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 […]
Keep the travel restrictions
Morning File, Tuesday, September 15, 2020
News 1. Forest health Linda Pannozzo writes: Instead of improving the state of the province’s forests, the Nova Scotia government conducts a survey about improving The State of the Forest reporting. The Halifax Examiner takes the survey. Pannozzo methodically walks us through why it’s wrong to repeatedly ask the public to take part in surveys […]
QAnon knows no borders
A conspiracy theory that originated in the US has become a global movement and is attracting adherents in Nova Scotia. Anti-hate activists are concerned about where it will lead.
This article contains graphic descriptions of conspiracy theories about child abuse and torture that may not be suitable for all readers. The change in the Nova Scotian woman — I’ll call her Lidia — was dramatic and it happened suddenly. According to a member of her family, Lidia had always been left leaning and progressive […]
There’s a possible case of COVID-19 reinfection in Nova Scotia
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. In May, a nurse in the Halifax area tested positive for COVID-19. As is standard, 10 days after the nurse stopped expressing symptoms, the nurse was considered “recovered” and resumed work. But recently, the very same nurse started expressing symptoms, and on Sunday was again […]
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