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Hospitals empty beds before wave of COVID-19 admissions

April 2, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The arrival of COVID-19 has increased the pressure on the Department of Health, the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), and the Department of Community Services to empty out long-stay patients to make room for an expected surge of hospitalizations. Two dozen new cases a day […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia (AHANS), Alternate Level of Care (ALC), coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Community Services (DCS), Department of Health and Wellness (DHW), Dr. Brendan Carr, hospitals, intensive care, Jim Graham, Lynette MacLeod, Minister Randy Delorey, North End Community Health Clinic, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), pandemic

Rates of domestic, family violence increase in a crisis like Covid-19. But people and communities can still support those at risk

March 28, 2020 By Suzanne Rent Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Staying home is keeping many of us safe from Covid-19, but it’s also increasing the risk of violence against women and children who are now at home more often with abusers. Rates of domestic violence have spiked across the world in countries where there are […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Alec Stratford, and Families (NFF), Barb MacQuarrie, Bryony House, coronavirus, COVID-19, domestic violence, family violence, Friends, Lynette MacLeod, Neighbours, The Cape Breton Transition House Association, transition houses

Province announces design competition for new waterfront art gallery but still makes no mention of rising sea levels

January 17, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson

The McNeil government is taking the next step toward building a $100-million Art Gallery along the Halifax waterfront. The Department of Transportation Infrastructure and Renewal (TIR) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to design an “iconic” building to be built on the Salter lot across Lower Water Street from the Keith’s Brewery, where a...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: AGNS CEO Nancy Noble, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), climate change, Lynette MacLeod, Minister Leo Glavine, new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia RFP

With increasing sea level rise, does it make sense to build a new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia on the waterfront?

May 7, 2019 By Jennifer Henderson

In the last three months, it’s been reported that the Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than expected, which will mean a higher rise in sea-level than earlier projected; that temperatures in Canada are warming at approximately double the average global rate; and that more flooding is predicted for Atlantic Canada over the next 50...

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Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured, News, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), climate change, Coastal Protection Act, Develop Nova Scotia, Ecology Action Centre (EAC), Halifax Waterfront cultural hub, Lynette MacLeod, Nancy Anningson, Peter Bigelow, sea level rise, waterfront

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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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.

About the Halifax Examiner

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