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Heart disease is number one killer of women, and it’s on the rise

by Yvette d'Entremont February 13, 2023February 21, 2023

An older woman with grey hair swept up on the side wears a blue shirt and stares off in the distance, head tilted up towards the right. .

Dal, UNB study to find best ways to support older women experiencing intimate partner violence

by Yvette d'Entremont February 9, 2023February 16, 2023

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Women

Nova Scotia to be included in community-based study about pandemic, violence against women

by Yvette d'Entremont January 27, 2023January 27, 2023

A young smiling Black woman with long braids, wearing a purple cardigan over a black top.

Black Nova Scotia, Health, Women

Nova Scotia Sisterhood delivering health care, ‘safe space’ for Black women across HRM

by Suzanne Rent January 13, 2023January 16, 2023

A mother with two young children sitting on a sofa with an iPad.

Kinkeeping: another term for the unpaid and uncredited labour done by women

by Suzanne Rent January 10, 2023January 10, 2023

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Women

Canadian team of researchers studying vulnerablities of migrant women facing violence

by Suzanne Rent December 21, 2022December 29, 2022

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Halifax non-profit looks to work with more landlords to find emergency housing for families

by Suzanne Rent December 8, 2022December 9, 2022

Wooden Scrabble blocks that spell out, "do the good thing."

Doing good deeds: it’s not all about you

by Suzanne Rent November 29, 2022November 29, 2022

A woman pictured from the neck down stands on a wooded path holding her hands over her pregnant stomach.

MSVU researchers studying effects of childhood adversity on pregnancy risk, birth outcomes

by Yvette d'Entremont November 25, 2022November 25, 2022

A young woman wearing a floral head scarf, beige sweater, and glasses stands next to a dining room table in a kitchen.

Women

Transition house to support Muslim women opens in Halifax, first in Atlantic Canada

by Suzanne Rent November 17, 2022November 17, 2022

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.

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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.