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A bright yellow and green COVID test box with a positive test in front of it.

Scientists, experts, advocates call on feds to create action plan to address Long COVID

by Yvette d'Entremont October 21, 2022October 27, 2022

Group says urgent action needed to help Canadians living with “debilitating” symptoms that linger after COVID-19 infections.

A concrete multi floor building with garden beds out front.

Health

IWK: Supply chain ‘robust’ but sometimes ‘we may need to be creative’

by Yvette d'Entremont August 3, 2022November 18, 2022

Outside the Valley Regional hospital on a sunny day.

COVID, Province House

Valley hospital’s Team Lavender supports spiritual, emotional, psychological needs of health care workers

by Yvette d'Entremont July 29, 2022November 18, 2022

A blue banner hangs between two trees. The banner reads Halifax Light the Night Kickoff.

Health

Work from home forever? Why one non-profit thinks it’s the way to go

by Suzanne Rent July 21, 2022January 3, 2023

Tents and wooden shelters in a park in autumn

Government, Housing, Morning File, Policing

Criminalization, disappearance, and death: the results of clearing urban encampments

by Philip Moscovitch July 19, 2022January 9, 2023

A woman wearing a black long sleeved shirt and a blue mask stands in front of a door way against a concrete building with light filtering on her face.

COVID

New Dal study finds Asian Canadians witnessed, experienced discrimination during COVID-19 pandemic

by Yvette d'Entremont June 15, 2022November 18, 2022

Uncategorized

Record numbers of people are dying of COVID in the ‘So What?’ wave of the pandemic

by Tim Bousquet April 29, 2022October 20, 2022

Six shelves covered with many, many books. Not a complete mess, but not neatly organized either.

Morning File

It’s OK to get rid of books. Really.

by Philip Moscovitch April 22, 2022January 30, 2023

A silhouette of a woman standing side-on. Her face isn't visible but her hair is up in a ponytail and is lit from the side.

Province House, Women

Dalhousie researcher studying how pandemic impacted violence against women services

by Yvette d'Entremont April 21, 2022November 18, 2022

A woman sitting in a wheelchair faces away from the camera as she looks out over a neighbourhood bathed in sunlight and trees.

Health, Province House

Survey to identify and understand gaps in dementia care in Nova Scotia

by Yvette d'Entremont April 20, 2022November 18, 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: pandemic

Scientists, experts, advocates call on feds to create action plan to address Long COVID

IWK: Supply chain ‘robust’ but sometimes ‘we may need to be creative’

Valley hospital’s Team Lavender supports spiritual, emotional, psychological needs of health care workers

Work from home forever? Why one non-profit thinks it’s the way to go

Criminalization, disappearance, and death: the results of clearing urban encampments

New Dal study finds Asian Canadians witnessed, experienced discrimination during COVID-19 pandemic

Record numbers of people are dying of COVID in the ‘So What?’ wave of the pandemic

It’s OK to get rid of books. Really.

Dalhousie researcher studying how pandemic impacted violence against women services

Survey to identify and understand gaps in dementia care in Nova Scotia

Pilot project to allow pharmacists to treat patients for minor ailments, chronic diseases

Bridgewater affordable housing project likely a no-go as non-profit denied tax exemption

Sandwiches are beautiful and so are essays about them

Halifax police board recommends increased budget, rejects proposed new positions

Halifax Shipyard workers sign new contract for raises, more benefits