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The conservation officer shuffle: Houston government quietly moves inspection, enforcement and compliance officers out of Nova Scotia Environment and back to Natural Resources

June 15, 2022 By Joan Baxter

There was no fanfare, not even a press release. But three months ago, Premier Tim Houston’s government quietly reversed a move made in 2016 by former Premier Stephen McNeil’s government that brought all the province’s conservation, inspection, enforcement, and compliance officers under one roof. According to Erin Lynch, spokesperson for Natural Resources and Renewables (DNRR),...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Atlantic bubble, Bob Bancroft, compliance, conservation, conservation officers, COVID, DNRR, Erin Lynch, fishing, forestry, hunting, inspection, Margaret Miller, moose, Natural Resources and Renewables, Nature Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia border, Nova Scotia Environment, Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change, NSECC, protected areas, provincial parks, Stephen McNeil, Tim Houston, wildlife

Commence Phase 2: waking up from COVID fatigue

Morning File, Wednesday, June 16, 2021

June 16, 2021 By Ethan Lycan-Lang 5 Comments

No excuse to skip the gym this morning, Halifax… News 1. COVID-19: the road to reopening continues Why not have a few friends over for dinner tonight? At 8 o’clock this morning, Nova Scotia moved into “Phase 2” of its reopening plan, easing some of the province’s current public health restrictions. The news was officially […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Atlantic bubble, bars, Blaine and Tracey Hefler, Camp Mockingee, COVID-19, Dr. Robert Strang, Ethan Lycan-Lang, fully vaccinated, Long Term Care, Lucasville, Lucasville Community Association, Lucasville Road, masks, museums, North West Community Council, Nova Scotia, Phase 2, Phase 3, Phase 4, Phase 5, Pisiquid Canoe Club, Premier Iain Rankin, reopening, reopening plan, restaurants, restrictions, school buses, Shayne Vipond, social distancing, Timber Trails Mobile Park, Tourism, travel, vaccinated, vaccines, Windsoe

Reacting to a COVID cluster of 9 cases in Clayton Park, province imposes new restrictions on households of travellers

November 9, 2020 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. The flurry of advisories of potential COVID exposures over the weekend is related to a cluster of nine interrelated cases in Clayton Park, Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, said at a news […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Atlantic bubble, Clayton Park, COVID-19, Dr. Robert Strang, exposure advisory, Premier Stephen McNeil, self-isolation

Don’t burst the bubble

Atlantic Canada's chief medical officers think border controls are working just fine

October 2, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Atlantic Canada’s chief medical officers are in no rush to pop the bubble. That was one of the key messages to come out of a virtual panel discussion last night, hosted by Dalhousie University’s MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance. Dr. Jennifer Russell, Chief […]

Filed Under: COVID, Featured, News Tagged With: Atlantic bubble

Keep the travel restrictions

Morning File, Tuesday, September 15, 2020

September 15, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News 1. Forest health Linda Pannozzo writes: Instead of improving the state of the province’s forests, the Nova Scotia government conducts a survey about improving The State of the Forest reporting. The Halifax Examiner takes the survey. Pannozzo methodically walks us through why it’s wrong to repeatedly ask the public to take part in surveys […]

Filed Under: COVID, Featured, Morning File Tagged With: Atlantic bubble, clearcutting, coronavirus, COVID-19, cruise ship industry, David Patriquin, Elvis Presley, Epic Stream TV, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), Forensic Accounting Management Group (FAMG), forestry, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), John Cunningham, Kayla Thomeh, Leland Anthony, Linda Pannozzo, Mary Campbell, Michael Gorman, Municipality of the District of Yarmouth, Operation Hotwire, pandemic, Premier Stephen McNeil, quarantine, RCMP Federal Serious and Organized Crime (FSOC), Riad Thomeh, self-isolation, Sydney, television program piracy, Tomás Pueyo, travel restrictions

There’s a possible case of COVID-19 reinfection in Nova Scotia

September 9, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. In May, a nurse in the Halifax area tested positive for COVID-19. As is standard, 10 days after the nurse stopped expressing symptoms, the nurse was considered “recovered” and resumed work. But recently, the very same nurse started expressing symptoms, and on Sunday was again […]

Filed Under: COVID, Featured, News Tagged With: Atlantic bubble, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Robert Strang, pandemic, Premier Stephen McNeil, reinfection, university students

