The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. There are 14 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia announced today, bringing the total to 207. Five people are in hospital, but 21 have fully recovered. See the Examiner’s charts tracking the progress of the disease, and the response to it, here. Dr. […]
Disaster medicine specialist: Nova Scotia sets the “gold standard” in COVID-19 response
But "it won’t take much to put this province on its back if people do not continue to comply [with social distancing measures], and I think it’s disrespectful to the thousands of people that are out of work at the moment and the hundreds of businesses that have closed if people don’t comply."
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. A Halifax physician who has worked on the frontlines of previous epidemics around the world says the province is doing an exemplary job navigating COVID-19. But he also issued a stern warning that public cooperation is key to keeping us all safe, and failure to […]
Without a stronger government response, Main Street businesses will be decimated by the pandemic
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Small businesses are big business in Nova Scotia. First, there’s plenty of them. According to Statistics Canada’s Canadian Business Counts, in December 2019 there were 31,524 businesses with between one and 99 employees in Nova Scotia. Second, they employ a pretty big chunk of the […]
Daily COVID-19 update: State of Emergency extended two weeks, $40 million in new provincial assistance announced
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The Nova Scotia government has extended the State of Emergency until April 19 to try and contain the spread of COVID-19. These include physical distancing measures, the continued closure of nursing homes and hospitals to visitors, the shutdown of most small businesses, parks, and all […]
Graphed: COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, April 2, 2020
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Twenty new people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, bringing the total to 193. The Halifax Examiner will be publishing these graphs daily, as a separate post. New known cases of COVID-19 by date Total known cases of COVID-19 by date […]
Hospitals empty beds before wave of COVID-19 admissions
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The arrival of COVID-19 has increased the pressure on the Department of Health, the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), and the Department of Community Services to empty out long-stay patients to make room for an expected surge of hospitalizations. Two dozen new cases a day […]
Crowded beaches underscore the lack of coastal access
When the pandemic is over, and Nova Scotians can once again go to the beach, do they want to do so in a way that repeats the scenes of mid-March — with the majority crowding together at a handful of public sites — while private landowners dictate access everywhere else?
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. As COVID-19 forces people to re-consider basic aspects of their lives — work, school, the role of government — there’s a question particular to Nova Scotia to contemplate: How easily, in a coastal province, we can actually access the ocean? Two weeks ago, as normal […]
Northwood Manor reserves an entire floor for residents who may contract COVID-19
The disease is now appearing in nursing homes across the province, but the province won't say what policies are being implemented to protect residents who remain healthy.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The confirmed COVID-19 infection of four staff and two residents at three other nursing homes in the province has prompted Northwood Inc. to step up its preparations. With 485 beds at its Halifax location, Northwood is one of the largest nursing home operators in Nova […]
Daily COVID-19 update: the province is preparing for 333 small businesses to default on loan deferrals
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Twenty more people in Nova Scotia have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to 147. Four people remain in hospital, but 10 have fully recovered. I’ve updated the daily charts tracking the progress of the disease and the response to it, here. Today, Dr. […]
Classes are cancelled. Now go do your homework.
Online instruction is a work-around, but not if you don't have internet.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. As Alice Cooper might proclaim, “School’s out!” – until at least May 1 in Nova Scotia. Public school classes for students in Primary to Grade 12 are cancelled for this newly extended period to protect the public from further spread of COVID-19. Premier Stephen McNeil […]
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