News 1. Finally: Temporary housing units in Dartmouth are ready   “Councillors patted themselves on the back Tuesday, celebrating a job half done and more than a month delayed,” writes Zane Woodford in his report on the long-awaited modular housing units that appear to finally be ready in Dartmouth. It’s been a long time coming […]

News 1. Iain Rankin steps down as leader of NS Liberal party Back in February, when Iain Rankin was elected to replace then-premier Stephen McNeil as leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, Stephen Kimber wrote this in an article for the Examiner:  When Rankin is sworn in in the next few weeks, he will […]

What the Examiner examined in 2021. Before we ring in the new year, let’s get in one last skate and look back on 2021. News 1. COVID update On Thursday, Nova Scotia announced 511 new cases of COVID-19. Here’s the Nova Scotia Health zone breakdown: 331 Central 56 Eastern 59 Northern 65 Western These figures […]

News 1. COVID update: New restrictions, limits on testing Sorry to lead things off with pandemic news, but I think it’s merited. At Tuesday’s COVID briefing, Premier Tim Houston and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Robert Strang announced more restrictions. Tim Bousquet had the full update. They come as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads through […]

Despite the promise of long-awaited modular units coming in the new year, one Halifax shelter’s impending closure could leave Halifax’s homeless population with few options this winter, advocates say. This week, the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre (MNFC) announced it would be closing the emergency shelter it’s been operating at 2029 North Park Street in Halifax. […]

News 1. Woodford Report is back: Here’s what happened at Halifax regional council Tuesday After publishing five articles on Monday, the recently-returned Zane Woodford took a rest Tuesday, bringing a mere two stories to today’s Morning File (the second is further down in today’s File). First, Woodford is back with his regular roundup of all […]

Representatives from eight environmental and community groups have a clear message for the province: Stop all cutting on Crown land until the recommendations in the Lahey Report are fully implemented. That demand was issued at a news conference in a downtown Halifax hotel Wednesday afternoon. It came in anticipation of the province’s response to the […]

News 1. COVID update: Christmas break, X rings, and booster shots Never in doubt, Tim Bousquet has the latest provincial pandemic update. On Tuesday, Premier Tim Houston and Chief Medical Officer of Health — do I need to tell you who this guy is at this point? — Dr. Robert Strang held a COVID briefing, […]

It’s the “type of forestry that the public’s been asking for,” says the province, but a group of protestors, a local MLA, and biologists disagree. Since Friday, a small, rotating group of protestors have been camped out on a small parcel of land in Annapolis County, trying to convince the province to stop a planned […]

News 1. COVID update Here’s the latest on COVID-19 in Nova Scotia: Now that children aged 5-11 are starting to get vaccinated, the province has imposed travel restrictions on children aged 11 and younger: Effective immediately, there are restrictions on out-of-province travel for children age 11 and younger for the purposes of participating in sports […]