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New report finds poverty, systemic racism and discrimination “most urgent threats” to well-being of NS children, youth

April 26, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

A new report on the well-being of Nova Scotia’s children and youth has found that while many are doing well, far too many are being left behind. The ‘One Chance to be a Child’ report was released Tuesday. Described as the first “comprehensive snapshot” of child and youth well-being in the province, the data profile […]

Filed Under: COVID, Education, Featured, Health, News, Province House Tagged With: child poverty, Dalhousie University, Department of Pediatrics, Healthy Populations Institute, Nova Scotia, One Chance to be a Child, poverty, Sara Kirk, systemic racism and discrimination, Yvette d'Entremont

Get outside: national nature prescription program launches in the Maritimes

April 22, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont 1 Comment

From walking on a trail to digging in a garden, swimming in a lake, or simply sitting on a park bench, evidence shows connecting with nature increases energy, creativity and concentration, and reduces stress, anxiety, and chronic pain. So stop and smell the roses, because the next time you visit your healthcare provider you just […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health, News, Province House Tagged With: BC Parks Foundation, Dalhousie University, Emma McDermott, evidence-based nature, health behaviour, Nature, nature prescriptions, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, P.E.I., Parks Prescription, PaRx, Shannon Johnson, Yvette d'Entremont

Dalhousie researcher studying how pandemic impacted violence against women services

April 21, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

How did the pandemic impact violence against women services, what did women experience while accessing them, and how can providers, policymakers, and funders best respond in future? Alexa Yakubovich is looking at those questions as one of three Dalhousie University researchers who recently received Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) funding for projects focused on […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House, Women Tagged With: Alexa Yakubovich, Canadian Institutes for Health Research, CIHR, COVID-19, Dalhousie University, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, pandemic, St. Michael's Hospital, University of New Brunswick, University of Toronto, VAW, violence against women, Women's College Hospital, Yvette d'Entremont

Northern Pulp is in a polluting league of its own

A new study shows the mill's emissions of some air pollutants greatly exceeded federal reporting thresholds and were often much higher than other mills in Atlantic Canada.

April 11, 2022 By Joan Baxter 3 Comments

A new study shows that in spite of the many claims over the years that it was cleaning up its environmental act, and in spite of the $28 million it received in 2011 from the “green transformation program” of Conservative government of Stephen Harper to do so, when it came to air pollution, the Northern […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured Tagged With: air emissions, Air Pollutant Emission Inventory, air pollutants, Atholville mill, Atlantic Canada, British Columbia Supreme Court, Campbellton, carcinogen, Clean Air Act, climate change, coarse particulate matter, Code of Practice for the Management of Air Emissions from Pulp and Paper Facilities, Codey Barnett, Dalhousie University, Daniel Rainham, Emma Hoffman, Environment and Climate Change Canada, fine particulate matter, Gianina Giacosa, green transformation program, greenhouse gases, Hervey Investment, industrial approval, Karla MacFarlance, National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI), New Brunswick, Northern Pulp, Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change (NSECC), Paper Excellence, particulate matter, Pictou, Pictou West, Pollutants, pulp mills, Stephen Harper, sulphur dioxide, Tony Walker, Uruguay

As COVID spikes in wastewater across Canada, Halifax project hopes for funding renewal

April 7, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont 1 Comment

As average levels of coronavirus found in Ottawa’s wastewater hit record highs and case numbers climb across the country, a wastewater surveillance project in Nova Scotia may soon see its funding renewed. Launched last January, the goal of the research project was to track the presence of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia wastewater to help researchers […]

Filed Under: COVID, Featured, Health, News, Province House Tagged With: COVID surveillance, COVID-19, Dalhousie University, Department of Health and Wellness, Graham Gagnon, Halifax Water, Nova Scotia Health, Public Health, Research Nova Scotia, Research Opportunities Fund, Stefan Leslie, wastewater surveillance, Yvette d'Entremont

Researchers explore homelessness in Nova Scotia during early months of COVID-19

April 6, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

Authors of a new report highlighting the “ongoing systemic disaster” of homelessness in Nova Scotia during the pandemic’s early months hope their work will inform future disaster responses. The report, Homelessness during a pandemic, Learning lessons for disaster preparedness in Nova Scotia, summarizes a collaborative study between researchers at Dalhousie University, Cape Breton University and […]

Filed Under: COVID, Economy, Featured, News, PRICED OUT Tagged With: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM), COVID-19, Dalhousie University, homelessness, Homelessness during a pandemic, housing crisis, HRM, Jeff Karabanow, Learning lessons for disaster preparedness in Nova Scotia, pandemic, Shannon Long, Yvette d'Entremont

Study examines work of Nova Scotia pharmacists, the pandemic’s ‘unsung heroes’

