The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free The work-from-home trend sparked out of necessity by COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on Canada’s hospitality industry. A new report released by Dalhousie University on Tuesday suggests the industry could lose up to $20 billion in revenues in the next year, with 30% of […]
Documents show horrors at Northwood during COVID outbreak
Residents "likely haven’t had a bath in a week as their hair is all greasy. They often wet but do not get changed." And residents who had tested positive roamed around among residents who were presumed negative.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. In a report released Tuesday, the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU) chronicles what it’s calling “government neglect and delay” that contributed to the deaths of 53 seniors at Northwood’s Halifax campus during the COVID-19 outbreak. The 23-page ‘Neglecting Northwood’ report was written using Nova […]
Nova Scotia COVID-19 update: Two new cases, masks become mandatory
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Premier Stephen McNeil told a media briefing today that while he’s considering the options of re-opening to the rest of Canada, “we’re not there yet.” Two new travel-related cases of COVID-19 were announced in the province today, the first since July 15. Both cases were […]
Celebrating the inquiry: ‘This was because of the families, our determination, our drive, and the Nova Scotians, the Bluenosers’
Tuesday’s announcement that there will be a full public inquiry into April’s mass shooting had nothing to do with politicians and everything to do with the victims’ families and Nova Scotians. That was the message Nick Beaton delivered to reporters during a celebration event in downtown Halifax on Wednesday morning. Initially planned as a protest […]
Federal and provincial governments to hold public inquiry into Nova Scotia mass shootings
There will be a public inquiry into April’s mass shooting in Nova Scotia after all. Following significant public protest, statements from multiple Liberal MPs in opposition to an independent review, and a challenge from Nova Scotia Justice Minister Mark Furey, federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced his government is launching a public inquiry. “We […]
Protesters decry ‘shocking and paternalistic’ decision to hold review, not inquiry into Nova Scotia mass shooting
About 200 people gathered at Victoria Park in Halifax at noon Monday for a general strike intended to draw attention to demands for a public inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass killing. The event was slated to run from noon to 12:22, a 22-minute strike to pay homage to the 22 people whose lives were […]
Public anger mounts at decision not to hold a full public inquiry into the April mass murders
A groundswell of support is emerging for families of the victims of April’s mass killing and their demands for a public inquiry. On Thursday, the provincial and federal governments announced a joint independent review would be conducted into the tragedy rather than a public inquiry. That’s what victims’ families, national women’s organizations, senators, and many […]
No public inquiry into mass murders
"They keep saying they don’t want to dig stuff up and hurt the families more than they have already been hurt. But a public inquiry is the one and only thing we are asking for and I think we deserve that.”
Just yesterday, 300 people — family and friends of victims of the mass murders of April 18/19 — marched on the Bible Hill RCMP detachment, demanding a public inquiry into the murders. Today, Nova Scotia Justice Minister Mark Furey and federal Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair announced not an inquiry, but […]
300 family members and friends of mass murder victims march and demand public inquiry
About 300 family members and friends of the 22 people killed in April’s mass shooting gathered in Bible Hill on Wednesday morning to draw attention to their united demand for a public inquiry. The crowd gathered at the local Foodland parking lot armed with signs featuring the names and faces of their loved ones. All […]
Canada asked ships to slow down in order to save endangered right whales; most didn’t, and more whales are dying
Oceana Canada is calling on the federal government to impose a mandatory speed limit for vessels in the Cabot Strait to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. The ocean conservation advocacy group’s plea comes following a new report showing very few vessel operators are complying with the request of a voluntary 10-knot speed limit....
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