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A woman with long dark blonde hair and wearing a beige blazer over a black top sits at a dark wooden desk and in front of a lineup of Nova Scotia flags
Posted inEducation, Health, Province House

Masks won’t be required when kids head back to school

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson August 24, 2022January 9, 2023

With only two weeks left before kids head back to school, the province announced on Wednesday its “return to normal” plan for back to class. The Department of Education is not requiring that students, teachers, or staff wear masks, and it will be up to the students if they want to wear a mask on […]

Illustration of a red coronavirus, with distinctive spikes, surrounded by syringes arranged in a circle, with the pointy tips aimed at the stylized virus.
Posted inCOVID, Health

Dr. Tam: If Omicron replaces Delta, number of new cases could “inundate” health care system

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont December 17, 2021October 20, 2022
Posted inMorning File

The housing crisis on the South Shore

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent November 4, 2020November 29, 2022
Posted inEducation

The ABCs and Maybes of school reopening

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson August 10, 2020December 13, 2022
Posted inLocal History

The big and silent life of Nova Scotia giantess Anna Swan

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent August 5, 2020November 6, 2022
Colourful non-medical masks
Posted inCOVID

For some people, wearing a mask is “a unique kind of claustrophobia”

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch June 4, 2020January 11, 2023
Posted inCOVID

Wearing non-medical masks now supported by public health officials

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont April 6, 2020December 23, 2022
Posted inCOVID

The possible horrible legacy of the “coronavirus convention”

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter March 29, 2020November 15, 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.


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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.

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Proposed agreement between feds, province will mean $154 million for health care in Nova Scotia

by Jennifer Henderson February 7, 2023February 7, 2023

Halifax council approves parkland sale for new Park West School

by Zane Woodford February 7, 2023February 7, 2023

‘Just keep fighting:’ tenant wins back security deposit after landlord a no-show at hearing

by Suzanne Rent February 7, 2023February 7, 2023

Scholarship named in honour of health advocate to be awarded to Black students in Nova Scotia

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter February 7, 2023February 7, 2023

K-Tel’s Goofy Greats: repackaging the hits for kids

by Philip Moscovitch February 7, 2023February 7, 2023
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