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A black and white photo of an older man wearing glasses sitting hunched over on a wooden slatted bench. He's facing a grassy shoreline and large body of water but is looking down reading a newspaper.
Posted inHealth, Medical Research

Program developed at Dal helps support mental health of men being treated for prostate cancer

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont March 1, 2023March 9, 2023

Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEP) helps patients deal with anxiety, depression.

high angle photo of robot
Posted inMorning File

The machine-generated literary submissions have arrived

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirtA smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Philip Moscovitch and Yvette d'Entremont February 23, 2023February 23, 2023
The silhouette of a child posed in the far right of the frame stands out against an open sky at sunset or sunrise.
Posted inHealth, Medical Research

Genetic testing could help identify youth at risk of developing mental illness, Dal study finds

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont February 23, 2023March 2, 2023
A young woman stands in front of a white board with pink and yellow Post-It notes on it while several other people sit in front of laptops on a table.
Posted inMorning File

Ditch the hashtags: here’s how employers can support workers’ mental health

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent February 2, 2023February 2, 2023
the green roadsign to Portapique with a tartan sash tied around the post
Posted inMorning File

Grief and survivor’s guilt do not simply go away with time

by Tim Bousquet November 4, 2022November 9, 2022
A Black man smiles while holding a young Black boy.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Founder of Black men’s health group says he wants to create space to talk ‘unique issues’

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter November 3, 2022November 7, 2022
Posted inProfiles

Leon Joudrey: a decent man with an impossible burden

by Tim Bousquet November 1, 2022November 9, 2022
A montage of 6 images of a CO2 monitor, with readings ranging from 400 to 2150.
Posted inCOVID

Me and my monitor: measuring CO2 in indoor spaces

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch October 12, 2022February 1, 2023
One player tries to block another player's shot in a basketball game.
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Peace Basketball Tournament returns to help promote inner peace in the Black community

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter August 21, 2022November 8, 2022
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

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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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