• Sign In
  • My Account
    • Receipts
  • All Categories
  • FAQ
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • About Us
    • Commenting policy
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Contact Us
  • Sign In
  • All Categories
  • Arts and Culture
    • Local History
    • Profiles
  • Black Nova Scotia
  • Commentary
  • Economy
    • Business and Development
    • Energy
    • Immigration
    • Labour
    • Natural Resources
    • Utilities
  • Education
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Recycling and Waste Management
  • Equity and Equality
    • Accessibility
    • Families and Childcare
    • Poverty
    • Racism
  • Government
    • City Hall
    • Elections
    • Province House
  • Health
    • COVID
  • Housing
    • PRICED OUT
  • Indigenous Nova Scotia
  • Investigation
  • Journalism
  • Justice
    • Crime and Courts
    • Incarceration in Nova Scotia
  • Mass Casualty Commission
  • Mass Murders 2020
  • Morning File
  • Podcasts
  • Policing
  • Transportation
  • Women
  • How to…
  • Archives
  • About Us
    • Commenting policy
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Contact Us
  • Sign In
  • All Categories
  • Arts and Culture
    • Local History
    • Profiles
  • Black Nova Scotia
  • Commentary
  • Economy
    • Business and Development
    • Energy
    • Immigration
    • Labour
    • Natural Resources
    • Utilities
  • Education
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Recycling and Waste Management
  • Equity and Equality
    • Accessibility
    • Families and Childcare
    • Poverty
    • Racism
  • Government
    • City Hall
    • Elections
    • Province House
  • Health
    • COVID
  • Housing
    • PRICED OUT
  • Indigenous Nova Scotia
  • Investigation
  • Journalism
  • Justice
    • Crime and Courts
    • Incarceration in Nova Scotia
  • Mass Casualty Commission
  • Mass Murders 2020
  • Morning File
  • Podcasts
  • Policing
  • Transportation
  • Women
  • How to…
  • Archives
Skip to content
Halifax Examiner

Halifax Examiner

An independent, adversarial news site in Halifax, NS

  • Sign In
  • My Account
    • Receipts
  • All Categories
  • FAQ
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
Home » Back to School plan

Tag: Back to School plan

Two young children, a boy and a girl, wearing backpacks and masks stand in a classroom.
Posted inEducation, Health

Teachers: political parties are ignoring school reopening

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont August 10, 2021October 20, 2022

The head of the union representing Nova Scotia’s teachers says with four weeks to go before schools reopen and no back-to-school plan yet provided by the province, teachers are on edge. “I’m really disappointed that no party in this election campaign has made a safe return to school a central plank of its campaign platform. […]

Posted inCommentary, COVID, Education, Province House

Nova Scotia is safe for school children and would-be municipal politicians… but not for Liberal MLAs

by Stephen Kimber September 13, 2020October 20, 2022
Eric Jonsson is with the Navigator Street Outreach Program. On Aug. 25, Jonsson, along with team members from other local agencies that work with the homeless, did a survey of people living on the streets in the HRM.
Posted inCOVID

Sleeping on HRM streets: “This year is by far the worst I’ve seen”

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent September 9, 2020November 7, 2022
A giant set of numbers, "2020" in Charlottetown.
Posted inMorning File

“You are responsible for your own safety”

A smiling man with fair skin tone, a dark short beard, and dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt. by Philip Moscovitch August 11, 2020January 12, 2023
An election sign with a directional arrow surrounded by the word "vote" in a circle.
Posted inWomen

When will Nova Scotia finally have a woman premier?

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent August 10, 2020November 7, 2022
Bicentennial School in Dartmouth closed abruptly in the spring of 2020 because of the pandemic. The school is shown with a sign about March Break out front.
Posted inEducation

The ABCs and Maybes of school reopening

A smiling fair skinned woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson August 10, 2020December 13, 2022
This outdoor classroom at St. Catherine's Elementary in Halifax's west end includes a garden.
Posted inProvince House

Parents, teachers say Nova Scotia needs a plan for outdoor learning

A woman with fair skin, chin length auburn hair, and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater. by Suzanne Rent July 31, 2020November 6, 2022
A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents
Credit: Halifax Examiner. All rights reserved.

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.


Tractors bulldoze trees as American money rains from the sky.
Credit: Ricardo Weibezahn - ICIJ

DEFORESTATION INC

Reporter Joan Baxter is one of 140 journalists from 39 media outlets across 27 countries working collaboratively on ‘Deforestation Inc,’ a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which looked at the ownership structure of Paper Excellence, its relationship with Asia Pulp & Paper, and how the secretive corporate empires are devastating forests in Canada and around the world.

Find all of Baxter’s articles on the Deforestation Inc 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.

Read the entire series, plus articles about Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, on the DEAD WRONG homepage.

LATEST NEWS

How we (mis)treat animals says a lot about who we are

by Tim Bousquet December 11, 2023December 11, 2023

Houston government prefers freedom from information to freedom of information

by Stephen Kimber December 11, 2023December 11, 2023

Unions ask Nova Scotians to join day of action for striking Pete’s Frootique workers

by Suzanne Rent December 8, 2023December 10, 2023

Rick Perkins, natural health product champion

by Philip Moscovitch and Tim Bousquet December 8, 2023December 8, 2023

CN Railway files lawsuit to stop protesters from setting up blockades in Nova Scotia

by Suzanne Rent December 8, 2023December 8, 2023
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username

CONTACT US

Halifax Examiner
PO Box 463
Stn. Central Halifax, NS
B3J 2P8

QCJO # Q9427428
HST # 81281 0638 RT0001

ABOUT US

  • Who we are
  • Commenting policy
  • Terms and Conditions

RSS Feed

MY ACCOUNT

My profile, orders,
subscription,
payment details,
and receipts

SUBSCRIBE

DONATE

EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS

ARCHIVE

Canada wordmark and flag

Matthew Byard's reporting is funded by the Government of Canada

© 2023 All information and images on this site copyright Halifax Examiner, except where otherwise noted. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic