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Nova Scotia moves to speed up COVID-19 test screening, premier says close to signing onto app

October 2, 2020 By Zane Woodford 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Brad Johns, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 testing, Dr. Robert Strang, NDP leader Gary Burrill, pandemic, Premier Stephen McNeil, tracing app

A strange kind of normal: getting tested for COVID-19

June 10, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. “Tilt your head back,” the nurse says. Her name is Belinda. She is warm, friendly, and reassuring — and she is about to stick a swab that looks like an enormous flexible Q-tip far up my nose. “If you need to cough,” Belinda says, “turn […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Carla Adams, coronavirus, COVID-19 testing, Donald G. McNeil Jr, Joanne Bealy, masks, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), pandemic

For the first time since the outbreak started, Nova Scotia announces no new known cases of COVID-19

Gathering limits are increased from 5 people to 10 people.

May 29, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The first three known cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia were announced on March 15, for testing conducted the previous day. Every day since then, there have been announcements of more cases, with a one-day high of 55 new known cases on April 22. The […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: coronaviruus, COVID-19, COVID-19 testing, Dr. Robert Strang, easing restrictions, pandemic, physical distancing, Premier Stephen McNeil

There are still 152 active cases of COVID-19 among Northwood residents

May 6, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Northwood is in the process of creating more private rooms to try to prevent the death toll from climbing further. Thirty-five residents have died from COVID-19 and Northwood CEO Janet Simm acknowledged during a news briefing this afternoon that grim number may go higher, given […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 testing, Janet Simm, Josie Ryan, Northwood, pandemic

Let’s go on holiday… to late 1960s PEI!

Morning File, Wednesday, May 6, 2020

May 6, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 4 Comments

News 1. COVID-19 update: Strang defends Northwood as deaths mount Zane Woodford covered yesterday’s COVID-19 briefing by premier Stephen McNeil and chief medical officer of health Robert Strang. The good news: new daily cases were in the single digits again, with just six reported. The bad news: three more deaths, bringing the provincial total to […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: COVID-19 clusters, COVID-19 testing, fake cop, false positive, Feed Nova Scotia, food banks, Halifax Infirmary, Halifax Transit Burnside garage, impersonating police officer, Mary Jane Hampton, masks, Michael Gorman, Nebal Snan, park reopening, Prince Edward Island (PEI), Rachel Delano, social distancing, Tourism

Halifax Transit worker who reported testing positive for COVID-19 actually tested negative

May 5, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Halifax Transit now says a worker at its Burnside garage does not have COVID-19. On Monday, the Halifax Examiner reported that an email was sent to transit staff Sunday night notifying them that a worker at the garage had tested positive. In another email to […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: COVID-19 testing, Dave Reage, false positive, Halifax Transit Burnside garage, Ken Wilson

As Northwood deaths rise, Dr. Strang deflects responsibility, blames others, and minimizes the enormous death toll

Morning File, Monday, May 4, 2020

May 4, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 19 Comments

News 1. Northwood Over the weekend, eight people with COVID-19 died at Northwood. That brings the total number of COVID-related deaths at Northwood to 31. The provincial total is 37 (including the 31 at Northwood). As of yesterday, some 305 people connected to Northwood have contracted the disease — 220 residents and 85 employees. Sixteen […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: coronavirus, Councillor Lindell Smith, COVID-19, COVID-19 testing, Dr. Robert Strang, Health and Wellness Minister Randy Delorey, living wage ordinance, long term care (LTC), Michael Tutton, Northwood, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), nursing homes, pandemic, pandemic premium, Premier Stephen McNeil, Saltwire layoffs, white male violence, Zane Woodford

Daily COVID-19 update: Three more Northwood residents have died from the disease

April 28, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Three new COVID-19-related deaths were announced by the province on Tuesday, all having occurred at Northwood long-term care home in Halifax. That brings the total number of deaths to 27. The province also announced 15 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing Nova Scotia’s total to […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19 testing, Daily COVID-19 update, domestic violence, Domestic Violence Death Review Committee, Dr. Robert Strang, health care workers, homeless housing, Long Term Care, mass shooting murder Portapique, Minister Chuck Porter, Minister Kelly Regan, Minister Mark Furey, Mobile Outreach Street Health (MOSH), Northwood, pandemic, pandemic premium, Premier Stephen McNeil

Ask an expert: Q & A with Dr. Tom Frieden

April 14, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Tom Frieden, a former director of the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta as well as a former Commissioner of Health for New York City, was interviewed about coronavirus yesterday by reporter Helen Branswell. Branswell, who used to work for the Canadian Press, now writes […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Center for Disease Control (CDC), coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 testing, COVID-19 vaccine, Helen Branswell, masks, pandemic, Tom Frieden, World Health Organization (WHO)

There really is a toilet paper shortage (sort of)

Morning File, Tuesday, April 14, 2020

April 14, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch 1 Comment

News 1. Daily COVID-19 update Yesterday’s daily update from the Examiner is even meatier than usual, with contributions from both Tim Bousquet and El Jones. You’ll still find the analysis of the latest numbers — Nova Scotia has been stable at about 30 new cases a day for the last week — but also Tim’s […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: boat launches and COVID-19, Brooklym Currie, coronavirus, Councillor David Hendsbee, COVID-19, COVID-19 and apartment buildings, COVID-19 testing, Deputy Mayor Lisa Blackburn, Francis Campbell, Gary Andrea, Jason MacLean, mental health, Miranda Spencer, municipal elections, North Preston, pandemic, psychiatric care, telepsychology, toilet paper shortage, Will Oremus

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Phyllis Rising — Rebecca Falvey (left) and Meg Hubley. Photo submitted

Episode #19 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Meg Hubley and Rebecca Falvey met as theatre kids at Neptune and have been friends ever since. As Phyllis Rising — that’s right, Mary Tyler Moore hive — they’re making films, plays, and are in production on The Crevice, a three-part sitcom streaming live from the Bus Stop in March. They stop by to talk with Tara about its development, their shared love of classic SNL and 90s sitcoms, and the power of close friendship. Plus: A new song from a new band.

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. Everyone else will have to wait until tomorrow to listen to it.

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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

Examiner folk The Halifax Examiner was founded by investigative reporter Tim Bousquet, and now includes a growing collection of writers, contributors, and staff. Left to right: Joan Baxter, Stephen Kimber, Linda Pannozzo, Erica Butler, Jennifer Henderson, Iris the Amazing, Tim Bousquet, Evelyn C. White, El Jones, Philip Moscovitch More about the Examiner.

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