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The Northwood nursing home on Gottingen Street in Halifax.

It was ground zero for coronavirus deaths in Nova Scotia, but now Northwood is recovering

by Jennifer Henderson June 13, 2020December 12, 2022

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The CEO of Northwood says the Halifax long-term care facility is entering a recovery period. COVID-19 swept through the nursing home, infecting 345 residents and staff. Fifty-three people died. As of this past week, Northwood now has no active cases. Two dozen elderly residents who […]

The Northwood long-term care centre on Gottingen Street in Halifax.

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45 Northwood residents have died with COVID-19

by Jennifer Henderson May 13, 2020December 12, 2022

COVID

There are still 152 active cases of COVID-19 among Northwood residents

by Jennifer Henderson May 6, 2020December 12, 2022

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Daily COVID-19 update: hospitals may soon resume services that were put on hold in anticipation of huge coronavirus caseload that hasn’t materialized

by Jennifer Henderson May 6, 2020December 12, 2022

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Daily COVID-19 update: Northwood outlines its plan

by Jennifer Henderson April 20, 2020December 12, 2022

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Justin Trudeau and Sidney Crosby’s stolen dignity: Morning File, Wednesday, August 24, 2016

by Selena Ross August 24, 2016October 20, 2022

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents — 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.

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.

To read the entire DEAD WRONG series, and articles on Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, click here.

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It was ground zero for coronavirus deaths in Nova Scotia, but now Northwood is recovering

45 Northwood residents have died with COVID-19

There are still 152 active cases of COVID-19 among Northwood residents

Daily COVID-19 update: hospitals may soon resume services that were put on hold in anticipation of huge coronavirus caseload that hasn’t materialized

Daily COVID-19 update: Northwood outlines its plan

Justin Trudeau and Sidney Crosby’s stolen dignity: Morning File, Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Unions ask Nova Scotians to join day of action for striking Pete’s Frootique workers

Rick Perkins, natural health product champion

CN Railway files lawsuit to stop protesters from setting up blockades in Nova Scotia

Portrait project in Truro to honour Black women educators, church organist

Nova Scotia’s economy was and is deeply entwined with slavery