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Category: Women

A young white woman with short brown hair and wearing headphones sits at a desk in front of a microphone. On the desk is a computer with an audio software on the screen. Behind the woman is a bookshelf on the wall with a row of books on it.
Posted inMorning File

Women talking: We don’t need to change our voices to be heard

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent May 25, 2023May 25, 2023

It’s other people who need to change their perceptions of how a leader should speak.

A white box with black, blue and orange lettering that contains pills for the medical termination of pregnancy.
Posted inHealth, Women

Health Canada issues warning about abortion, morning-after pills sold on ‘Dr. Pooja’ websites

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont May 17, 2023May 24, 2023
A smiling white woman with long dark hair pulled back and wearing glasses, a denim jacket, and a long black dress. She is sitting on a purple metal bench that is on a concrete pathway on a waterfront area. Behind her is a dock where a ferry that's painted blue, white, and yellow is waiting to transport passengers. The ferry's engines are making waves in the water. On the bench in front of the woman sit three books.
Posted inLocal History, Profiles, Women

Dr. Emily McEwan: Working to preserve Gaelic language, culture in Alba Nuadh and beyond

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent May 15, 2023May 24, 2023
A Black woman with grey hair pulled back in a ponytail and wearing glasses and a red blouse smiles while sitting in a chair. Behind her are two large green panels. The panel in the front has a design of a quilt on it in black, orange, red, and green. Text at the top of the screen says "Many rivers crossed."
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Profiles, Racism, Women

Shelley Fashan: Connecting with and fighting for her Black Nova Scotian community

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent April 27, 2023May 4, 2023
A hooked rug of Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis with a red winter hat and coat. Maud is holding a sign that says "Maud Lewis" with red and yellow flowers on it. The background of the rug is a black and white design with hearts and small colourful flowers.
Posted inMorning File

What Maud Lewis’ life can teach us about how to appreciate, compensate artists of today

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent April 6, 2023April 6, 2023
A white woman with short grey hair, glasses, and wearing a red scarf under a navy blue winter coat stands outside a historic building with white shingles, red doors and shutters, and chimneys on its roof. The ground is covered with about a foot of snow and two black cannons are in the right-side of the photo.
Posted inLocal History, Profiles, Women

Heather LeBlanc: Mapping the stories of Annapolis County

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent April 5, 2023April 12, 2023
Posted inProvince House

‘I spoke the truth’: Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin refuses to back down on NDA allegation

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson April 4, 2023April 11, 2023
A building with a steep peaked roof with pale yellow siding and brick trim. A eavesdrop is built only the side of the building providing some shade over the sidewalk. A sign hangs from that roof that says Second Story Women's Centre.
Posted inEquity and Equality, Women

Rally set for Second Story Women’s Centre after impasse between staff, board of directors

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont March 31, 2023April 7, 2023
A black woman and a white woman smile for the camera.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia, Local History, Profiles, Women

Debra Lucas and Iris Drummond: leading the way in historic Black community of Lucasville

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent March 23, 2023April 27, 2023
A white woman with glasses and wearing a black hat, dark navy winter vest over a grey sweater and grey pants stands on a snowy lot near an old barn with grey shingles. The barn has a red-rust coloured wooden door.
Posted inProfiles

Nina Newington: Taking direct action to protect Nova Scotia’s forests

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent March 13, 2023March 14, 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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Rain helps with Tantallon fire, crews still fighting hot spots; Shelburne fire still out of control

by Suzanne Rent June 3, 2023June 3, 2023

Rain brings relief to firefighters, but Tantallon may remain a fire scene for weeks or months

by Tim Bousquet June 3, 2023June 3, 2023

Mental health services on site at Halifax evacuation centre for residents displaced by fires

by Yvette d'Entremont June 2, 2023June 3, 2023

Province issues emergency order to close Windsor aboiteau

by Jennifer Henderson June 2, 2023June 2, 2023

Today’s fire news. The Halifax Examiner is here for you again; will you be here for the Halifax Examiner?

by Tim Bousquet June 2, 2023June 2, 2023
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