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Disaster medicine specialist: Nova Scotia sets the “gold standard” in COVID-19 response

But "it won’t take much to put this province on its back if people do not continue to comply [with social distancing measures], and I think it’s disrespectful to the thousands of people that are out of work at the moment and the hundreds of businesses that have closed if people don’t comply."

April 3, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont 5 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. A Halifax physician who has worked on the frontlines of previous epidemics around the world says the province is doing an exemplary job navigating COVID-19. But he also issued a stern warning that public cooperation is key to keeping us all safe, and failure to […]

Adam Reid, grinning broadly. he's got short blonde hair, blue eyes, and is wearing a black sweater with blue and yellow trim on the sleeve. His white shirt collar matches his perfect teeth.

Episode 40 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

It’s been a wild two Covid years for Halifax Pride—in 2020 the festival snuck in its event during a restriction-light July; for 2021 the event moved back a whole month in the hopes of clearing the bar fully. Things will look a little different—smaller—again this year on the Garrison Grounds, but the lineup is robust, diverse, and all-ages. Executive director Adam Reid stops by for a year-by-year comparison, and talks about how the pandemic pushed the organization toward a more “thoughtful” event. Plus a brand-new song from Tara’s former students in Kids Losing Sleep! Listen to the full episode here.

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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.

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