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Tag: Public Health

A person in a blue scrub suit is seen from the neck down bending over and holding the hand of a patient lying in a hospital bed.
Posted inHealth

‘Pay now or pay later:’ spend more on public health in Nova Scotia, committee hears

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont January 20, 2023January 20, 2023

Dr. Robert Strang tells legislature’s standing committee on health that spending on public health is “fundamentally necessary.” 

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 inHealth, Province House

Health minister says high volumes of visits at IWK emergency department ‘not unexpected’

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson June 15, 2022January 9, 2023
Two men in suits stand in an office. One has a pink tie and grey hair, the other a red tartan tie and no hair. There are chyrons on the screen saying the man on the left is Tim Houston, Premier of Nova Scotia, and the man on the right is Dr. Robert Strang, CMOH for Nova Scotia. Behind them are a series of colourful posters with the words "Pictou County" at the top.
Posted inCOVID, Health, Province House

Premier Houston and Dr. Strang make a video

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson April 7, 2022October 20, 2022
A young woman in a reflective vest bends down over an open manhole on a. sidewalk and holds an instrument in her hand that is extracting wastewater.
Posted inCOVID, Province House

As COVID spikes in wastewater across Canada, Halifax project hopes for funding renewal

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont April 7, 2022November 18, 2022
This is a close up of an old Olympia manual typewriter, blue grey in colour. There is a sheet of white paper in it, and the word COVID 19 has been typed in capital letters.
Posted inUncategorized

9 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Wednesday, August 18

by Tim Bousquet August 18, 2021October 20, 2022
A close-up photo illustration of what the coronavirus looks like. This one is rendered in red with green, blue, and pink crowns, on a black background.
Posted inUncategorized

Public Health uses a definition of “community spread” of COVID that confuses the public

by Tim Bousquet November 9, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inCOVID

Sleeping on HRM streets: “This year is by far the worst I’ve seen”

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent September 9, 2020November 7, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

Back to School: what are the risks?

by Tim Bousquet September 8, 2020October 20, 2022
Posted inEducation

The ABCs and Maybes of school reopening

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson August 10, 2020December 13, 2022
Posted inHealth

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

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson July 22, 2020December 13, 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.


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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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My trip to Province House, and why it makes me worry about the future

by Tim Bousquet March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

Opposition, advocates say budget misses the mark on poverty, housing crisis

by Jennifer Henderson March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

Acadia student advocating for improved access to mental health care for rural Nova Scotians

by Yvette d'Entremont March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

AG finds weak cybersecurity at Halifax Water, putting water quality and supply systems at risk

by Zane Woodford March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

Debra Lucas and Iris Drummond: leading the way in historic Black community of Lucasville

by Suzanne Rent March 23, 2023March 24, 2023
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