April 4, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont 1 Comment

If not for community pharmacists, many Nova Scotians would have had nowhere to turn for their primary health care needs during the pandemic. That’s one of the takeaways from a new research paper, ‘Community Pharmacists’ Expanding Role In Supporting Patients Before and During COVID-19: An Exploratory Qualitative Study.’ “I would say that we have proven […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: ‘Problems Coordinating and Accessing Primary Care for Attached and Unattached Patients in a Pandemic Year, Allison Bondar, COVID, COVID-19, Dalhousie University, health care, immunization, Jennifer Isenor, Need a Family Practice Registry, Nova Scotia Health, pandemic, pharmacists, pharmacy, Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia, Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia (PANS), PUPPY Study, vaccines, Yvette d'Entremont

What it means to live with COVID

"We need to be very careful about letting down our guard too much at this point," says Dr. Scott Halperin, professor of pediatrics and microbiology and immunology at Dalhousie University and infectious disease at the IWK Health Centre.

March 17, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont 5 Comments

On Monday, children across Nova Scotia are set to return to their schools after this week’s March Break. While some restrictions will remain in place for the health care system, students will be re-entering classrooms on the same day that the province enters Phase 3 of its reopening plan. Public health and school public health […]

Filed Under: COVID, Featured, Health, News Tagged With: ATU Local 508, BA.2 subvariant, Canadian Center for Vaccinology, CITF, COVID-19, COVID-19 Immunity Task Force, Dalhousie University, Dr. Scott Halperin, Halifax Transit, IWK Health Centre, mask mandate, mask requirements, masking in schools, Nova Scotia, NS Pediatric Pandemic Advisory Group, Omicron, pediatric vaccination, Phase 3, reopening plan, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization (WHO), Yvette d'Entremont

Dalhousie University’s decision to source “sustainable biomass” from J.D. Irving and Wagner a “piss-off”

News that Emera’s Brooklyn biomass plant is out of commission is making waves in Nova Scotia, while Dal’s biomass facility in Truro garners little publicity.

March 1, 2022 By Joan Baxter 3 Comments

In May 2021, Dalhousie University issued a tender for “sustainable biomass” to feed the bioenergy plant on its agricultural campus in Truro. At the end of July 2021, the university quietly awarded the contract — worth $1,318,187.50 — to J.D. Irving and Wagner Forest NS. This marked a departure for Dalhousie’s biomass plant, which for […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured Tagged With: agricultural campus, Anne McInerney, Atlantic Star Forestry Ltd, Bermuda, Biodiversity Act, biomass, biomass energy, biomass facility, Brooklyn Energy, Bruce Livesey, carbon accounting, CBC, clearcutting, climate change, climate crisis, Colchester County, Community Feed-in Tariff (COMFIT) Program, Cumberland County, Dal News, Dalhousie University, David Patriquin, ecological forestry, greenhouse gas accounting, greenhouse gas emissions, Greg Watson, Independent Review of Forest Practices In Nova Scotia, JD Irving, Jennifer Henderson, KC Irving, Lahey report, Michael Gorman, National Observer, Neenah Paper, New Brunswick, North Nova Forest Owners Co-operative, Nova Scotia Forest Notes, Nova Star Forestry Ltd, pulp mill, renewable energy, Rochelle Owen, sawmill residue, Scott Maritimes, soil carbon, Sproule Lumber, Stephanie Rogers, tax haven, Tom Miller, triad model, Truro, Wagner Forest Management, Wagner Forest NS, William Lahey

Breaking out of the algorithmic box

Morning File, Thursday, February 3, 2022

February 3, 2022 By Philip Moscovitch 6 Comments

News 1. Is a “climate action tax” different from any other tax? Halifax has a climate action plan that Zane Woodford has previously described as “woefully underfunded.” Council is thinking of changing that, by earmarking a special tax of 0.023 cents on every $100 of taxable assessed residential property value for climate-related capital projects. But, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: algorithm, Aquakultre, Atlantic salmon, Cathy Deagle Gammon, Cheryl Simon, City Hall, climate change, Clive Thompson, COVID-19, COVID-19 testing, Dalhousie University, eating disorders, Eating Disorders Nova Scotia (EDNS), Euphoria, HBO, Jeffrey Hutchings, Joan Baxter, John Last, Kathryn Morse, Kay Sark, Laurel Hell, Mary E. Black Gallery, Matues Revisited, Melissa Peter-Paul, Mitski, Mo Kenney, Neil Young, Nova Scotia Power, Padua, Premier Tim Houston, Quill Sisters, Rania ElSouri, Reader's Digest, recommendation, sea lice, Shaleen Jones, Spotify, system access fee, Tara Thorne, Terra Spencer, Tideline, Tim Bousquet, Utilities and Review Board (UARB), W. Kamau Bell, We Need to Talk About Cosby, Weird Old Book Finder, Yvette d'Entremont, Zane Woodford

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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.

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