Concerns about a lack of recent public consultation gave councillors pause, but weren’t enough for them to recommend a stop to the Halifax Common Master Plan. The plan is a proposed redesign of the Halifax Common, removing some baseball diamonds and adding features like trees, seating, and a trellis. It envisions concerts on the Common,...
COVID in Nova Scotia, Jan. 20: 3 new deaths, 85 hospitalizations, 696 new cases
Jump to sections in this article: Today’s numbers Vaccination Testing Today’s numbers Three more Nova Scotians have died from COVID-19. The deceased were: • a woman in her 50s who lived in Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone • a woman in her 70s who lived in the Northern Zone • a man in his 70s […]
Filling a need with the Fairview Community Food Cupboard
Morning File, Thursday, January 20, 2022
News 1. AGNS Construction on the new art gallery is set to start this year, but as Zane Woodford reports, Halifax council is now considering contributing a smaller amount of cash to the project than the original request. The winning design for the new gallery was chosen in November 2020. The province is contributing $70 […]
How the Avalon Sexual Assault Centre is dealing with “a challenging time”
Money. Never a lot of money. But supportive of services provided by the Avalon Sexual Assault Centre in Halifax, I often contributed to the organization’s fundraising campaigns. Like many people, I have friends who are survivors of rape, a violent criminal offence that is exacted upon women every 17 minutes in Canada. The Justice Institute […]
Halifax councillors to consider smaller $3 million contribution to new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Halifax councillors are now considering a smaller contribution to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Construction is set to begin on the new gallery, located at the bottom of Salter Street on Lower Water Street, this year. After choosing a winning design concept in November 2020, the gallery’s director and CEO, Nancy Noble, went to...
COVID in Nova Scotia, Jan. 19: a befuddling COVID briefing, 3 new deaths, 83 hospitalizations, 527 new cases
Jump to sections in this article: Today’s numbers Vaccination Testing Premier Tim Houston and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang hosted a COVID briefing today that was more disjointed than informative, more befuddling than calming. I don’t say that lightly. Nearly two years into the pandemic, Strang must be exhausted. And the Omicron […]
Halifax police officers awarded 10% pay bump over four years
Halifax police officers have been awarded a 10% pay bump over four years. The last contract between Halifax Regional Municipality and the Halifax Regional Police Association, the union representing constables, sergeants, staff sergeants, and some civilian police employees, expired in March 2020. After negotiations for a new contract started in September 2020, the municipality and […]
The many joys of reading out loud with others
Morning File, Wednesday, January 19, 2022
News 1. Doctor: COVID isn’t the main cause of ER wait times Jennifer Henderson interviewed the chief of emergency medicine for Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone for the Examiner and she writes about that conversation this morning. The biggest takeaway: COVID is not responsible for long waits at emergency rooms for ambulances and patients, and […]
ER doctor: ambulance lineups reflect deep systemic problems with health care
COVID is not responsible for long waits at emergency rooms for ambulances and patients, and the situation will not improve when the pandemic is finally over. That’s the takeaway from an interview yesterday with Dr. Kirk Magee, the chief of emergency medicine for Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone. Magee said emergency medicine is “the canary […]
1 new COVID death, 73 hospitalized, 415 new cases reported in Nova Scotia on Jan. 18
Jump to sections in this article: Overview Vaccination Testing Another Nova Scotians has died from COVID-19. The deceased is a woman in her 80s who lived in Nova Scotia Health’s Eastern Zone. She is the 122nd Nova Scotia to die from COVID. There are now now 73 people in hospital who were admitted because of […]
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