The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Nova Scotians have become well-acquainted with the words “public health” over the last year, but what they may not know is that public health has been chronically underfunded for decades and the COVID-19 crisis will make things […]
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Nova Scotia’s vaccination registration website overwhelmed, taken off line
If you’ve spent the day trying to book a COVID-19 vaccination appointment for someone 80 or older without success, you’re not alone. The third-party server responsible for booking the online appointments has been disabled, and the provincial Department of Health and Wellness isn’t sure exactly when it’ll be back online. Social media has been abuzz […]
How safe is dentistry in the pandemic? Dalhousie researchers aim to find out
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Dental and dental hygiene students and staff continue to regularly attend Canadian college and university campuses during the pandemic, but little is known about the occupational risks they face working in university dental clinics, labs, and offices. […]
What does a recovery of the tourism industry look like?
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. The “devastating” impacts of COVID-19 on Atlantic Canada’s tourism sector and the policies that could support a post-pandemic recovery were discussed during an online forum hosted by the MacEachen Institute on Thursday. “There’s a new player in […]
Here’s how people older than 80 will be vaccinated in Nova Scotia
Friday’s COVID-19 briefing was Nova Scotia’s 100th, Premier Stephen McNeil’s last, and a busy one for announcements. The province’s vaccine rollout is expanding with the creation of 10 community-based clinics open to Nova Scotians ages 80 and older. On March 8, clinics will open in Halifax, New Minas, Sydney and Truro. Clinics will open in […]
Can UV lights in nursing homes (and elsewhere) stop COVID-19?
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. A new $1.7 million research project announced by Research Nova Scotia on Wednesday will investigate whether installing UV lights in long-term care facilities reduces infections by killing airborne viral transmissions. If the technology does what researchers expect, […]
COVID and cancer: lockdowns and fears of catching the virus are leading to delayed cancer diagnoses and likely to more deaths
“The message we need to get out to our cancer patients is that it is different, but we're still here and they should not be cancelling appointments because of a fear of being exposed to COVID."
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Since losing his mother to an aggressive cancer in December, Paul Service wonders how much longer — and how much more comfortably — she may have lived if not for the pandemic. “I can’t tell you it […]
Nova Scotia’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program is expanding
The provincial co-ordinator of a program providing specialized care for survivors of sexual violence says its expansion is “momentous.” On Friday, the Department of Health and Wellness announced the province’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program (SANE) is expanding to Shelburne, Cumberland, and Colchester counties. As of Feb. 1, SANE services have been available at Roseway […]
While the pandemic is keeping people home, few are learning how to cook new things
A new report released today examines whether Canadians are more food literate now than before the pandemic. Survey says? Slightly. Photo: Max DelsidThe Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Since the pandemic began 10 months ago, Jackie Atwood finds herself spending far more time […]
Redressing Black Displacement: “a Canadian conversation about Blackness”
The impact of urban renewal on Canadian racialized communities, including North Preston, was the subject of a live virtual panel discussion hosted by ULI (Urban Land Institute) Toronto on Monday. During the online event, advocates from North Preston, Toronto, and Vancouver outlined how their communities have endured the effects of urban renewal, how they’re overcoming […]
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