News 1. COVID-19 numbers As of Tuesday’s Nova Scotia government update, we know that for the first time in Nova Scotia, someone has died from COVID-19. A woman in her 70s passed away in hospital in the health authority’s Eastern Zone. We also learned there are: 17 new known positive cases in Nova Scotia (4.05% […]
Daily COVID-19 update: coronavirus hits the Black community, with a predictable racist response
When we are being profiled and victimized by the police, Stephen McNeil tells us he doesn't see race. But when we are struggling with infection, all of a sudden Blackness is explicitly singled out.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Nova Scotia has had its first death from COVID-19, a woman in her 70s who is described as having underlying medical conditions. She died in hospital in the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s Eastern Zone. The Examiner has graphed the spread of the disease in Nova […]
Wearing non-medical masks now supported by public health officials
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The province’s chief medical officer of health is now telling Nova Scotians that while it’s not mandatory, they can help prevent the spread of COVID-19 by wearing non-medical grade masks in public. Dr. Robert Strang discussed the issue during Monday’s provincial COVID-19 briefing. His comments […]
Daily COVID-19 update: Robert Strang expects Nova Scotia will hit peak outbreak in late April
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Thirty-one new people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, bringing the total to 293. Nine people are currently hospitalized (one person previously in hospital has gone home); 64 people have fully recovered. The Examiner has graphed the spread of the disease in Nova […]
War is the wrong metaphor for the collective struggle against COVID-19
Morning File, Monday, April 6, 2020
News 1. War is the wrong metaphor Over the weekend, 55 new cases of COVID-19 were found in Nova Scotia, bringing the total caseload to 236. The Examiner tracks the spread of COVID-19 graphically daily, and reports on the daily briefings given by Premier Stephen McNeil and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang. […]
Daily COVID-19 update: Stephen McNeil doesn’t understand why disproportionate policing matters
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Twenty-six new people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, bringing the total to 262. Six people are hospitalized; 53 people have fully recovered. See the Examiner’s graphic representations of the spread of the disease in Nova Scotia, and the response to it, here. […]
Mask, mask, who’s got the mask? And other global games from the coronavirus killing fields.
Welcome to the COVID-19 wild, wild west. Welcome to transnational economic globalism meets Trumpian political nationalism. Welcome to our post-COVID Job 1 — rethinking the way we’ve thought about the world for the last 50 years. Welcome to tomorrow. Welcome to today.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. On Friday, five unions representing workers on the coughing, spewing, life-threatened front lines of our province’s particular finger in the dike of the global coronavirus outbreak, called on the Nova Scotia government to agree to the same protections Alberta is now providing its frontline healthcare […]
Daily COVID-19 update: Who should wear N-95 masks, and who shouldn’t
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. […]
“It’s the terror of knowing what the world is about”: Under Pressure during the pandemic
Morning File, Friday, April 3, 2020
News 1. The latest “The Nova Scotia government has extended the State of Emergency until April 19 to try and contain the spread of COVID-19,” reports Jennifer Henderson, who sat in on yesterday’s briefing for me: Premier Stephen McNeil announced two new programs: one, to help workers and self-employed people who have lost their jobs […]
Daily COVID-19 update: State of Emergency extended two weeks, $40 million in new provincial assistance announced
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The Nova Scotia government has extended the State of Emergency until April 19 to try and contain the spread of COVID-19. These include physical distancing measures, the continued closure of nursing homes and hospitals to visitors, the shutdown of most small businesses, parks, and all […]