News 1. COVID-19 update: 175 new cases Yesterday a new record high of COVID-19 cases was announced in the province. Tim Bousquet has all the data, graphs, demographics, testing schedules, and more. Of the 175 new cases, 149 of those are in the Nova Scotia Health Central Zone. There’s a total of 1203 cases in […]
What’s going on at child care centres?
Cases of COVID have shut down day care centres, but the province won't give details about the outbreaks, and parents say there's a gag order preventing operators from speaking publicly.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. What’s going on at child care centres? If you’re waiting to hear from the Department of Education or Public Health or the day care operator to find out, don’t hold your breath. The Halifax Examiner is aware […]
Calls to mental health crisis lines increase with each wave of the pandemic
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 […]
Board rules ‘race was a factor’ in Halifax cops’ decision to ‘target’ Black man for jaywalking
Two Halifax Regional Police officers discriminated against a Black man when they watched him, followed him into his workplace and ticketed him for jaywalking four years ago, an independent board of inquiry of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission has ruled. As a result, the municipality has been ordered to apologize to the complainant, boost […]
175 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Wednesday, May 5, and case counts among children are growing
Jump to sections in this article: Overview Demographics Testing Vaccination Schools Potential exposure advisories A record high 175 new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia today (Wednesday, May 5). Of the new cases, 149 are in Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone, 13 are in the Eastern Zone, nine are in the Northern Zone, […]
Is the census music to your ears?
Morning File, Wednesday, May 5, 2021
News 1. COVID-19 update: Two deaths, 153 new cases, hospitalizations going up I will confess that lately I have days where I find it hard not to panic. It’s not a flat-out panic, but a low-grade background anxiety that flares up. And I am someone who has immense privilege when it comes to this virus: […]
Halifax council passes budget, considers commercial tax change for next year
Halifax regional council has passed its 2021-2022 budget, slightly lowering the tax rate to keep the increase to the average property tax bill to 1%. The budget came to council on Tuesday for final approval after months of near-weekly budget committee meetings where councillors hashed out the details for each business unit. The final details, […]
Council approves development proposal for former Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children lands
Council approved bylaw amendments Tuesday night allowing for new development on the site of the old Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children. Halifax regional council held a public hearing at its meeting, hearing from 14 people, mostly in favour of the proposal to rezone the land on Highway 7 in Westphal. The Halifax Examiner laid...
2 new COVID deaths and 153 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Tuesday, May 4
Jump to sections in this article: Overview Business supports Demographics Testing Vaccination Schools Potential exposure advisories Two people in Nova Scotia have died from COVID-19. One was a person in their 50s, and the other was in their 70s; both died at their homes in the Halifax area. One of the people who died didn’t […]
Strang to province: “We’re not anywhere close to being out of the woods”
Morning File, Tuesday, May 4, 2021
I’m here a day early from my usual spot in the rotation, filling in for Philip Moscovitch while he takes a brief post-vaccination rest. Now, in other pandemic-related news… News 1. COVID-19 Update In case you missed the headline: “We’re not anywhere close to being out of the woods.” That’s what Dr. Robert Strang had […]
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