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Cost, stigma, ignorance: Barriers abound for access to HIV prevention drugs

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch September 6, 2020January 16, 2023

After Garry Dart moved to Halifax from Ottawa last year, they found themself on their own when it came to accessing medication to help prevent HIV infection. Dart was on pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, a highly effective treatment against HIV infection, usually in the form of a prescription pill taken daily. “In Ontario I had […]

Posted inHealth

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

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch July 9, 2020January 12, 2023
Posted inCOVID

Researcher: “feel no shame — sext your quarantine away,” but be safe

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont July 8, 2020December 23, 2022
Posted inCOVID

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

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont June 11, 2020December 23, 2022
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Winter picnic in the park

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch February 3, 2020October 20, 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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