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Body of work: pandemic coverage

February 28, 2021 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

The following articles comprise Yvette d’Entremont‘s 2020 coverage of the coronavirus pandemic: [full list coming]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Examiner pandemic coverage

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

More than 3,600 Nova Scotians will participate in national study designed to provide "better feel" for how many Canadians have actually been infected.

November 9, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. A new study aiming to provide a “reliable and timely picture” of how many Canadians have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 will see more than 3,600 blood test kits and surveys mailed to Nova […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Immunity Task Force, Dr. Catherine Hankins, pandemic

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

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

Morning File, Monday, November 9, 2020

November 9, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

Stephen Kimber is just too kind to me; I’ve been blushing ever since I read this yesterday. Have a read, and please subscribe. News 1. COVID Nine new cases of COVID-19 have been announced in Nova Scotia since Friday — two on Friday, four Saturday, and three yesterday. All nine recent cases are in Nova […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: community spread, coronavirus, COVID-19, El Jones, exposure advisory, Mining Association of Nova Scotia (MANS), pandemic, Paul Smith, Public Health, Randy Riley, self-isolation, slavery

COVID clock is ticking on preparing nursing homes for a second wave

November 9, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. The clock is ticking on the potential for a second wave of COVID-19 at long-term care homes in Nova Scotia. The question is, despite what we know now, are we any better prepared to cope than we […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: COVID-19, COVID-19 Resilience Stream, Department of Health, Dr. Chris Lata, long term care (LTC), Marla MacInnis, Northwood review, Nova Scotia Health Authority, nursing homes, Nursing Homes Association of Nova Scotia (NHANS), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Regional Care Units, Steve Warburton, Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (TIR)

Get an annual subscription, and we’ll send you a T-shirt

Morning File, Friday, November 6, 2020

November 6, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

A quick note. Years ago, we picked November as the best month for the Halifax Examiner’s annual subscription drive because it was after summer vacations and the hassle and fuss over back-to-school, but before the Christmas rush. That was before 2020, back when there was order and stability to the world and the calendar brought […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Clearwater Seafoods Inc, COVID-19, exposure advisory, lobster fishery, Membertou First Nation

The housing crisis on the South Shore

Morning File, Wednesday, November 4, 2020

November 4, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 3 Comments

It’s November and that means it’s subscription drive time here at the Halifax Examiner. Your subscriptions are what support the Examiner and its writers. So, I’m writing today’s Morning File because of your support.  I started reading the Examiner in its early days when it was a one-man show with Tim writing Morning Files and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: anti-Black racism, Bridgewater, COVID-19, Department of Lands and Forestry (DLF), Dr. Robert Strang, Dr. Theresa Tam, Endangered Species Act, Healthy Forest Coalition, homelessness, housing crisis, housing hub, Jacqueline Foster, Lindsay Lee, Lisa Ryan, Mainland Moose, masks, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), Paul Withers, racism in justice system, Randy Riley, rural housing, South Shore, Tusket river hydro dam, Utility and Review Board (UARB)

Selling your credibility is a bad idea

Morning File, Tuesday, November 3, 2020

November 3, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 11 Comments

Every November, the Halifax Examiner holds its annual subscription drive. Your subscriptions are what keep this enterprise going. The breaking stories, the opinion pieces, the first-person essays, the sharp commentary, the Morning Files — none of this would happen without your subscriptions. There are no ads, there is no branded content, there are no grants. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: affordable housing, Angela Rasmussen, Atlantic Tennis Centre, Bob Murphy, branded content, Bridgewater, Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), Chad Roy, Corey Rogers, coronavirus, COVID-19, David Pugliese, Elizabeth McSheffrey, Jeannette Rogers, Kelly Crowe, Linden MacIntyre, Lisa Brosseau, Marina Oleinikova, masks, Michael Gorman, military propaganda, Minister Suzanne Lohnes-Croft, Misha Lanin, Owls Head, painted airbrushed cars Russia, Patty Cuttell, rural housing, Simon Houpt, sponsored content, Tandem, Taryn Grant, Theresa Blackburn, Tony burman, Yulia Shehirina

What 2020 has been like for the Halifax Examiner

Morning File, Monday, November 2, 2020

November 2, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

What a year. Because our annual subscription drives are in November, this is the time of year when I look back and consider the growth of the Examiner and think about the future. I started the Examiner in the summer of 2014, and it was at first a one-man operation. I was shocked at the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: active cases, Arthur Bull, COVID exposure, COVID-19, Halifax Examiner in 2020, moderate livelihood fishery, Sydney train station death

University enrolments survive COVID punch

October 31, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson

The number of full-time students attending Nova Scotia’s 11 universities this year dropped by 2.9%, for a total of 39,619 students. The decline was more pronounced in this province than for the Atlantic region as a whole where full-time enrolment was down only 1.3%. However, the number of international students who pay more than double...

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Filed Under: Education, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Allister Surette, Association of Atlantic Universities (AAU), Cape Breton University, COVID-19, David Dingwall, pandemic, university enrolment

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month. Everyone else will have to wait until tomorrow to listen to it.

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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.

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