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Tag: Omicron

A nurse holding a needle containing COVID-19 vaccine prepares to inject a patient.
Posted inCOVID, Province House

Strang: Nova Scotians still have to take COVID seriously

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont August 26, 2022November 18, 2022

The province’s chief medical officer of health said on Friday that Nova Scotians have become too complacent about COVID-19. With the possibility of a fall or winter wave, Dr. Robert Strang is encouraging people to ensure their vaccinations are up to date and is also urging them to continue following public health recommendations like wearing […]

A woman with long dark blonde hair and wearing a beige blazer over a black top sits at a dark wooden desk and in front of a lineup of Nova Scotia flags
Posted inEducation, Health, Province House

Masks won’t be required when kids head back to school

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson August 24, 2022January 9, 2023
A cyclist rides on a protected bicycle lane between a row of parked cars and a sidewalk, with a line of blue posts between them.
Posted inMorning File

Vision, lobbying, and high-profile stunts: lessons on how to become a cycling city

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch July 7, 2022January 30, 2023
A photo of an empty syringe stuck into a model of the coronavirus, which is made out of a styrofoam ball painted purple, with multicoloured quilter's pins sticking out if it, with a white background.
Posted inCOVID

More than 17 million Canadians were infected with Omicron in just five months, task force finds

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont July 6, 2022November 18, 2022
The open wrought iron entrance gate to the courtyard of Province House in June 2021. On the stone wall is a bronze plaque reading 1726 Hollis St, and above that a copper plaque, completely green with patina, designating the building a provincial heritage property.
Posted inPolicing

Cabinet ministers on climate change, COVID, the Mass Casualty Commission, and Nova Scotia Power execs’ salaries

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson June 2, 2022January 3, 2023
A bald man wearing a mask and a suit stands at a microphone
Posted inGovernment, Health

Omicron worries dominate Legislature’s Health Committee

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson April 13, 2022October 20, 2022
A woman wearing a dark t-shirt and glasses speaks at a podium. In the background are three Nova Scotia flags, coloured blue, yellow and red.
Posted inCOVID, Health, Province House

Some Nova Scotians soon to be eligible for fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson April 5, 2022October 20, 2022
Two young girls with long brown hair wearing black face masks
Posted inCOVID

What it means to live with COVID

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont March 17, 2022November 18, 2022
An Asian woman in a beige turtleneck sweater wearing a blue disposable mask against a black background
Posted inCOVID

Researcher in NB launching study to better understand long-COVID in Canadian patients

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont March 4, 2022November 18, 2022
EHS ambulances lined up outside a hospital
Posted inHealth, Province House

Ambulance system is ‘nearing the point of failure’

A smiling white woman with wavy dark blonde hair and bangs, wearing a green top and a sweater with burgundy and white flecks. Behind her you can see dark trees. by Yvette d'Entremont February 16, 2022November 18, 2022

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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.


Tractors bulldoze trees as American money rains from the sky.
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.


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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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by Yvette d'Entremont September 22, 2023September 22, 2023

How Nova Scotia doesn’t support women workers: let us count the ways

by Suzanne Rent September 22, 2023September 22, 2023

Riley trial: Witness admits she lied multiple times in previous testimony, including when her testimony resulted in a murder conviction for another man

by Tim Bousquet September 22, 2023September 22, 2023

Nova Scotia drops provincial portion of HST on new apartment construction

by Jennifer Henderson September 22, 2023September 22, 2023
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