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5 天之前 · 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.
The province substantially increases funding for and eligibility to …
2022年12月14日 · The province is substantially increasing funding for and eligibility to the Heating Assistance Rebate Program (HARP). An additional one-time increase of $100 million is being dedicated to the program. And the maximum payment to eligible households is increasing from the present $200 to $1,000. Additionally, the eligibility threshold is …
Survey to identify and understand gaps in dementia care in Nova …
2022年4月20日 · The survey study is supported by Nova Scotia Health, Research Nova Scotia, QEII Health Sciences Centre Foundation, and the Alzheimer Society. The survey is open until the end of June, and McLaughlin hopes to get at least 600 responses. Those living with dementia can get assistance when filling out the survey, and anyone more comfortable with a ...
Council approves Danny Chedrawe's big Halifax development …
Construction has long been underway, but Danny Chedrawe got the official go-ahead for his company’s massive north end Halifax development on Tuesday. Chedrawe’s company, Westwood Developments, applied back in 2016 to construct a multi-tower building on the property between Almon and St Albans streets. In the years since, there have been 14 changes to the […]
“This is North Preston”: a story that “needs to be heard”
2019年5月12日 · He remembers asking Rev. Darryl Gray — the Hali-famous leader of a 1992 march through Halifax streets to protest racist policies at local nightclubs that had triggered what Gray called the “Halifax race riots” — about whether he, Hayman, as a white person, should try to tell this story. The story, Gray answered simply, “needs to be ...
Just 6 dentists in Nova Scotia are participating in new federal …
2024年4月10日 · That’s because only half a dozen dentists — six out of 500 licensed to practice in Nova Scotia — have agreed to participate in the long awaited federal plan that would extend oral health care to an estimated nine million Canadians who cannot afford it. Four of the six dentists are based in the Halifax Regional Municipality, according to ...
Solar Power: Nova Scotia is making progress, but still has a long …
2021年11月19日 · Community solar and battery storage projects are part of a $19.1 million project called Smart Grid Nova Scotia. Thanks to contributions from Ottawa and the province, ratepayers will cover only $7 million of the total. In fact, Nova Scotia Power puts less than 1% of its annual revenues into innovative projects such as Smart Grid.
60 years ago, Springhill Mining Disaster hero ... - Halifax Examiner
2018年12月7日 · Travelling near Springhill recently, I thought about Stacey Abrams, the Georgia politician who, in a bitter gubernatorial race against a white male opponent, lost her bid to become the first African-American woman to lead a state. The annual dispatch of a Christmas tree from Nova Scotia to Boston commemorates the province’s ties to Massachusetts residents […]
Nova Scotia to pay for free heat pumps for low-income households
2022年12月13日 · Credit: Zane Woodford. Low-income homeowners in Nova Scotia are eligible to receive a free heat pump through a $140 million provincial outlay announced today, and middle-income homeowners are eligible for financial assistance to install a heat pump. For purposes of the program, “low income” is defined as a two-person household making less ...
Halifax releases 2021 sunshine list: Of more than 1,000 employees ...
2021年9月2日 · Halifax Regional Municipality has released its 2021 sunshine list, showing 1,065 employees made more than $100,000 in the last fiscal year, and more than 40% of them work for the police force. The municipality has released the list annually since 2016, and the 2021 edition was posted online on Thursday, with HRM alerting citizens to […]