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Two reports detail problems at Nova Scotia nursing homes that resulted in mass COVID-19 deaths

But while the recommendations in the Northwood report are public, the findings are not.

September 21, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. COVID-19’s remorseless advance through the Northwood facility in Halifax this spring caused 53 deaths, and exposed gaps in a system which is supposed to protect our most vulnerable citizens. In the wake of those events, the province will spend $26 million over the next year, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health, News, Province House Tagged With: COVID-19, Dr. Chris Lata, Dr. Lynn Stevenson, Health Minister Randy Delorey, Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC), long term care (LTC), Murray Stenton, NDP leader Gary Burrill, Northwood, Northwood class action lawsuit, Northwood Review Panel, NSGEU, nursing homes, Patsy Rawding, PC leader Tim Houston, Safe ReStart, Shelley Jones

Northwood: when a ‘review’ is just a cover-up

Last week, the McNeil government announced its plans for a "review" of the 53 COVID-19 deaths at Northwood. The problem is that it isn't a review, just another excuse not to be accountable.

July 5, 2020 By Stephen Kimber 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. On Thursday, my colleague Jennifer Henderson ventured where few of us would willingly dare to venture: into a post-cabinet-meeting virtual scrum where reporters got to sort-of ask meaningful questions, and physically distanced, reality-challenging government ministers got to respond with their usual baffling bafflegab. Thankfully, she […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Province House Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Erica Surette, Health Minister Randy Delorey, Jennifer Henderson, Northwood class action lawsuit, pandemic, Patricia West, Premier Stephen McNeil, Quality-improvement Information Protection Act, Wagners

Cabinet roundup: Northwood review, mass shooting inquiry, schools, Liscombe Lodge, and Northern Pulp

July 3, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

Jennifer Henderson attended the virtual post-cabinet meeting scrum Thursday, when government ministers take questions from reporters. Northwood Review: The premier and Health minister faced questions around the government’s choice to release only the recommendations and not the findings from a two-person review panel appointed to look into practices at Northwood’s Halifax facility, where 53 people […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Business Minister Geoff MacLellan, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Chris Lata, Education Minister Zach Churchill, Health Minister Randy Delorey, Hearthstone Hospitality, inquiry, Justice Minister Mark Furey, Liscombe Lodge, Lynn Stevenson, mass shooting murder Portapique, Northern pulp creditor protection, Northwood class action lawsuit, Northwood review, pandemic, Paper Excellence Canada, Premier Stephen McNeil, school reopening

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

June 13, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Health and Wellness (DHW), Janet Simm, Josie Ryan, long term care (LTC), masks, NDP leader Gary Burrill, Northwood, Northwood class action lawsuit, NSGEU, pandemic, physical distancing, Premier Stephen McNeil

Today’s COVID-19 update: Stephen McNeil says people should go back to work even if they’d receive more money by staying home

June 3, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont 2 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The province’s COVID-19 media briefing on Wednesday was heavily focused on Friday’s reopening of services like salons, barber shops, spas and dine-in restaurants shut down since March. “Today’s another good day in terms of cases,” Premier Stephen McNeil said, opening the briefing with the announcement […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Alicia Draus, Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), coronavirus, COVID-19 update, Dr. Robert Strang, easing restrictions, household bubbles, Lyndsay Armstrong, Northwood class action lawsuit, pandemic, physical distancing, Premier Stephen McNeil, Preston Mulligan, school reopening

“We need answers and justice. This tragedy cannot have been for nothing.”

A woman launching a lawsuit against Northwood for the death of her mother from COVID-19 speaks with the Halifax Examiner.

June 3, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. “Fifty-three families have lost their loved ones at Northwood due to COVID-19, and we need answers and justice,” said Erica Surette. “This tragedy cannot have been for nothing.” Surette is the first member of a proposed class-action lawsuit launched Tuesday against Northwood Care Group Inc. […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Erica Surette, long term care (LTC), masks, Murray Stenton, Northwood class action lawsuit, pandemic, Patricia West, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Ray Wagner

Northwood hit with lawsuit

June 2, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Northwood Care Group Inc. has been hit with a class-action lawsuit filed by lawyer Ray Wagner on behalf of a woman whose 66-year-old mother was a Northwood Centre resident who got COVID-19 and died on April 22. The lawsuit alleges Northwood should not have moved […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Erica Surette, Northwood, Northwood class action lawsuit, pandemic, Patricia West, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Ray Wagner

PRICED OUT

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.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

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. 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.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Two young white women, one with dark hair and one blonde, smile at the camera on a sunny spring day.

Episode 79 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Grace McNutt and Linnea Swinimer are the Minute Women, two Haligonians who host a podcast of the same name about Canadian history as seen through a lens of Heritage Minutes (minutewomenpodcast.ca). In a lively celebration of the show’s second birthday, they stop by to reveal how curling brought them together in podcast — and now BFF — form, their favourite Minutes, that time they thought Jean Chretien was dead, and the impact their show has had. Plus music from brand-new ECMA winners Hillsburn and Zamani.

Listen to the episode here.

Check out some of the past episodes here.

Subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your device — there’s a great instructional article here. Email Suzanne for help.

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