The number of full-time students attending Nova Scotia’s 11 universities this year dropped by 2.9%, for a total of 39,619 students. The decline was more pronounced in this province than for the Atlantic region as a whole where full-time enrolment was down only 1.3%. However, the number of international students who pay more than double...
Nova Scotia education minister downplays significance of lead in most schools’ water
Nova Scotia’s education minister is downplaying the importance of thousands of failed tests for lead in water in hundreds of schools across the province, without putting forward any kind of action plan or clear timeline to fix the problem. Education and Early Childhood Education Minister Zach Churchill spoke to reporters following a cabinet meeting on […]
Nearly 84% of Nova Scotia public schools had elevated levels of lead in water
Nearly 84% of Nova Scotia public schools had elevated levels of lead in water flowing from at least one tap in the past year, according to a Halifax Examiner analysis of testing data released by the provincial government on Wednesday. The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development posted the results of tests of drinking […]
Staying home for Back to School
Concerned about the risks around COVID-19, some Nova Scotia parents skipped sending their kids to public school this year and are homeschooling instead
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Thousands of kids across Nova Scotia went back to class today. But some parents whose children were in public schools in March decided that for the 2020-2021 school year, their kids would learn from home. Krystal Acker-West and her family live in McGee Lake in […]
Where Nova Scotia stands with contact tracing, the COVID exposure app, and supports for nursing homes
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Health Minister Randy Delorey says federal money available to provinces under the Safe Restart program will be used to beef up contact tracing as public schools and universities begin re-opening in the next two weeks. As more people begin to gather and share space indoors, […]
Premier chastises Teacher’s Union president for inaccurate “rhetoric”
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. “Teachers and principals are getting ready to welcome kids to school right now,” said Premier Stephen McNeil today. “Obviously there is some anxiety associated with that, no question. But the rhetoric around schools being in chaos is not helpful and not accurate.” McNeil was referring […]
Province breaks commitment to publish results of schools’ lead testing, union raises concerns about availability of drinking water
When classes resume in Nova Scotia public schools next week, the provincial government says students and staff will have to continue drinking bottled water because — despite a commitment made last year — the government has yet to prove their drinking water isn’t contaminated with lead. And while the government says every school will have […]
Psychologist: parents shouldn’t let their anxiety over school reopening spook their children
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. A Halifax psychologist and university professor says the benefits of next week’s return to school far outweigh the risks, and we must be mindful of how our fears impact our children. “We can’t get into an avoidance cycle because of our fear. That’s how fear […]
Is your school safe to reopen? Don’t ask your lapdog Liberal MLA
Why do we bother to elect members of the legislature to represent us if they won’t, or can’t, or, most certainly, don’t?
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. So, my question today is this: Why do we bother? Why do we bother to elect members of the legislature to represent us if they won’t, or can’t, or, most certainly, don’t? Let’s start with the latest iteration of the Fangless Five Space Wasters, which […]
Parents, teachers’ union voice concerns about Back to School plan
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Four representatives of the Nova Scotia Parents for Public Education group joined forces with the Nova Scotia Teachers Union today at a news conference to plead for improvements to the province’s Back to School plan. “Is our Back to School Plan good enough to keep […]
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