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A smiling woman with white hair and dark rimmed glasses is wearing a grey sweater and a vibrant multicoloured scarf loosely draped around her neck.
Posted inEquity and Equality, Research

Dal scholar Françoise Baylis wins Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize for work in bioethics

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont May 8, 2023May 15, 2023

Françoise Baylis had received the social sciences and humanities prize, an award valued at $50,000. 

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 long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont April 26, 2023May 3, 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 long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont April 18, 2023April 25, 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
Posted inEnvironment

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

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter April 16, 2023May 16, 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.
Posted inHealth, Medical Research

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

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont April 13, 2023April 20, 2023
A young girl of about four years old with brunette hair and wearing a yellow dress sits on the examination table in a doctor's office while a doctor checks her throat. The girl's mother is standing by, holding her hand.
Posted inEquity and Equality, Health, Medical Research

Canadian researchers’ national guidelines for treating children’s pain a global first

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont April 4, 2023April 11, 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.
Posted inHealth, Research

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 31, 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.
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

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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.

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