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The perks of not waiting around for anyone

Morning File, Thursday, July 28, 2022

July 28, 2022 By Suzanne Rent, Yvette d'Entremont and Jennifer Henderson 2 Comments

News 1. Chender, Churchill concerned shelving art gallery could mean cuts, delays for other projects On Wednesday, Premier Tim Houston announced that the new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia project for the Halifax waterfront was being put on indefinite hold. The announcement was made in a news release. “We value the arts and want to make […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: ambulances, Avalon Sexual Assault Centre, going solo, Gwenn Dexter, health care crisis, inflation, Kevin MacMullin, Minister Brian Comer, Minister Michelle Thompson, MLA Kelly Regan, NDP Leader Claudia Chender, Nice List, paramedics, Premier Tim Houston, Question Period, Raylene Grant, road trip, Sarah Rodimon, sexual assault, Stephen Archibald, trauma therapy, Tri-Star Industries, vaccines for children

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

Morning File, Thursday, July 7, 2022

July 7, 2022 By Philip Moscovitch, Yvette d'Entremont and Joan Baxter 5 Comments

News 1. Protecting yourself and others from COVID-19 With the end of COVID-19 restrictions in Nova Scotia, Yvette d’Entremont talks to Dr. Scott Halperin, director of the Canadian Center for Vaccinology and a professor of pediatrics and microbiology and immunology at Dalhousie University and infectious disease at the IWK Health Centre. In other words, someone […]

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Province announces ‘direct to triage’ project for EHS

May 31, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

A new initiative launching Wednesday is expected to get paramedics and ambulances out of hospital emergency departments and back on the road faster to respond more quickly to emergency calls. In a media release Tuesday morning, the Department of Health and Wellness said the Emergency Health Services (EHS) “direct to triage” initiative will see paramedics […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health, News, Province House Tagged With: ambulance offload delays, ambulance offload times, Charbel Daniel, Department of Health and Wellness, Emergency Health Services (EHS), International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 727, Kevin MacMullin, Michelle Thompson, paramedics, Yvette d'Entremont

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

Episode 89 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.
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To sleep, perchance to dream — in this humidity?! Shakespeare By The Sea’s production of Hamlet — its first staged tragedy since 2019 — opens on August 5, and director Drew Douris-O’Hara and the man himself, Deivan Steele, stop by the show before rehearsal to chat. Topics include: climate change’s effect on outdoor theatre, the timelessness of Shakespeare’s most popular work, the failure of funding models in all times (not just during COVID), and the resilience of squirrels.

Listen to the episode here.

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