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A woman wearing a grey dress places her hand on the wrist of an older seated man in a beige knit sweater sitting on a bench clutching a bright yellow stress ball.
Posted inHealth, Labour, Province House

Union leaders ‘strongly advocating’ for province to spend more on long-term care

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont February 15, 2023February 22, 2023

“People need to make a decision in this province. We’re either going to invest in long-term care or we’re not,” Nova Scotia Nurses’ Union (NSTU) president Janet Hazelton told legislature’s health committee on Tuesday.

An older woman with grey hair swept up on the side wears a blue shirt and stares off in the distance, head tilted up towards the right. .
Posted inHealth, Women

Dal, UNB study to find best ways to support older women experiencing intimate partner violence

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont February 9, 2023February 16, 2023
A blonde white woman with glasses and wearing a dark blazer over a grey turtleneck sweater laughs while sitting at a table. Next to her is a white man with grey hair. Behind them is a video screen and a few Nova Scotian flags.
Posted inHealth

1,200 new beds coming to Nova Scotia nursing homes by end of 2027

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson January 11, 2023January 17, 2023
A woman in a blue shirt making a fist. She has a band-aid on her upper arm, showing where she received a flu shot.
Posted inHealth

Experts say seniors should get the high-dose flu vaccine, but Nova Scotia doesn’t cover the cost for all seniors

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 6, 2022November 9, 2022
Posted inMorning File

The current indifference to COVID deaths is in stark contrast to the public anguish when the virus ripped through Northwood early in the pandemic

by Tim Bousquet October 28, 2022November 9, 2022
A empty chamber with blue chairs, desks with microphones, and two paintings hanging next to a big chair
Posted inBusiness and Development, Economy, Government, Province House

Grants for seniors, gold mining, the premier’s ‘friends,’ and more from Question Period

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson July 29, 2022January 9, 2023
Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Mother-daughter duo’s passion for anti-racism inspired creation of information sessions for seniors

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter July 29, 2021November 7, 2022
Posted inHealth

Province to spend $96.5 million to renovate nursing homes, add new long-term care beds

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson July 9, 2021December 21, 2022
Posted inMorning File

Secrecy is a feature, not a bug

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch November 14, 2019January 3, 2023
Posted inCommentary, Province House

Please, old people, die faster: Examineradio, episode #53

by Russell Gragg March 18, 2016October 20, 2022

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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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