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Category: COVID

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Posted inCOVID

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

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. 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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A balding man with dark glasses sits in front of Nova Scotia flags.
Posted inCOVID

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.
Posted inMorning File

Nova Scotia lifts health protection order and COVID vaccine requirements

A smiling man with fair skin tone, a dark short beard, and dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt. by Philip Moscovitch May 23, 2023May 23, 2023
Excessive mortality in Nova Scotia
Posted inMorning 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
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Posted inCOVID

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.
Posted inCOVID, Research, Science

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

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont April 26, 2023May 3, 2023
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Posted inMorning File

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

A smiling man with fair skin tone, a dark short beard, and dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt. 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.
Posted inCOVID, Medical Research

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

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont April 18, 2023April 25, 2023
Posted inCOVID

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
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Posted inCOVID

12 more COVID deaths announced in Nova Scotia

by Tim Bousquet April 6, 2023April 6, 2023

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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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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.

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Nova Scotia launches review of provincial policing structure

by Zane Woodford September 29, 2023September 29, 2023

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

by Tim Bousquet September 29, 2023September 29, 2023

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

by Suzanne Rent September 29, 2023September 29, 2023

Halifax MP says council can go higher on federal housing application

by Zane Woodford September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

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

by Suzanne Rent September 28, 2023September 28, 2023
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