The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Nova Scotia announced 12 new cases of COVID-19 today (Sunday, June 6, 2021.) Of those new cases, seven are in Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone — six of those new cases are close contacts of previously reported […]
18 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Saturday, June 5
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Jump to sections in this article: Overview Vaccination Reopening Demographics Testing Potential exposure advisories Nova Scotia announced 18 new cases of COVID-19 today (Saturday, June 5, 2021) Of those new cases, 13 are in Nova Scotia Health’s […]
Body of work: pandemic coverage
The following articles comprise Yvette d’Entremont‘s 2020 coverage of the coronavirus pandemic: March 17: From panic to positive action: building a better response to the pandemic March 17: How stigma around COVID-19 might hurt vulnerable populations March 18: Bus drivers are “absolutely terrified” about COVID-19 March 19: Farmers Markets adjust to COVID-19 with online stores March 23: Doctor: Keeping the […]
New study to give clearer picture of numbers of Canadian COVID-19 infections
More than 3,600 Nova Scotians will participate in national study designed to provide "better feel" for how many Canadians have actually been infected.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. A new study aiming to provide a “reliable and timely picture” of how many Canadians have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 will see more than 3,600 blood test kits and surveys mailed to Nova […]
Public Health uses a definition of “community spread” of COVID that confuses the public
Morning File, Monday, November 9, 2020
Stephen Kimber is just too kind to me; I’ve been blushing ever since I read this yesterday. Have a read, and please subscribe. News 1. COVID Nine new cases of COVID-19 have been announced in Nova Scotia since Friday — two on Friday, four Saturday, and three yesterday. All nine recent cases are in Nova […]
Selling your credibility is a bad idea
Morning File, Tuesday, November 3, 2020
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What is it about Canadians that makes us different from Americans?
A deferential Canadian columnist, with modestly Canadian smugness, tries to answer that question.
On Thursday morning, as is my wont, I was reading “The Morning,” my daily email briefing of all the news the New York Times deems fit to digitize. Think of it as the Americans’ attempt at the Examiner’s “Morning File.” Or perhaps it is the other way around. But I’m Canadian, so allow me to...
Eldercare advocacy groups and unions join forces to press for more nursing home funding
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. For the first time in Nova Scotia, two eldercare advocacy groups have joined forces with unionized healthcare workers to push the provincial government to address chronic labour shortages and underfunding affecting thousands of seniors requiring nursing home care. Below is the coalition’s call to action: […]
Province insists nursing homes must admit more residents
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Health minister Randy Delorey told reporters after a cabinet meeting yesterday that it is unacceptable for long-term care homes to maintain more than a 3% vacancy rate when the wait list for care has ballooned to over 1,500 elderly people, many of whom are taking […]
Nova Scotia moves to speed up COVID-19 test screening, premier says close to signing onto app
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 […]
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