The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Four new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia today (Saturday, Jan. 16). One case in Nova Scotia Health's Easter Zone and is a student at Cape Breton University who travelled in from outside Atlantic Canada. The other three cases are in the … [Read More...]
Two new COVID cases announced in Nova Scotia, Strang says people are lying to contact tracers
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Nova Scotia's premier and chief medical … [Read More...]
I wanted to help Public Health assuage people’s concerns about the pace of the vaccine rollout, but they declined to speak with me
News 1. COVID-19 Six new cases of COVID-19 were announced in Nova Scotia yesterday (Thursday, Jan. 14). Three cases are in Nova Scotia Health's Northern … [Read More...]
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Halifax council candidates blithely broke the new campaign contribution rules, and the municipality didn’t do anything about it
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6 new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia on Thursday, Jan. 14
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Six new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia today (Thursday, Jan. 14). Three cases are in Nova Scotia Health's … [Read More...]
Nova Scotia provides little detail on vaccine plan for provincial jails as advocates call for action
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. The provincial government isn’t saying exactly how or when it will begin immunizing prisoners in provincial jails. Advocates … [Read More...]
Free food and the failure of neo-liberalism
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8 new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia on Wednesday, Jan. 13
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(Anti-)social media fuelled the failed coup; what should we do about that?
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Halifax council approves next steps for Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre’s rapid affordable housing project
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1 new case of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Tuesday, Jan. 12
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Debunking fake supermoons and other internet garbage
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Construction companies face supply and labour shortages
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Halifax woman loses UARB appeal over $2,500 water bill: “It’s preposterous”
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5 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Monday, Jan. 11
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Lots of COVID news and: the Halifax Examiner will take the government subsidy
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How should volunteering fit into a mass vaccination program?
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ZERO new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Sunday, Jan. 10
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3 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Saturday, Jan. 9
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Dalhousie researchers are looking for COVID in your poop
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Nova Scotia announces two new COVID-19 cases, travel restriction for New Brunswick
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Bullshitter of the week: Port of Halifax
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Appeals court rules for Halifax, against developer in Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes land dispute
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