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Health, Mass Casualty Commission

Nova Scotia commits to expanded mental health supports three years after Portapique tragedy

by Jennifer Henderson April 19, 2023April 26, 2023

An image from a microscope of a black legged tick that has eight legs.

Health, Province House

Lyme disease awareness advocates disappointed by Nova Scotia premier’s lack of action

by Suzanne Rent April 19, 2023April 26, 2023

Auditor General: government is moving too slow on new hospital project

by Jennifer Henderson April 19, 2023April 26, 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

Two white women and a man of colour sit around laughing and enjoying some drinks. The drinks are cocktails served in tumblers.

Rethinking our relationship with drinking

by Suzanne Rent April 18, 2023April 18, 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 hand holds onto a yellow medical instrument.

Middleton woman sues doctors, hospital because a medical device was discovered in her body nearly 6 years after a C-section

by Tim Bousquet April 17, 2023April 24, 2023

A boy wearing a green helmet sitting on a white bicycle on a wharf in Pictou harbour with the Northern Pulp mill belching out clouds of emissions before it was closed in 2020. Photo: Dr. Gerry Farrell

Dalhousie study finds Northern Pulp Mill was by far the biggest polluter near Pictou

by Joan Baxter April 16, 2023May 16, 2023

A woman wearing a dark t-shirt and glasses speaks at a podium. In the background are three Nova Scotia flags, coloured blue, yellow and red.

Wait list for family doctors continues to grow

by Jennifer Henderson April 14, 2023April 21, 2023

Two women hug in a kitchen with pale grey walls. A woman in a pink sweater is back to the camera, hair wrapped up in a high ponytail on top of her head. The other woman is wearing a grey sweater, smiling, eyes closed, hair wrapped in a pink scarf.

Health, Medical Research

Dalhousie-led project to study factors that increase lung cancer risk in ‘never smokers’

by Yvette d'Entremont April 13, 2023April 20, 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.