19?

February 17, 2021 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. A new $1.7 million research project announced by Research Nova Scotia on Wednesday will investigate whether installing UV lights in long-term care facilities reduces infections by killing airborne viral transmissions. If the technology does what researchers expect, […]

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COVID and cancer: lockdowns and fears of catching the virus are leading to delayed cancer diagnoses and likely to more deaths

“The message we need to get out to our cancer patients is that it is different, but we're still here and they should not be cancelling appointments because of a fear of being exposed to COVID."

February 10, 2021 By Yvette d'Entremont 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Since losing his mother to an aggressive cancer in December, Paul Service wonders how much longer — and how much more comfortably — she may have lived if not for the pandemic. “I can’t tell you it […]

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Nova Scotia’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program is expanding

February 5, 2021 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

The provincial co-ordinator of a program providing specialized care for survivors of sexual violence says its expansion is “momentous.” On Friday, the Department of Health and Wellness announced the province’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program (SANE) is expanding to Shelburne, Cumberland, and Colchester counties. As of Feb. 1, SANE services have been available at Roseway […]

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While the pandemic is keeping people home, few are learning how to cook new things

February 3, 2021 By Yvette d'Entremont 6 Comments

A new report released today examines whether Canadians are more food literate now than before the pandemic. Survey says? Slightly. Photo: Max DelsidThe Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Since the pandemic began 10 months ago, Jackie Atwood finds herself spending far more time […]

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Redressing Black Displacement: “a Canadian conversation about Blackness”

February 2, 2021 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

The impact of urban renewal on Canadian racialized communities, including North Preston, was the subject of a live virtual panel discussion hosted by ULI (Urban Land Institute) Toronto on Monday. During the online event, advocates from North Preston, Toronto, and Vancouver outlined how their communities have endured the effects of urban renewal, how they’re overcoming […]

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Quarantines, lockdowns, and physical distancing were “recipe” for eating disorders

February 2, 2021 By Yvette d'Entremont 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Eating Disorders Nova Scotia (EDNS) has launched a new pilot program to help meet a pandemic-fuelled demand for affordable and accessible recovery options. The not-for-profit organization helps people whose lives are impacted by an eating disorder. When the […]

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Stirring the pot: more Canadians cooking with cannabis during pandemic

High prices and a limited selection of legal edibles has many making their own or turning to illicit market.

January 22, 2021 By Yvette d'Entremont

The pandemic has housebound Canadians spending more time in their kitchens, and it turns out an increasing number aren’t just baking bread. They’re baking with bud. A recent poll conducted by Dalhousie University suggests that since the start of the pandemic, 11.2% of Canadians have made their own cannabis edibles for the first time. Sylvain...

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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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