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Posted inCOVID

Here’s what Day One of the New Normal looked like

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont June 5, 2020December 23, 2022

Today, many businesses that have been shuttered since March re-opened their doors. But it was far from business as usual. The Halifax Examiner spoke with several owners about what the new normal looks like. It wasn’t yet 10am on Friday and eight people had already tried to get into Carlos Barbershop without an appointment. Less […]

Posted inCOVID

COVID-19 update: No new cases, drive-in celebrations allowed for Nova Scotia high school grads

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford June 5, 2020December 29, 2022
Posted inCOVID, Families and Childcare

Caregivers stressed about return to work with no childcare

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont June 4, 2020December 23, 2022
Posted inCOVID

Today’s COVID-19 update: Stephen McNeil says people should go back to work even if they’d receive more money by staying home

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont June 3, 2020December 23, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

For the first time since the outbreak started, Nova Scotia announces no new known cases of COVID-19

by Tim Bousquet May 29, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax councillors consider saving snow shovelling from COVID-19 cuts

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford May 15, 2020December 29, 2022
Posted inCOVID

“Bubble families” unlikely for Nova Scotia

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson May 13, 2020December 12, 2022
Bench with caution tape hanging from it.
Posted inUncategorized

Daily COVID-19 update: Nova Scotia eases restrictions; parks are open, but beaches and playgrounds remain closed

by Tim Bousquet May 1, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

Strang: “We may well have had the peak”

by Erica Butler April 29, 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.

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by Suzanne Rent February 2, 2023February 2, 2023

UARB approves 6.9% power rate increase for households, effective immediately

by Jennifer Henderson February 2, 2023February 2, 2023

Most Canadians see grocery stores not accepting cash as form of discrimination, survey finds

by Yvette d'Entremont February 2, 2023February 2, 2023

Nova Scotia hospitals move to fully computerized health records with One Patient One Record

by Jennifer Henderson February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

Inclusion discussion, performances, gala all part of Africa society Black History Month events

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter February 1, 2023February 1, 2023
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