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A concrete building is seen on a grey day. The sign says "The Law Courts, Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia." There are three flags — two Nova Scotian and one Canadian, in the centre.
Posted inCOVID, Crime and Courts, Morning File, Science

Junk science continues to be presented as evidence in Nova Scotia courts

by Tim Bousquet January 27, 2023January 27, 2023

I don’t really know why SaltWire is going down this road, but I suspect it’s less about immediately replacing human workers than positioning itself as a hip, forward-looking, tech-friendly company. Basically, they want the people over at Volta to cream their pants.

The Emergency Health Services (EHS) logo on a white ambulance. The E and S are royal blue, the S is red. Emergency Health Services is written below in italic font, and the word paramedics is below that in blue capital letters on a high visibility green stripe.
Posted inHealth

We ‘need a different system,’ woman says after 2.5-hour wait for ambulance in Halifax

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 4, 2022November 7, 2022
About a dozen people stand or sit on a sidewalk in front of a red brick building. A sign above the entrance says Tacoma Family Medical Walk-In Clinic
Posted inHealth, Province House

Province announces projects to recruit family doctors, improve access to health care

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson October 12, 2022October 20, 2022
Posted inHealth

Nova Scotia will soon award system-changing health record contract

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson September 20, 2022January 3, 2023
A young man in a ballcap holds a phone up in front of his face.
Posted inArts and Culture, Business and Development, Labour, Morning File

Those darn kids today. And yesterday. And decades ago

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch August 23, 2022January 9, 2023
an aerial view of an intersection with a red dotted line indicating the route one driver took
Posted inEconomy, Labour, Morning File, Women

The dreadful and dangerous habits of Nova Scotian drivers

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent August 17, 2022January 9, 2023
A webpage showing a smiling woman sitting in her living room on her phone logging in to chat with a doctor
Posted inHealth

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

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont August 4, 2022November 18, 2022
A empty chamber with blue chairs, desks with microphones, and two paintings hanging next to a big chair
Posted inBusiness and Development, Economy, Government, Province House

Grants for seniors, gold mining, the premier’s ‘friends,’ and more from Question Period

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson July 29, 2022January 9, 2023
An empty waiting room with beige fake leather chairs, orange carpet, and a windows from a room where staff work. There's a happy new year sign on the window.
Posted inArts and Culture, Health, Morning File

Behind the backlogs: waiting and waiting some more for health care

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang July 27, 2022January 9, 2023
A hand holding a sign that reads "Not your body, not your choice"
Posted inCity Hall

Halifax councillors consider letter in support of abortion access

A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford July 25, 2022January 3, 2023

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Credit: Halifax Examiner. All rights reserved.

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.


Tractors bulldoze trees as American money rains from the sky.
Credit: Ricardo Weibezahn - ICIJ

DEFORESTATION INC

Reporter Joan Baxter is one of 140 journalists from 39 media outlets across 27 countries working collaboratively on ‘Deforestation Inc,’ a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which looked at the ownership structure of Paper Excellence, its relationship with Asia Pulp & Paper, and how the secretive corporate empires are devastating forests in Canada and around the world.

Find all of Baxter’s articles on the Deforestation Inc 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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Giving people food doesn’t solve food insecurity long term, but giving people money can

by Suzanne Rent and Jennifer Henderson September 26, 2023September 26, 2023

Halifax councillors consider new campaign financing limits

by Zane Woodford September 26, 2023September 26, 2023

Health care administrative professionals rally across Nova Scotia demanding better pay

by Yvette d'Entremont September 25, 2023September 25, 2023

Halifax Transit delays coming as Cogswell project enters second phase

by Zane Woodford September 25, 2023September 25, 2023

New building codes coming to Nova Scotia, but still concerns about meeting energy efficiency standard

by Jennifer Henderson September 25, 2023September 25, 2023
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