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A nurse holding a needle containing COVID-19 vaccine prepares to inject a patient.

Crime and Courts, Health, Province House

Department of Health suing Antigonish doctor in connection with refusal to get COVID-19 vaccination

by Suzanne Rent November 9, 2023November 20, 2023

A hand with pale purple nails holds a white and orange box containing the Shingrix (shingles) vaccine.

Health, Province House

Seniors advocate, pharmacist call on Nova Scotia to cover shingles vaccine for people over age 50

by Yvette d'Entremont November 9, 2023November 20, 2023

A blue community sign on the side of a road reads, WELCOME TO UPPER HAMMONDS PLAINS, HALIFAX, A Black Heritage Community Est. 1815.

Nova Scotia to spend $2 million on growth fund for Black-led community housing projects

by Suzanne Rent November 7, 2023November 7, 2023

One woman and five men sit at a long table covered with a black tablecloth. Behind them are several flags representing several Canadian provinces. Each person has a microphone and glass of water in front of them.

Premiers urge Ottawa to extend home heating break to all Canadians

by Jennifer Henderson November 6, 2023November 20, 2023

A white shed with a red door and red trim on its upper window sits on a dock and reflects onto the calm ocean water. In the background are trees and a house.

Climate, Province House

Ecology Action Centre, 12 municipalities pen letter demanding Nova Scotia implement Coastal Protection Act

by Yvette d'Entremont November 6, 2023November 20, 2023

A blue sign on white posts sits in low shrubbery as traffic goes by on the busy roadway behind. The sign says "Welcome to North Dartmouth. Where families & friendships grow."

New collaborative health care centre coming to Dartmouth North in 2024

by Yvette d'Entremont November 3, 2023November 20, 2023

A person wearing a green sweater and a blue mask sorts through bags of food in a food bank surrounded by shelves of canned and dry goods.

Despite higher government revenues, PCs refuse to raise Nova Scotia income assistance rates

by Jennifer Henderson November 2, 2023November 20, 2023

Green and blue tents are set up on a grassy lawn cover with a light layering of snow in a city town square. In the background is a historic stone building with a clock tower in the centre. Snow flurries slowly fall on the entire area.

Opposition pushes PCs for opening date of winter shelter as first snow falls across Nova Scotia

by Jennifer Henderson November 1, 2023November 20, 2023

A hand holds an Android phone with a screen lit up and showing Quick Links to health services. A person's left hand grips the phone while the right hand gets ready to tap the screen.

New mobile app can help Nova Scotians access health care services

by Yvette d'Entremont November 1, 2023November 20, 2023

A white woman with reddish-brown long hair, glasses, and wearing a grey blazer over a black top and a red poppy on her jacket sits at a table speaking in front of microphones. There is a stack of paper cups in front of her and black chairs lined up against the wall behind her.

CBRM seeks changes to Municipal Reform Act

by Jennifer Henderson October 31, 2023November 20, 2023

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents — Credit: Halifax Examiner. All rights reserved.

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.

Credit: Ricardo Weibezahn - ICIJ

DEFORESTATION INC

Reporter Joan Baxter is one of 140 journalists from 39 media outlets across 27 countries working collaboratively on ‘Deforestation Inc,’ a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which looked at the ownership structure of Paper Excellence, its relationship with Asia Pulp & Paper, and how the secretive corporate empires are devastating forests in Canada and around the world.

Find all of Baxter’s articles on the Deforestation Inc homepage.

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

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.

Read the entire series, plus articles about Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, on the DEAD WRONG homepage.