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PCs promise fix for long-term care

August 5, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative leader Tim Houston held an outdoor news conference in front of the Melville Heights seniors’ home in Halifax today. Houston is promising to Nova Scotians that if they elect his party to form the next government, he will create 2,500 single rooms in nursing homes over the next three years. About […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: assisted living, Continuing Care Assistants (CCA), COVID-19, health care workers, Homes for Special Care Act, long term care (LTC), Melville Heights, Nova Scotia Nurses Union, nursing homes, PC leader Tim Houston, PC MLA Barbara Adams, supportive housing

Documents show horrors at Northwood during COVID outbreak

Residents "likely haven’t had a bath in a week as their hair is all greasy. They often wet but do not get changed." And residents who had tested positive roamed around among residents who were presumed negative.

August 4, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont 2 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. In a report released Tuesday, the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU) chronicles what it’s calling “government neglect and delay” that contributed to the deaths of 53 seniors at Northwood’s Halifax campus during the COVID-19 outbreak. The 23-page ‘Neglecting Northwood’ report was written using Nova […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Colin Stevenson, Continuing Care Assistants (CCA), coronavirus, COVID-19, long term care (LTC), Neglecting Northwood report, Northwood, Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU), NSGEU president Jason MacLean, pandemic, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Susan Stevens, Vickie Sullivan

No “pandemic premium” for Nova Scotia health care workers

Ontario and Quebec have increased the pay for the continuing care assistants, nurses, and dietary and cleaning staff working in nursing homes during the COVID-19 crisis. It's a recognition that those workers are both needed and putting their own health at risk. But Premier Stephen McNeil has rejected calls to give this province's frontline workers similar recognition; in Nova Scotia, they'll continue on with the same low pay they've always received.

April 28, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 9 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Over the weekend, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that Ontario will pay “a pandemic premium” of $4 an hour to continuing care assistants (CCAs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), as well as dietary and cleaning staff who work in long-term care homes, group homes, home-care, and […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Continuing Care Assistants (CCA), coronavirus, COVID-19, licensed practical nurse (LPN), Linda MacNeil, Long Term Care, Marla MacInnis, Northwood, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), nursing homes, pandemic, pandemic premium, Premier Doug Ford, Premier François Legault, Premier Stephen McNeil, Unifor

Daily COVID-19 update: Northwood outlines its plan

April 20, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Forty-six new cases of COVID-19 were identified yesterday, the highest number since the pandemic arrived in mid-March. Thirty-six of the 46 cases are at Northwood’s Long-Term Care facility in Halifax. Nova Scotia now has a total of 721 confirmed cases. Twelve people are currently in […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Continuing Care Assistants (CCA), coronavirus, Daily COVID-19 update, Janet Simm, Josie Ryan, Long Term Care, Northwood, nursing homes, pandemic

Nursing home workers are moving between multiple facilities. That’s a big problem.

April 17, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 2 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. There are now 98 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among residents and employees at eight long-term care homes in Nova Scotia. At least two of the four deaths to date were former residents of nursing homes. The largest case clusters are at The Admiral in Dartmouth […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Continuing Care Assistants (CCA), COVID-19, Long Term Care, Louise Riley, Northwood, nursing homes

Daily COVID-19 update: Is the disease spreading in nursing homes because they don’t pay workers enough?

April 17, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. A Cape Breton woman in her 80s died from COVID-19 today; she is the fourth person in Nova Scotia to die from the disease. She had underlying health issues. And yesterday, 27 more people tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to 606. Eleven people […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Continuing Care Assistants (CCA), Daily COVID-19 update, Dr. Robert Strang, Long Term Care, nursing homes

Nova Scotia’s nursing homes now experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks

Dozens of staff and residents in at least seven long-term care facilities have tested positive for the disease.

April 14, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 4 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. As of the Easter weekend*, 16 residents and 10 employees at the Northwood long-term-care complex in Halifax tested positive for COVID-19. The nursing home’s website says all 26 — plus four more staff who provide homecare services — have exhibited mild to moderate symptoms. Medical […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Continuing Care Assistants (CCA), coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Robert Strang, Long Term Care, Louise Riley, masks, Northwood, nursing homes, pandemic, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), physical distancing, Premier Stephen McNeil

Daily COVID-19 update: Who should wear N-95 masks, and who shouldn’t

April 3, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

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. […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Continuing Care Assistants (CCA), coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 testing, Daily COVID-19 update, Dr. Robert Strang, masks, pandemic, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Keonté Beals. Photo: Keke Beatz

Episode #21 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

The young R&B artist Keonté Beals — Tara’s former NSCC student, by the way — started out singing in church in North Preston and performing popular covers before digging into who he is an artist. On his debut album KING, he sings about love, loyalty, and authenticity. He zooms in for a chat about its creation, his children’s book, and how not even a pandemic can keep him down.

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month.

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Uncover: Dead Wrong

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

About the Halifax Examiner

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