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Breaking down street barriers for people who are blind and partially sighted

Morning File, Monday, September 14, 2020

September 14, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 4 Comments

News 1. QAnon knows no borders Joan Baxter reports on QAnon, a global movement that promotes conspiracy theories, which has followers here in Nova Scotia. QAnon only started a few years ago with one post on the 4chan internet channel. Baxter took a look around to check out some of the post QAnon and its […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: automated pedestrian signals (APS), Brandi Shaw, COVID-19, Education Minister Zach Churchill, gender reveal parties, Graham Driscoll, Jean Laroche, Jenna Karvunidis, Laurie Graham, Michael Gorman, Milena Khazanavicius, Minister Chuck Porter, Nova Scotia Liberal Party, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), partially sighted, pedestrian push buttons, pedestrian safety, people who are blind, QAnon, Rene Ross, Suzanne Humphries, Unmask Our Children, Walk and Roll, Yarmouth

The NSHA’s STI clinic is closed. What does that mean for people who need testing?

July 9, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Visit the NSHA’s STI and STD clinic website, and you’re greeted by a message in big red letters: THE STI/STD CLINIC IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. WE APOLOGIES (sic) FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. The health authority shut down the clinic early in the pandemic, and there […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aids Coalition of NS (ACNS), coronavirus, COVID-19, Garry Dart, Halifax Sexual Health Centre, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), pandemic, Rene Ross, Sexual Health Centre, Sexual Health Centre for Cumberland County, STDs, STIs, syphilis, Todd Hatchette

We’re told to socially distance, but people are hooking up and having sex

Sexual health advocates worry people are avoiding STI testing for fear of being judged for straying outside their bubbles.

June 11, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Despite the pandemic, provincial sexual health centres are dealing with increased demands for information and a steady stream of requests for STI (sexually transmitted infection) testing. “I know through friends and clients that there are a lot of people who aren’t necessarily respecting all of […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Kate Calnan, Lesley Mulcahy, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), pandemic, Rene Ross, safe sex, sex, Sexual Health Centre, sexually transmitted blood borne infection (STBBI), social distancing, STIs

Winter picnic in the park

Morning File, Monday, February 3, 2020

February 3, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 14 Comments

News 1. Complicated legacies “Was Lionel Desmond a victim of his war demons?” asks Stephen Kimber. “Or was he a villain, a perpetrator of domestic violence who murdered his own family? Or both? We may never know.” Click here to read “Complicated legacies.” This column is for subscribers only. Subscribe here. 2. The danger of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Against the Rules, Assurant, Bengal Lancers, Brent Kelloway, Cape Breton Cancer Centre, credit card insurance, hospital parking, Jillian Banfield, Michael Lewis, Minister Labi Kousoulis, parking garage Summer Street, Paul Vienneau, RBC, Rene Ross, Sheila MacIsaac, Stephen Archibald and Kempt Road, STIs, syphilis, Victoria Walton, winter picnic, Yvonne Colbert

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Mo Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month. Everyone else will have to wait until tomorrow to listen to it.

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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.

About the Halifax Examiner

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