The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Nova Scotia is hoping to speed up the COVID-19 testing process by removing one layer of screening for people hoping to find out whether they have the disease. The province announced a new online portal — nshealth.ca/coronavirus-assessment — on Thursday to screen people’s symptoms. “As […]
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 […]
The crises in our taxi industry and justice system: Morning File, Thursday, March 2, 2017
News 1. The crises in our taxi industry and justice system “A Halifax taxi driver found with an intoxicated, unconscious, mostly naked woman in his cab and her DNA on his mouth has been acquitted of sexual assault by a judge who said there wasn’t enough evidence to prove the woman’s ‘lack of consent,’” reports […]