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A bright yellow and green COVID test box with a positive test in front of it.

Scientists, experts, advocates call on feds to create action plan to address Long COVID

by Yvette d'Entremont October 21, 2022October 27, 2022

Group says urgent action needed to help Canadians living with “debilitating” symptoms that linger after COVID-19 infections.

This is a photo of white letter tiles on a black backgound. The black text on the letters spells out coronavirus in capital letters.

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92 hospitalized with COVID, 425 new cases reported in Nova Scotia on Jan. 30

by Tim Bousquet January 30, 2022October 20, 2022

COVID 19 spelled out in white pills, with viruses made from styrofoam balls with swabs stuck in them. All on a red background.

Health

Province starts online resource for COVID long-haulers

by Yvette d'Entremont August 4, 2021October 20, 2022

A photo of a sculpture of the Coronavirus, made in what appears to be papier maché. It's beige with red crowns, and is hanging mid-air with copies hanging in the background, out of focus.

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12 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Sunday, June 6

by Suzanne Rent June 6, 2021November 29, 2022

COVID

18 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Saturday, June 5

by Suzanne Rent June 5, 2021November 29, 2022

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Body of work: pandemic coverage

by Tim Bousquet February 28, 2021October 20, 2022

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New study to give clearer picture of numbers of Canadian COVID-19 infections

by Yvette d'Entremont November 9, 2020December 23, 2022

A close-up photo illustration of what the coronavirus looks like. This one is rendered in red with green, blue, and pink crowns, on a black background.

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Public Health uses a definition of “community spread” of COVID that confuses the public

by Tim Bousquet November 9, 2020October 20, 2022

typewriter with fake news on the sheet of paper

Morning File

Selling your credibility is a bad idea

by Philip Moscovitch November 3, 2020January 16, 2023

Commentary

What is it about Canadians that makes us different from Americans?

by Stephen Kimber November 1, 2020October 20, 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.

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.

Tag: coronavirus

Scientists, experts, advocates call on feds to create action plan to address Long COVID

92 hospitalized with COVID, 425 new cases reported in Nova Scotia on Jan. 30

Province starts online resource for COVID long-haulers

12 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Sunday, June 6

18 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Saturday, June 5

Body of work: pandemic coverage

New study to give clearer picture of numbers of Canadian COVID-19 infections

Public Health uses a definition of “community spread” of COVID that confuses the public

Selling your credibility is a bad idea

What is it about Canadians that makes us different from Americans?

CUPE Local 5047 heading back to bargaining table Friday

Most of 4,100 evacuated residents may return home Friday; Halifax setting up community hub for evacuees

MLA Brad Johns should ‘understand’ struggle, school support workers say

Someone to go with: the importance of reducing social isolation

An expert explains the science of wildfires