News 1. Sam Austin blames volunteers for crisis shelter assault Last Saturday morning, members of the anonymous volunteer group Mutual Aid Halifax erected a crisis shelter in Starr Park in Dartmouth. On Monday, Halifax Regional Police say, someone living in the shelter assaulted a local resident who had knocked on the shelter. In a post […]
Maybe it’s time for your mammogram
The Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program saw 32,000 fewer screenings in 2020 because of COVID lockdowns early that year. The program's clinics have been open again for months, and it's always a good time to book your test.
On Monday I had a mammogram. It was the first one I’ve had since January 2019. I am not sure why I didn’t go in 2021 — likely a combination of factors, including that during the COVID pandemic time seems to have had no meaning, and some appointments were missed. But in November, I finally […]
Nova Scotia’s coming Fentanyl crisis: Examineradio, episode #115
Already a borderline epidemic on the west coast, Fentanyl, perhaps more than other opioids, is posed to become a public-health crisis in Nova Scotia, believes Vice News’s Hilary Beaumont. Plus, there are three recounts underway in the wake of the Nova Scotia provincial election: Chester-St. Margaret’s, Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank, and Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie. Finally, North Dartmouth comes to grips with another […]
“It’s like a partnership with someone who mugs you on the street”: Examineradio, episode #99
The province is mulling over options to rebuild or refurbish the dilapidated Victoria General Hospital, and certainly isn’t ruling out a P3 (public-private partnership) option. This, despite the boondoggle that resulted in the province paying way more for 39 schools across Nova Scotia than it should have. We speak with Chris Parsons of the Nova Scotia Health […]