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Health care system check up: Is access to health care better or has it gotten worse?

August 14, 2022 By Jennifer Henderson 1 Comment

This Wednesday marks one year since Tim Houston was elected premier of Nova Scotia on a promise to “fix” health care. Nova Scotians handed the Progressive Conservatives a majority government to try and do just that. The government has undertaken many initiatives, creating separate offices to focus on the recruitment of more health care professionals […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health, News, Province House Tagged With: ambulance availability, ambulance crisis, COVID-19, Department of Health and Wellness, Dr. Kevin Orell, emergency department capacity issues, Jennifer Henderson, Nova Scotia Health, Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative, NSH, Office of Healthcare Professionals Recruitment, QEII Health Sciences Centre, surgical backlogs, Tim Houston, Victoria General, virtual care, Virtual Care Nova Scotia

Some Nova Scotians turning to ‘Your Doctors Online’ app for quick primary care access

August 4, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont 2 Comments

When Debbie Smith’s daughter began struggling with some physical issues at the end of May, she brought her to see their family doctor. But the Cole Harbour mother said their doctor was dismissive of the issue and they left frustrated with no resolution. When her daughter’s health didn’t improve, Smith knew she had to do […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health, News Tagged With: Department of Health and Wellness, doctor access, doctor app, doctor shortage, doctors app, emergency department, emergency department capacity issues, health app, health care, HealthATech Solutions Inc., Khalehla Perrault, Maple, MSI, Need A Family Practice, Nova Scotia, primary care access, rural hospitals, virtual care, Your Doctors Online

Nova Scotia’s second busiest emergency department is dealing with record-breaking overcapacity

June 30, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont 1 Comment

The chief of the province’s second busiest emergency department says record-breaking overcapacity issues are making it increasingly difficult for them to fill the gaps of a primary care system in crisis. “Our capacity at best is probably 140 a day, and we’ve been averaging over 150 a day fairly regularly and more in the last […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health, News Tagged With: Cobequid Community Health Centre, Cobequid emergency, CTAS, Dr. Mike Clory, emergency department, emergency department capacity issues, family doctors, Halifax Infirmary, Lower Sackville, primary care, walk-in clinics, Yvette d'Entremont

Chief of the IWK emergency department says hospital facing ‘unknown territory’ as visits reach record numbers

June 15, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont 2 Comments

The chief of the IWK Health Centre’s emergency department says the volume of visits is skyrocketing and she’s worried things are heading into “unknown territory.” “The volume in our department is literally off the charts. It is much higher than is typical for this time of year, and in fact it’s almost the highest volume […]

Filed Under: COVID, Featured, Health, News, Province House Tagged With: children's hospital, COVID, Dr. Joanna Holland, Dr. Katrina Hurley, emergency department, emergency department capacity issues, gastroenteritis, Hand-foot-and-mouth disease, IWK, IWK Health Centre, IWK Twitter, overcapacity issues, RSV, triage video, Yvette d'Entremont

IWK emergency department over capacity, number of visits expected to increase

June 14, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

The IWK Health Centre’s emergency department (ED) has been overcapacity for the last six weeks and with things expected to worsen, the facility’s Twitter account issued a brief statement and a link to a new triage video on Tuesday afternoon. “We are doing everything we can to manage the volume and acuity of patients who […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health, News, Province House Tagged With: emergency department, emergency department capacity issues, IWK, IWK Health Centre, triage, Yvette d'Entremont

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

Episode 91 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.
Two photos: A young white brunette woman with a black mask that says "Take care make art", and a young white blonde woman smiling in a studio photo.

The Halifax Fringe Festival is celebrating its first full in-person festival since 2019, which itself was cut short by hurricane Dorian. And that’s not all — after seven festivals, executive director Lee-Anne Poole will head out the revolving door of Halifax arts org leaders and hand the reigns over to Sara Graham. Both are on the show this week to talk entrances and exits, why they do the work that they do, the festival’s present and future, and all the details you need to attend. Plus a song from the new surprise Hello Delaware album.

Listen to the episode here.

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