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

September 6, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC), Garry Dart, HIV, Kirk Furlotte, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), prideHealth, Shelley Taylor, STIs

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

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

July 8, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. While the pandemic might have more people opting for the ‘quarantine and chill’ online dating experience, a Dalhousie University PhD student cautions that the possibility of sexualized violence is very real — even in a virtual setting.  Last week, Nicole Doria penned a blog post […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Nicole Doria, online dating, pandemic, sexting, sexualized violence, STIs

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

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

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

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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