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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.
Posted inHealth

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

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

Robin Lauzon will present her honours thesis, Understanding Nova Scotia’s New Virtual Care Policies: Mental Health Policy and Rural Nova Scotians, next month.

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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.
Posted inHealth, Medical Research

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

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont March 15, 2023March 22, 2023
A black and white photo of an older man wearing glasses sitting hunched over on a wooden slatted bench. He's facing a grassy shoreline and large body of water but is looking down reading a newspaper.
Posted inHealth, Medical Research

Program developed at Dal helps support mental health of men being treated for prostate cancer

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont March 1, 2023March 9, 2023
The silhouette of a child posed in the far right of the frame stands out against an open sky at sunset or sunrise.
Posted inHealth, Medical Research

Genetic testing could help identify youth at risk of developing mental illness, Dal study finds

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont February 23, 2023March 2, 2023
Posted inCOVID, Medical Research

Canadian researchers increase wastewater testing at airports to detect new COVID variants

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont February 16, 2023February 23, 2023
Two sandwiches with deli meats and lettuce on a serving board.
Posted inMorning File

Sandwiches are beautiful and so are essays about them

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch January 31, 2023January 31, 2023
A concrete building is seen on a grey day. The sign says "The Law Courts, Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia." There are three flags — two Nova Scotian and one Canadian, in the centre.
Posted inCOVID, Crime and Courts, Morning File, Science

Junk science continues to be presented as evidence in Nova Scotia courts

by Tim Bousquet January 27, 2023January 27, 2023
A doctor in blue scrubs and wearing a head scarf and dark-rimmed glasses demonstrates how a robotic arm is used in knee replacement surgery. She is using a prosthetic knee in the process. On the stainless steel table are a number of surgical tools.
Posted inHealth

Robot technology to be used in hip, knee replacement surgeries at Dartmouth General

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson January 14, 2023January 14, 2023
An old clear cassette tape with the tape pulled out of it. The tape is sitting on a bright yellow background.
Posted inArts and Culture, Morning File, Technology

Aural ephemera: Preserving the sounds of old technology

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirtA smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Philip Moscovitch and Jennifer Henderson December 22, 2022January 16, 2023
A simple line drawing evoking the face of a smiling robot, accompanied by the text "Jasper: The Future of Writing"
Posted inCommentary

Could a robot write this? Lessons on using AI writing tools, and what they mean for journalism

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch December 15, 2022February 1, 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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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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