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Premier Houston and Dr. Strang make a video

April 7, 2022 By Jennifer Henderson 1 Comment

Premier Tim Houston posted a folksy two-minute video Wednesday morning on the provincial government’s official Twitter feed featuring himself and Dr. Robert Strang speaking to Nova Scotians. The message appears to be an attempt to get ahead of bad news expected late Thursday afternoon that will show an increase in the number of positive COVID-19 […]

Filed Under: COVID, Featured, Health, News, Province House Tagged With: Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang, COVID-19, Dr. Robert Strang, Dr. Shelley Deeks, Gary Burrill, Iain Rankin, Jennifer Henderson, Premier Tim Houston, Public Health, Question Period, Twitter video

Housing: party for a few, crisis for the rest

Morning File, Wednesday, January 5, 2022

January 5, 2022 By Philip Moscovitch 5 Comments

News 1. Woman claims in lawsuit she was repeatedly sexually abused by cops while in protection from sexual trafficking as a teen Zane Woodford reports on a lawsuit by a woman who claims she was sexually abused as a teen by officers from the Halifax police and the RCMP. The woman, identified only as “X.Y.,” […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File, PRICED OUT Tagged With: Alana Murphy, Atlantic Gold, Atlantic Mining Nova Scotia, Barbara Darby, Beaver Dam, Blue Christmas, Brian Johnston, Burnside jail, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang, Cochrane Hill, COVID-19, David Levin, East Coast Prison Justice Society, Graceland, Halifax Regional Police, Jennifer Henderson, lawsuit, Matt Wickham, Melaleuca, Michael Dull, Moose River, Nova Scotia Environment Act, Nova Scotia Salmon Association, Premier Tim Houston, RCMP, Reverend Bruce R.E. Sheasby, Reverend Elvis, Ryan White, sexual assault, St Barbara Ltd, Sullivan House, Tim Bousquet, Tim Halman, Touquoy, Wade Marriott, X.Y., Your Grace Land, Zane Woodford

It’s OK to not obsess over every bit of COVID data

Morning File, Tuesday, December 21, 2021

December 21, 2021 By Philip Moscovitch 2 Comments

News 1. Briefing today, as daily COVID cases hit nearly 500 The number of daily new COVID-19 infections in Nova Scotia has held steady at nearly 500 the last few days, Tim Bousquet reports. Because of the high number of infections, public health is backlogged, and can’t maintain accurate numbers of active and recovered cases. […]

Filed Under: COVID, Featured Tagged With: Alec Soucy, Allison Bondar, BBC, Bike Share Toronto, Bike-share, Bixi, Campbell McClintock, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang, Cobequid Pass, Covid testing, COVID-19, Encampments, Halifax Mutual Aid, Halifax Public Libraries, Halifax Seaport Farmers' Market, Hightail, Innovacorp, Jean Laroche, Jennifer Henderson, Kat Felix, Li Renzetti, Nicholas Scott, OpenText, PBSC Urban Solutions, Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia, Philip Moscovitch, Premier Tim Houston, rapid testing, Robert Cuffe, South Shore Public Libraries, The PIER, Tim Bousquet, Toronto, Western Alignment Development Corporation, Yvette d'Entremont, Zak Markan

Living on the streets can kill

Morning File, Tuesday, December 14, 2021

December 14, 2021 By Philip Moscovitch 5 Comments

News 1. Omicron is here — and some restrictions are coming back At least 40 Nova Scotians with COVID-19 have tested positive for the Omicron variant, and the StFX super-spreader event has led to positive cases at a seniors’ residence and at Dalhousie University. Yesterday, 114 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Nova Scotia. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Becky Kent, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang, City of Toronto, COVID-19, Dan Kinsella, El Jones, Halifax Regional Police, homelessness, knkx, merkle hotel, Omicron, People's Park, Philip Moscovitch, RCMP, RCMP Chief Supt. Janis Gray, tacoma, Tim Bousquet, Tony Mancini, vaccination, will james, Zane Woodford

Growing Spring Garden

Morning File, Wednesday, October 20, 2021

October 20, 2021 By Ethan Lycan-Lang 2 Comments

News 1. Northern Pulp is demanding “more than $100 million” from the province Joan Baxter has the latest chapter in the Northern Pulp saga: “Northern Pulp — a Paper Excellence company that belongs ultimately to the billionaire corporate empire of the Widjaja family of Indonesia — is giving the Nova Scotia government two months notice […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: affordable housing, Affordable Housing Commission, Annapolis Valley, autumn, Barbara Adams, Brycon Construction Limited, Burnside, Cheryl Smith, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang, COVID-19, Effluent Treatment Facility, Ethan Lycan-Lang, fixed election dates, former Premier John Hamm, Halifax Infirmary, Halifax Regional Council, Joan Baxter, John Hamm, Justice Minister Brad Johns, Mayor Mike Savage, MLA Angela Simmonds, Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister John Lohr, Northern Pulp, Nova Scotia Health Authority's Western Zone, nurse practitioners, Paper Excellence, Premier Tim Houston, Randy Delorey, RCMP, Spring Garden Road, Valley Regional Hospital, Widjaja, Zane Woodford

9 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Wednesday, August 18

August 18, 2021 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Jump to sections in this article: Overview Vaccination Demographics Testing Potential exposure advisories Nova Scotia announced nine new cases of COVID-19 today, Wednesday, August 18. All nine cases are in Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone — six are […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang, COVID-19, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Health, pop-up testing, potential exposure advisories, Public Health, Teachers to vote on potential strike, testing, vaccination

PRICED OUT

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.

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

Two young white women, one with dark hair and one blonde, smile at the camera on a sunny spring day.

Episode 79 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Grace McNutt and Linnea Swinimer are the Minute Women, two Haligonians who host a podcast of the same name about Canadian history as seen through a lens of Heritage Minutes (minutewomenpodcast.ca). In a lively celebration of the show’s second birthday, they stop by to reveal how curling brought them together in podcast — and now BFF — form, their favourite Minutes, that time they thought Jean Chretien was dead, and the impact their show has had. Plus music from brand-new ECMA winners Hillsburn and Zamani.

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

Subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your device — there’s a great instructional article here. Email Suzanne for help.

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