The big and silent life of Nova Scotia giantess Anna Swan

Morning File, Wednesday, August 5, 2020

August 5, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 7 Comments

News 1. Documents show horrors at Northwood during COVID outbreak Yvette d’Entremont takes a look at the Neglecting Northwood report that was published by the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU) on Tuesday. There were 53 COVID-19 deaths at the long-term-care facility. The 23-page report include details gathered from NSGEU staff who worked at Northwood […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anna Swan, Atlantic bubble, Beirut explosion, Brooklyn Currie, Cassidy Chisholm, Chris Palmer, coronavirus, COVID-19, David Alexander, Dr. Theresa Tam, fire Mulgrave Park, Graeme Benjamin, Halifax Explosion, Heritage Centre, Joel Fishbane, John Mills, Kelsey D. Atherton, Martin Van Buren Bates, masks, Maya Johnson, mushroom cloud, New Annan, pandemic, Parents for Pandemic Education, Premier Stephen McNeil, PT Barnum, Raven Watts, Ryan Patrick Jones, self-isolation, Susan Kirkland, Tatamagouche

Nova Scotia COVID-19 update: Two new cases, masks become mandatory

July 31, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Premier Stephen McNeil told a media briefing today that while he’s considering the options of re-opening to the rest of Canada, “we’re not there yet.” Two new travel-related cases of COVID-19 were announced in the province today, the first since July 15. Both cases were […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Atlantic bubble, coronavirus, COVID-19 update, Dr. Robert Strang, masks, pandemic, Premier Stephen McNeil, public health order

Does Stephen McNeil believe in workers’ rights? Next question

Our premier prefers to attack those who dare to question him. Just ask the unarmed, unionized compliance officer recovering from an assault at our border, or the Crown attorneys reprimanded for trying to protect their collective rights.

July 12, 2020 By Stephen Kimber

Quick question. Does Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil believe in Section 2(d) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which is to say freedom of association, or, more precisely, the right of workers to freely organize and be meaningfully represented by the union of their choice? Next question. Let us begin from the latest...

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Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Atlantic bubble, crown attorneys, Fort Lawrence, Justice Minister Mark Furey, Laura Lee Langley, Natasha Pace, Nova Scotia Crown Attorney Association, Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU), NSGEU president Jason MacLean, Premier Stephen McNeil, union, vehicle compliance officer

Taking a stroll down The Avenue’s history

Morning File, Tuesday, July 7, 2020

July 7, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 6 Comments

News 1. Onslow fire hall shoot-up This item is written by Jennifer Henderson. Nova Scotia’s Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) is currently conducting an investigation to determine if criminal charges should be laid against two police officers who pulled up in front of the Onslow-Belmont fire hall at about 10:30 am on Sunday April 19. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Adrienne Lucas, African Nova Scotians, Atlantic bubble, Bill Casey, Black community, Black Nova Scotians, Christ Church Cemetery, Councillor Lorelei Nicoll, Councillor Sam Austin, COVID-19, Craig Ferguson, Danielle Nerman, Dartmouth Lake Road Church, DeeDee's Ice Cream, Elizabeth Cushing, grapenut ice cream, Halifax Transit, Hannah Young, Jennifer Crawford, Justice Minister Mark Furey, Nova Scotia mass shooting, Onslow Belmont Fire Brigade, RCMP Cpl. Lisa Croteau, RCMP shooting Lower Onslow, RCMP Supt Darren Campbell, Rev. Richard Preston, Sackville Terminal, self-isolation, Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), The Avenue, travel restrictions, Victoria Road Baptist Church

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PRICED OUT

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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.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

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. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

A young white woman with dark hair and a purple shirt lies on a large rock at dusk, looking up at the sky and playing her banjolele.

Episode 85 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Logan Robins (writer/director/composer) and Katherine Norris (star/composer) of the Unnatural Disaster Theatre Company are on the show this week ahead of their provincial tour of HIPPOPOSTUMOUS, Robins’ musical exploration of invasive species, colonization, environmentalism, and history. Hear how Pablo Escobar’s personal hippos have invaded and are ruining a section of Colombia, why Robins was intrigued to make a show about it, and all the places you can catch it this July. Plus Norris cracks out the banjolele to perform one of the show’s songs. And the new jam from Beauts!

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