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The milky way at night. Two shooting stars streak across the sky

Starry with a chance of showers

by Ethan Lycan-Lang August 12, 2022January 9, 2023

News 1. HRP tell police review board their officer made ‘unlawful arrest’ in 2019 tasing You may remember an incident back in December 2019, when a Halifax Regional Police officer tased a Black man on Quinpool Road after issuing him a ticket. The officer in question, Const. Nicole Green, was found in disciplinary default after […]

two white women, both wearing black blazers, inside a government building

Health

Nova Scotia Health leaders considering more private clinics to tackle surgical wait list

by Jennifer Henderson March 24, 2022December 9, 2022

People sitting at a table with a linen table cloth set up on a beach at low tide, with a dramatic stone formation in the background topped with trees.

Morning File

Guess how much it costs to eat on the beach at low tide?

by Philip Moscovitch September 7, 2021January 23, 2023

Health

Nursing home operators go public with call for better paid staff, updated facilities

by Jennifer Henderson July 22, 2020December 13, 2022

Health

The NSHA’s STI clinic is closed. What does that mean for people who need testing?

by Philip Moscovitch July 9, 2020January 12, 2023

Map of downtown Halifax showing very few public toilets

Morning File

HRM: 5,490 square kilometres, 20 public toilets

by Philip Moscovitch July 8, 2020January 12, 2023

Labour

Take this volunteer “job” and shove it

by Suzanne Rent July 2, 2020November 6, 2022

Health

NSHA working on fix for swamped blood collection appointment line

by Yvette d'Entremont June 17, 2020December 23, 2022

COVID

One year later: health care by the numbers

by Jennifer Henderson June 17, 2020December 12, 2022

COVID

We’re told to socially distance, but people are hooking up and having sex

by Yvette d'Entremont June 11, 2020December 23, 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.

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.

Tag: Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA)

Starry with a chance of showers

Nova Scotia Health leaders considering more private clinics to tackle surgical wait list

Guess how much it costs to eat on the beach at low tide?

Nursing home operators go public with call for better paid staff, updated facilities

The NSHA’s STI clinic is closed. What does that mean for people who need testing?

HRM: 5,490 square kilometres, 20 public toilets

One year later: health care by the numbers

Halifax councillors to consider adding to budget for public safety strategy

Junk science continues to be presented as evidence in Nova Scotia courts

Halifax’s apartment vacancy rate remains at 1%

Let’s talk about Halifax’s long list of potential budget cuts

Advocates call for vandalism of Liverpool building to be investigated as a hate crime