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Time to trash talk the litterers

Morning File, Thursday, Sept 24, 2020

September 24, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 17 Comments

News 1. How a proposal for tiny homes for veterans could shape Halifax’s affordable housing policy Zane Woodford talks with Dave Howard, co-founder of Homes for Heroes about a proposal for a village of tiny homes for veterans in Halifax. The proposal would include 15 to 25 tiny homes that are about 300 square feet, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Adopt-a-Highway, Allison Bernard, Cathy McCarthy, COVID-19, David Lefebvre, Erica Alini, film industry, Friends of McNabs Society, Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, Hal Bruce, Halifax Regional Council, Heather Fairbairn, horse riding lessons, Joe Chisholm, Judy Haiven, Laura Mackenzie, Lawrencetown litter, littering, Lynne Bruce, Mark Turner, Mike Casey, restaurant patios, Riverview Ravens, Theresa Kliem, Tina Knezevic, trash, women on council

The ABCs and Maybes of school reopening

August 10, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 3 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Some sense of normalcy.  That’s what most children, parents, and teachers yearn for — a better learning environment than what was cobbled together when COVID-19 erupted this winter.  Top paediatricians and child psychologists at the Toronto Sick Kids Hospital and IWK agree that kids need […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Back to School plan, Brendan Elliott, contact tracing, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Theresa Tam, Education Minister Zach Churchill, Heather Fairbairn, masks, Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU), pandemic, Paul Wozny, Public Health, school reopening

There’s still confusion over who will get the “pandemic premium” and when they will get it

July 8, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. More than 45,000 Nova Scotian health care workers will qualify for a top-up to their wages if they worked during all four months of the pandemic from March 13 to July 12. But it’s still unclear when they will receive the money and exactly which […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Health, health care workers, Heather Fairbairn, NDP leader Gary Burrill, pandemic, pandemic premium, PC leader Tim Houston

One year later: health care by the numbers

June 17, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

Exactly a year ago, the Halifax Examiner reported on a rally in downtown Halifax that attracted about 75 people concerned about overcrowded emergency rooms, inadequate mental health services, and too few places for seniors requiring long-term care.  The rally was advertised through a Facebook group called “Nova Scotia Healthcare Crisis.” Among those in the crowd […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: COVID-19, emergency room closures, Health Committee, Health Minister Randy Delorey, Heather Fairbairn, Janet Knox, Keith MacCormick, Leslie Tilley, long term care (LTC), Minister Leo Glavine, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), Nova Scotia Healthcare Crisis, One Person One Record, Paula Minnikin, Rebecca Brewer, Rob Miller, Valley Regional Hospital

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

Is it discrimination to refuse entry to people who won't wear a mask for medical reasons?

June 4, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. When Vel Oakes goes out, she doesn’t wear a mask. She said she’s gotten “some odd looks” if she’s standing in line waiting to get into a store — and she worries that as mask-wearing becomes more normalized, that’s going to get worse. Oakes described […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Biscuit General, coronavirus, Costco, COVID-19, Craig Jelinek, Department of Health and Wellness (DHW), Dr. Theresa Tam, Ferdinand Ballesteros, Heather Fairbairn, Ikebana Shop, Jeff Overmars, Marketa Stastna, masks, Miyako Ballesteros, Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, Pan-Canadian Public Health Network, pandemic, Shawna Henderson, Vel Oakes

Wait times increase for long-term care

June 2, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. If there was any doubt there are not enough places for people who need long-term care, the pandemic should lay that notion to rest. According to numbers provided by the Department of Health and Wellness yesterday, the wait-list for nursing home beds grew by 200 […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Bethany House, coronavirus, COVID-19, Heather Fairbairn, long term care (LTC), Melville Gardens, NDP leader Gary Burrill, Northwood, nursing homes, pandemic, Parkland Antigonish, Shannex

Transit passes coming for 16,800 people on income assistance, but for some, this means already paltry incomes will go down

April 5, 2018 By Erica Butler 2 Comments

  UPDATE (May 15, 2018):  No passes have yet been issued to income assistance recipients, though they are still expected for “late spring”.  Some Examiner readers wrote in to express concerns over the fact that the passes, which will feature a photo identification, would violate people’s privacy by revealing their status as income assistance recipients.  […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Department of Community Services, Erica Butler, Halifax Transit, Heather Fairbairn, Kendall Worth, Low Income Transit Pass

Stephen McNeil probably can’t meet his preschool pledge

The Liberal's pre-election budget included $3.7 million to expand Early Learning Centres to 30 new locations by September, just four months from now, but the locations haven't been identified, there's no money to help daycares transition, and school boards have been given no direction on how to implement the program.

May 17, 2017 By Jennifer Henderson

With election promises thicker than apple blossoms, one that sets the Liberals  apart is the promise of an expanded universal, pre-primary program for four-year-olds. Eight Nova Scotia schools including Rockingstone Heights Elementary in Spryfield currently offer full day programs for four-year-olds taught by Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) in classrooms dubbed Early Learning Centres, once known...

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Filed Under: Education, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Brynn Langille, Catherine Cross, David Wright, Early Learning Centres, Heather Fairbairn, integrated child care program, Karen Casey, McNeil budget, Premier Stephen McNeil

Low income transit pass program to grow this year, but passes will still be out of reach for poorest of the poor

February 1, 2017 By Erica Butler 1 Comment

Halifax is poised to make its Low Income Transit Pass pilot program permanent, and start talking to the province about getting transit passes into the hands of income assistance recipients. If council approves the recommendation from their Transportation Standing Committee, the city will start accepting applications for the new permanent program in May, with a […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Commentary, Featured, News Tagged With: Halifax Transit, Heather Fairbairn, Low Income Transit Pass, Sam Austin, Transportation Standing Committee, Waye Mason

A Hill To Die On: Morning File, Thursday, December 22, 2016

December 22, 2016 By Katie Toth 9 Comments

Hello Examiner readers: Katie Toth here, curator and cultivator of the finest locally-sourced, organic, free-range news. Tim is sleeping, I’m writing Morning File, and Christmas is three days away! That means eggnog is in my coffee and I have wool socks on.  News 1. Nova Scotia now responsible for refugee support Syrian refugees are coming up on the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alexander Quon, Heather Fairbairn, Keith Doucette, Syrian Refugees, Tristan Cleveland

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Mo Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month. Everyone else will have to wait until tomorrow to listen to it.

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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.

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