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Amherst emergency doctor files defence in Holthoff death lawsuit

by Jennifer Henderson March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

Allison Holthoff, 37, died at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre on Dec. 31.

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A white woman with long brown hair with glasses and wearing a pale colour blazer speaks into a microphone. The text says Standing Committee on Law Amendments, Patient Access to Care Act.

Health

PCs reject move to tighten language in Bill 256 to protect patients from poorly trained or unethical health care providers

by Jennifer Henderson March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

A white man has a bunch of microphones thrust at him.

Education, Health, Poverty, Province House

Opposition, advocates say budget misses the mark on poverty, housing crisis

by Jennifer Henderson March 24, 2023March 31, 2023

A young woman with long medium brown hair wearing a black shirt and sage green button-up shirt over it stands against a neutral wall and smiles at the camera.

Health, Research

Acadia student advocating for improved access to mental health care for rural Nova Scotians

by Yvette d'Entremont March 24, 2023March 31, 2023

A white woman wearing a blue jacket makes a gesture with her right hand. To the left, a painting of another woman hangs on the wall.

Health

Houston government to make it harder for employers to require sick notes and makes it easier for health care providers to move to Nova Scotia

by Tim Bousquet March 21, 2023March 21, 2023

About a dozen women and one man, all wearing blue face masks are standing and seated looking slightly to their left.

Health, Province House

Nurses to receive $10,000 bonus, offered a second $10,000 if they stay two more years

by Jennifer Henderson March 21, 2023March 28, 2023

A rectangular house sits on a snowy hilltop.

Morning File

‘This asshole bought 10 acres on P.E.I. to be alone, and then told a national magazine about it,’ and other ways to profit from rage-inducing journalism

by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson March 17, 2023March 17, 2023

Equity and Equality, Health, Province House

Spending on health care, inequality, climate change top priorities of alternative budget

by Yvette d'Entremont March 16, 2023March 23, 2023

A man sitting at a desk with a pen and a form asks a woman questions in a drab office. They're both wearing masks.

Health, Medical Research

Campaign raising awareness about delirium with screenings at inpatient units in Nova Scotia

by Yvette d'Entremont March 15, 2023March 22, 2023

A person's hand with an IV inserted is clad in a green hospital gown. The hand is relaxed and a device is clipped to their thumb.

Equity and Equality, Health, Province House

Author of Dying to Be Seen wants book to start discussion about privatization, Medicare

by Yvette d'Entremont March 14, 2023March 21, 2023

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.

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.

Category: Health

Amherst emergency doctor files defence in Holthoff death lawsuit

PCs reject move to tighten language in Bill 256 to protect patients from poorly trained or unethical health care providers

Opposition, advocates say budget misses the mark on poverty, housing crisis

Acadia student advocating for improved access to mental health care for rural Nova Scotians

Houston government to make it harder for employers to require sick notes and makes it easier for health care providers to move to Nova Scotia

Nurses to receive $10,000 bonus, offered a second $10,000 if they stay two more years

‘This asshole bought 10 acres on P.E.I. to be alone, and then told a national magazine about it,’ and other ways to profit from rage-inducing journalism

Spending on health care, inequality, climate change top priorities of alternative budget

Campaign raising awareness about delirium with screenings at inpatient units in Nova Scotia

Author of Dying to Be Seen wants book to start discussion about privatization, Medicare

Mi’kmaw woman dies of pneumonia in provincial custody

Parliamentary committee to investigate ownership of Paper Excellence

Stephen McNeil, rocket man

Civil liberty groups, Montreal Massacre survivors, and women advocates applaud Mass Casualty Commission report

Heidi Stevenson shows us how to address policing