The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. This weekend, something extraordinary happened in a Dartmouth provincial courtroom. Since the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic, advocates have publicly called for the province to address the danger of the virus spreading in provincial jails. Over the weekend, Chief Judge Pamela Williams met that call, […]
Doctor: Keeping the liquor stores open is the right thing to do
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. A Nova Scotia family doctor is applauding the province’s decision to keep Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC) stores open as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to change the way we navigate our daily lives. “I am so pleased that the premier and our provincial leadership has […]
We face a public health emergency, and criminalizing the marginalized can worsen the crisis
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Nova Scotia has just declared a State of Emergency. Measures taken include a ban on gatherings over five people, the ability of the police to fine individuals and businesses breaking social isolation, the ability of the police to enter property, and the seizure of vehicles […]
Daily COVID-19 update: Nova Scotia declares State of Emergency, limits gatherings to five people, requires self-isolation for anyone who has travelled outside the province
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The latest: • Premier Stephen McNeil has declared a State of Emergency, invoking the Emergency Management Act; • McNeil limits all public gatherings to five people; • effective tomorrow at 6am, anyone who travels into Nova Scotia from outside the province must self-isolate; screeners will […]
Daily COVID-19 update: $161 million in business support, suspension of student loan payments, and Michelin gets to keep operating
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The latest: Minister of Business Geoff MacLellan announced what he characterized as “the first wave of support” for businesses, with $161 million “to immediately address cash flow and access to credit” for small and medium-sized businesses, with the following initiatives: • deferring payments and interest […]
Explainer: Social distancing to self isolation; what about seniors?; and how do we know there’s not community spread of COVID in Nova Scotia?
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Social distancing? Self-isolating? What does it all mean? What should I be doing? Here’s how the province’s chief medical officer, Dr. Robert Strang, has explained how we should be acting. I’ve transcribed Strang’s comments at a press conference Wednesday, only slightly editing for clarity. “It’s […]
Daily COVID-19 update: more closures, but the Irving Shipyard, which employs 1,300 people, is still open
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Five more people in Nova Scotia have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, bringing the total to 12. All 12 cases are either people who travelled from other countries to Nova Scotia, or connected to those cases. They range in age from their 30s through […]
“People are freaking out”: prisoners fear COVID-19 outbreak in jail
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The following is a transcript of a phone interview I had today with a prisoner in the Burnside jail. On Monday, a coalition of advocacy groups sent a letter to Corrections calling for a number of actions to intervene before COVID-19 becomes a crisis in […]
Stephen McNeil: Community response can head off worst-case Covid scenario
The Halifax Examiner is providing all Covid-19 coverage for free. Two more Nova Scotians have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total to five. Three were announced yesterday. The two are a Halifax area couple (a man and a woman) in their 50s who have not travelled outside of Nova Scotia. They are presumed to […]
Covid-19 is in Nova Scotia; schools and day cares ordered closed, international travellers must self-isolate
In response to the three presumptive positive tests for Covid-19 in Nova Scotia, Premier Stephen McNeil has ordered school and day care closures and is requiring that all people self-isolate after international travel. The new actions were announced at a press conference Sunday afternoon. Dr. Robert Strang, the province’s chief medical officer of health, said […]
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