News 1. McNeil doesn’t want any negative talk about assault at border This item was written by Tim Bousquet CTV reporter Natasha Pace asked McNeil about a provincial worker being assaulted on the border, and the union’s demands that those workers be given better support. McNeil tries to dodge the question by giving that “I […]
The NSHA’s STI clinic is closed. What does that mean for people who need testing?
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Visit the NSHA’s STI and STD clinic website, and you’re greeted by a message in big red letters: THE STI/STD CLINIC IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. WE APOLOGIES (sic) FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. The health authority shut down the clinic early in the pandemic, and there […]
Researcher: “feel no shame — sext your quarantine away,” but be safe
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. While the pandemic might have more people opting for the ‘quarantine and chill’ online dating experience, a Dalhousie University PhD student cautions that the possibility of sexualized violence is very real — even in a virtual setting. Last week, Nicole Doria penned a blog post […]
Strang backpedals on self-isolation exemption for Irving execs
3 Irving Shipyard execs travelled to the US and returned, but were exempted from 14-day self-isolation requirement
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The Irving Shipyard executives, including president Kevin McCoy, travelled to the United States on company business and returned to Canada, but were exempted from the 14-day self-isolation requirement, Irving spokesperson Tom Hormsby confirmed this morning in response to a question from the Halifax Examiner. The […]
There’s still confusion over who will get the “pandemic premium” and when they will get it
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. More than 45,000 Nova Scotian health care workers will qualify for a top-up to their wages if they worked during all four months of the pandemic from March 13 to July 12. But it’s still unclear when they will receive the money and exactly which […]
Should Nova Scotia schools open in the fall, and if so, what should that look like?
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. As parents and teachers wait for the provincial government to release its plan for reopening public schools in the fall, children’s health experts say the benefits of returning to school outweigh the risks. “We need to find a way, much like we have throughout opening […]
In response to a man from the US who failed to self-isolate when arriving in Nova Scotia, the province is tightening restrictions on such travellers
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. After a traveller from the United States failed to self-isolate in Nova Scotia and started a COVID-19 cluster on PEI, the province of Nova Scotia is tightening rules around people travelling into the province from outside the “Atlantic bubble.” Starting today, any such traveller “must […]
Halifax Transit operator taken to hospital with COVID-19 symptoms, Sackville Terminal closed
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. One Halifax Transit driver was taken to hospital Monday morning after feeling COVID-19 symptoms, two other drivers were being tested, and the Sackville Terminal was temporarily closed. Ken Wilson, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 508, the union representing Halifax Transit operators, confirmed the […]
Halifax council’s shameful rejection of a living wage policy
Morning File, Monday, July 6, 2020
News 1. Rents “A Dartmouth woman recently got a rent increase of 45% for what she believes is retaliation for making complaints about safety and maintenance issues in the building where she lives,” reports Suzanne Rent: Kimberly Rankin has lived at 6 Nivens Avenue in north end Dartmouth since January 2019. But this year, she […]
Northwood: when a ‘review’ is just a cover-up
Last week, the McNeil government announced its plans for a "review" of the 53 COVID-19 deaths at Northwood. The problem is that it isn't a review, just another excuse not to be accountable.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. On Thursday, my colleague Jennifer Henderson ventured where few of us would willingly dare to venture: into a post-cabinet-meeting virtual scrum where reporters got to sort-of ask meaningful questions, and physically distanced, reality-challenging government ministers got to respond with their usual baffling bafflegab. Thankfully, she […]
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