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A young woman sits on a living room floor, back against a beige sofa and wearing a mask, while on her laptop.
Posted inCOVID

National study to assess pandemic’s health impacts, potential long-term effects of COVID-19

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont May 19, 2022November 18, 2022

About 8,000 blood test kits and surveys are being mailed to Nova Scotia households as part of a national study to assess the pandemic’s health impacts and potential long-term effects of the virus. “This will give us a better view overall of how Canadians have fared and what they’re bringing forward into the future and […]

A young boy is standing in a field, facing away from the camera, wearing a slightly soiled Canadian flag wrapped around his back like a cape
Posted inUncategorized

Even when things are going well, the “nice” Canadian society is a myth

A smiling young white guy with brown hair, in his Halifax Examiner T shirt. by Ethan Lycan-Lang February 16, 2022October 20, 2022
Posted inCOVID

Demand is up for flu shots

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent October 12, 2021November 29, 2022
Posted inInvestigation

A plague of ticks, tick-borne diseases, and poli-ticks

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter July 5, 2021November 22, 2022
Posted inMorning File

With the hyper-financialization of housing, private equity firms and REITs are making obscene profits on the backs of everyday people in Dartmouth and Halifax

Avatar photo by Tim Bousquet and Joan Baxter February 28, 2020November 15, 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.

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Nova Scotia hospitals move to fully computerized health records with One Patient One Record

by Jennifer Henderson February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

Inclusion discussion, performances, gala all part of Africa society Black History month events

by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

There are dozens of spaceport projects around the world; they probably won’t bring the economic salvation backers promise

by Tim Bousquet February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

‘A community taking care of its own:’ Public shows support for work of Sackville area shelter

by Suzanne Rent February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

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

by Jennifer Henderson January 31, 2023January 31, 2023
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