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Here’s what Day One of the New Normal looked like

From barbers to restaurants, business was booming as Nova Scotia economy reopened.

June 5, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

Today, many businesses that have been shuttered since March re-opened their doors. But it was far from business as usual. The Halifax Examiner spoke with several owners about what the new normal looks like. It wasn’t yet 10am on Friday and eight people had already tried to get into Carlos Barbershop without an appointment. Less […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Carlos Barbershop, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dave Ramage, Dr. Robert Strang, easing restrictions, Eve Arsenault, Finbar's Irish Pub, Julie Taylor, Manimal Athletics Training Centre, masks, Michael Casey, Pamela Casey, pandemic, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), reopening business, Ryan Staples, Skin Decision, social distancing

COVID-19 update: No new cases, drive-in celebrations allowed for Nova Scotia high school grads

June 5, 2020 By Zane Woodford Leave a Comment

  The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. With no new COVID-19 cases announced Friday, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health is loosening up the rules to let communities hold drive-in high school graduation celebrations. Dr. Robert Strang announced the plan during Friday’s COVID-19 briefing with Premier Stephen McNeil after both […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, covid-19 and high school graduation, Dr. Robert Strang, easing restrictions, long term care (LTC), pandemic, protest

Caregivers stressed about return to work with no childcare

June 4, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Parents and caregivers struggling with a lack of childcare options as the economy reopens tomorrow have started sharing their stories via an online form set up by the Nova Scotia NDP. While services like salons, barber shops, spas, gyms and dine-in restaurants shut down since […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: child care, coronavirus, COVID-19, easing restrictions, Education Minister Zach Churchill, Laura Fisher, Licensed Child Care, NDP leader Gary Burrill, pandemic

Today’s COVID-19 update: Stephen McNeil says people should go back to work even if they’d receive more money by staying home

June 3, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont 2 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The province’s COVID-19 media briefing on Wednesday was heavily focused on Friday’s reopening of services like salons, barber shops, spas and dine-in restaurants shut down since March. “Today’s another good day in terms of cases,” Premier Stephen McNeil said, opening the briefing with the announcement […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Alicia Draus, Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), coronavirus, COVID-19 update, Dr. Robert Strang, easing restrictions, household bubbles, Lyndsay Armstrong, Northwood class action lawsuit, pandemic, physical distancing, Premier Stephen McNeil, Preston Mulligan, school reopening

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

Halifax councillors consider saving snow shovelling from COVID-19 cuts

May 15, 2020 By Zane Woodford 3 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Councillors hope to save a program that makes for more comprehensive snow clearing on the Halifax peninsula. During a budget committee meeting on Friday — the continuation of the rebuilding of the city’s recast COVID-19 budget with $85 million in cuts — councillors voted in […]

Filed Under: City Hall, Featured, News Tagged With: CAO Jacque Dubé, coronavirus, councillor Bill Karsten, Councillor David Hendsbee, councillor Matt Whitman, Councillor Russell Walker, Councillor Sam Austin, Councillor Tim Outhit, councillor Waye Mason, COVID-19, Denise Schofield., easing restrictions, Halifax city operating budget 2020/21, Mayor Mike Savage, pandemic, reopening beaches, sidewalk snow clearing, snow removal

“Bubble families” unlikely for Nova Scotia

May 13, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. It will be sometime next week before Nova Scotians get a glimpse of how restrictions will be eased once the province has gone two weeks without a new case of COVID-19. The Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Robert Strang, said he expects to be […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: bubble families, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 recovery, domestic violence, Dr. Robert Strang, easing restrictions, lockdown, masks, Northwood, pandemic, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Premier Stephen McNeil, RCMP inquiry

Daily COVID-19 update: Nova Scotia eases restrictions; parks are open, but beaches and playgrounds remain closed

May 1, 2020 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. One more person at Northwood has died with COVID-19, the 23rd resident of that nursing home to die with the disease. A total of 29 people in Nova Scotia have died with the disease, including the 23 at Northwood. As of today, there have been […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Daily COVID-19 update, Dr. Robert Strang, easing restrictions, Kent Martin, Northwood

Strang: “We may well have had the peak”

Morning File, Wednesday, April 29, 2020

April 29, 2020 By Erica Butler 7 Comments

News 1. Murderer escaped Portapique within 10 minutes of police arriving Tim Bousquet provides an update on what we know about the mass murder which started in Portapique, Nova Scotia on April 18, based on new information released yesterday by RCMP Support Services Officer Darren Campbell. New information includes: • 435 witnesses have been identified, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Brad Anguish, Brendan Elliott, coronavirus, councillor Bill Karsten, Councillor David Hendsbee, councillor Matt Whitman, councillor Shawn Cleary, Councillor Stephen Adams, councillor Steve Streatch, COVID-19, Dr. Brendan Carr, Dr. Robert Strang, easing restrictions, hospitals, household bubbles, intensive care, Jacques Dubé, Jennifer Russell, Larry Haiven, Lean Healthcare, Mayor Bill de Blasio, murder shooting spree timeline, New Brunswick, Northwood, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), pandemic, pedestrian safety, reopening hospitals, Saskatchewan, social distancing, Sue Goyette

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

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