The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. News 1. Daily update There are 68 cases of COVID-19, after the province announced 17 new cases yesterday. The new cases are travel-related or related to earlier travel-related cases. Dr. Robert Strang, the province’s chief medical officer, says he expects to see larger numbers of […]
Baby on board! Pregnancy and birth in the age of coronavirus
Lack of pre-natal and delivery supports and concerns about social isolation worry those who are pregnant and at home with babies.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Martha Miller is 32 weeks pregnant and at home with her two-year-old son in Cole Harbour. She hasn’t seen her doctor in three weeks, even though she’s supposed to have a doctor visit every two weeks now. An appointment she had this past week for […]
Surviving while self-employed during COVID-19
Morning File, Thursday, March 19, 2020
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. News 1. Daily COVID-19 update: more closures, but the Irving Shipyard, which employs 1,300 people, is still open Tim was at the province’s press conference yesterday where it was announced there are now 12 people in Nova Scotia who tested positive for COVID-19. All of […]
“Not feeding people is not an option for us”
Morning File, Tuesday, March 17, 2020
The Halifax Examiner is providing all Covid-19 coverage for free. News 1. Stephen McNeil: Community response can head off worst-case COVID-19 scenario Yesterday, Tim was at the press conference where two new COVID-19 cases where announced. That brings the total to five (three cases were announced on Sunday). The new cases are a Halifax couple […]
On-leash rules going to the dogs
Morning File, Monday, March 9, 2020
News 1. Hockey iced Jennifer Henderson reports on the cancellation of the 2020 World Women’s Hockey Championship. Last week, Hockey Canada got a letter from the Nova Scotia Health Authority recommending the event be postponed. The games were to start in Halifax and Truro in less than three weeks with more than 82,000 fans expected […]
How the whales wish they were in Sherbrooke now
Morning File, Thursday, March 5, 2020
News 1. Police union says cops can’t do their job without beating up Black people El Jones wrote yesterday that the head of the police union wrote an email complaining about how morale amongst officers is the “lowest he’s seen in 30 years,” because of the decisions of chief Dan Kinsella. Those decisions include one […]
Far too many men are not washing their hands after they pee
Morning File, Tuesday, March 3, 2020
News 1. Port Wallace Gamble, Part 2 Tim Bousquet wrote this item. Joan Baxter’s investigative series “Port Wallace Gamble” continues with “Part 2: the suburb proposed to be built in the shadow of Montague Gold Mines.” Baxter is making the connection between the toxic legacy of historic gold mining in Dartmouth, and how that affects […]
Let’s play The Game of Halifax!
Morning File, Thursday, February 27, 2020
News 1. Indigenous students at Hants East high school say they face tougher suspensions Aly Thompson at CBC reports on Indigenous students at Hants East Rural High School who say they are being discriminated against when it comes to punishments from staff. Thompson spoke with several students, including 16-year-old Xavier Sack from the Sipekneꞌkatik First […]
Where do you go when you gotta go?
Morning File, Tuesday, February 25, 2020
News 1. Supported living This item is written by Tim Bousquet. In 2013, the Nova Scotia government accepted a report titled “Choice, Equality and Good Lives in Inclusive Communities: A Roadmap for Transforming the Nova Scotia Services to Persons with Disabilities Program.” That 56-page report clearly identified the reliance on large institutions to house people […]
Mega speakers wanted! Coaching your way to riches
Morning File, Tuesday, February 18, 2020
News 1. Hold on to your ballots Tax cuts for corporations, a tweet about the $1 increase in the minimum wage, and a photo-op with Education Minister and Zach Churchill and some kids during an announcement of pre-primary programs for every elementary school in Nova Scotia. Stephen Kimber looks at all the hints that Premier […]
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