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Province announces new capital plan, including more hospital beds, emergency departments

by Jennifer Henderson December 15, 2022December 15, 2022

Premier Tim Houston announced details of new 10-year capital plan on Thursday, saying he wants “shovels in the ground” by end of March.

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Government, Health

Omicron worries dominate Legislature’s Health Committee

by Jennifer Henderson April 13, 2022October 20, 2022

COVID

Frontline workers: Emergency department housekeeper

by Suzanne Rent May 29, 2020November 6, 2022

COVID

Frontline workers: Doctors

by Suzanne Rent May 27, 2020November 6, 2022

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Strang: “We may well have had the peak”

by Erica Butler April 29, 2020October 20, 2022

COVID

Hospitals empty beds before wave of COVID-19 admissions

by Jennifer Henderson April 2, 2020December 7, 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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Province announces new capital plan, including more hospital beds, emergency departments

Omicron worries dominate Legislature’s Health Committee

Frontline workers: Emergency department housekeeper

Frontline workers: Doctors

Hospitals empty beds before wave of COVID-19 admissions

Teachers, high school students, people who got parking tickets, even babies: MOVEit hackers stole their personal data

3 years after Portapique, the Emergency Alert system is still broken

Community outreach workers say their work is integral to students, families in Nova Scotia

CUPE Local 5047 heading back to bargaining table Friday

Most of 4,100 evacuated residents may return home Friday; Halifax setting up community hub for evacuees