The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Suzanne Bartlett’s approach to getting through this third wave and latest lockdown is to try and take a “one day at a time” approach. Some days, the Tantallon area resident feels energized and finds herself cooking, baking […]
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Expert: ‘The best vaccine is the one that’s in your arm’
From pregnant people to the general population, a Halifax physician researcher answers questions about COVID-19 vaccines.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. When the province announced the AstraZeneca vaccine was being made available to people 40 to 54 years old this week, one pregnant Halifax woman found herself both excited and anxious. We’ve agreed not to name the 41-year-old […]
Child care worker: “the government has failed us” through COVID
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. With Nova Scotia in lockdown and their work deemed essential, early childhood educators are fearing for their safety and demanding the province implement additional measures to help keep them safe. “I feel vulnerable, I feel disappointed, and […]
Nova Scotia is testing for COVID at record numbers, so people are sending love letters to lab workers
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. On a day with a record-breaking 96 new COVID-19 cases and the implementation of provincewide restrictions, people are being encouraged to send lab workers some virtual love through a campaign intended to lift their spirits. The Nova […]
Epidemiologist: “there is a finish line and we are moving towards it”
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. With COVID-19 case numbers climbing and Halifax and surrounding areas back in lockdown, reasons to feel optimistic might be in short supply. But a Halifax-based epidemiologist believes Nova Scotians have good reason to be hopeful. “I think […]
Teachers union calls for “urgent action” to protect schools
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. As COVID-19 case numbers climb, and in light of eight cases identified in HRM schools over 72 hours, the Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU) is calling on the provincial government to take “urgent action” to keep schools […]
Study looks at how babies have fared during the pandemic
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. New research suggests during the earliest days of the pandemic, Nova Scotia caregivers with infants less than six months old struggled with social isolation, fears of COVID-19 infection, and a lack of access to health care, breast […]
A “Conversation About Femicide” connects domestic violence to mass murders
As the province marks the first anniversary of the mass shooting this weekend, two Nova Scotia women are hoping “everybody with an open heart” will join them Saturday for a global conversation about misogyny and femicide. Hosted by the Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter, the online event is titled ‘The Motive is Misogyny: Conversation […]
Group asks for more funding for grief counselling: “Canadians have been robbed of goodbyes”
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. As the pandemic continues to take its toll, a national organization is calling on the federal government to include $30 million in its upcoming budget as an emergency measure to support local grief services across Canada. “Basically […]
Federal COVID-relief funding to help people struggling with heating, electric bills
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. The Salvation Army in Nova Scotia says the $3.5 million it will receive to administer the new Nova Scotia COVID Relief Fund comes at a time when more people than ever are reaching out for help. On […]
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