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More than 75% of Canadians had been infected with virus that causes COVID-19 by March 2023, report finds

by Yvette d'Entremont August 15, 2023August 16, 2023

COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF) published its latest findings on Monday.

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Nova Scotia is now treating COVID as just another respiratory disease. Here’s what the data say

by Tim Bousquet May 23, 2023May 23, 2023

A bright green social distancing marker on a hard wood floor.

Morning File

Nova Scotia lifts health protection order and COVID vaccine requirements

by Philip Moscovitch May 23, 2023May 23, 2023

Morning File

What accounts for the increase in excess deaths? It’s not your favourite COVID conspiracy — it’s worse than that

by Tim Bousquet May 19, 2023May 19, 2023

A graph with blue, pink, and orange bars, and a green squiggly through line.

COVID

The April COVID summary is released, and the March death count has been revised upwards, more than doubling it, from 13 to 28

by Tim Bousquet May 16, 2023May 16, 2023

A scientist stares into a beaker of water. He's wearing a lab coat with a pink shirt underneath.

COVID, Research, Science

Halifax researchers using new skills, tools to monitor water systems for pathogens

by Yvette d'Entremont April 26, 2023May 3, 2023

A Delta plane taxis on the tarmac, while a smaller plane takes off in the background.

Morning File

Air travel and air quality: lessons on masks, filtration, and ventilation

by Philip Moscovitch April 25, 2023April 25, 2023

A senior woman wearing a bright striped top, scarf and olive coloured jacket stands smiling broadly in front of a window beside a younger woman. The grinning younger woman is holding a phone in front of them, taking a selfie.

COVID, Medical Research

Dalhousie researcher: pandemic’s effects on mental health in long-term care ‘very mixed’

by Yvette d'Entremont April 18, 2023April 25, 2023

COVID

On average, 38 Nova Scotians are dying from COVID each month, five times the number of flu deaths

by Tim Bousquet April 17, 2023April 17, 2023

A close-up photo illustration of what the coronavirus looks like. This one is rendered in red with green, blue, and pink crowns, on a black background.

COVID

12 more COVID deaths announced in Nova Scotia

by Tim Bousquet April 6, 2023April 6, 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.

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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.

Category: COVID

More than 75% of Canadians had been infected with virus that causes COVID-19 by March 2023, report finds

Nova Scotia is now treating COVID as just another respiratory disease. Here’s what the data say

Nova Scotia lifts health protection order and COVID vaccine requirements

What accounts for the increase in excess deaths? It’s not your favourite COVID conspiracy — it’s worse than that

The April COVID summary is released, and the March death count has been revised upwards, more than doubling it, from 13 to 28

Halifax researchers using new skills, tools to monitor water systems for pathogens

Air travel and air quality: lessons on masks, filtration, and ventilation

Dalhousie researcher: pandemic’s effects on mental health in long-term care ‘very mixed’

On average, 38 Nova Scotians are dying from COVID each month, five times the number of flu deaths

12 more COVID deaths announced in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia launches review of provincial policing structure

Brad Johns once again spins the revolving door of SIRT directorship, but that won’t solve the crisis of legitimacy for the police oversight board

Mount Uniacke residents organize, submit comments as quarry owners apply for expansion

Halifax MP says council can go higher on federal housing application

NDP wants Nova Scotia municipalities to tax developers who leave lots empty