News 1. Mass murders This morning, we published another article related to the proceedings of the Mass Casualty Commission, headlined “Tech issues bedevilled the RCMP response to the mass murders of 2020.” In this article: • Did the killer listen in on the RCMP’s unencrypted radio calls? • Emergency Response Team had no GPS capability • […]
Nursing homes across HRM to get 500 new long-term care beds
Barbara Adams, Minister of Seniors and Long-term Care, issued a call for suppliers interested in building 500 new single rooms in nursing homes across the Halifax Regional Municipality. It’s the first major announcement of new construction since the Progressive Conservatives took office and it comes at a time when there are more than 1,900 frail […]
COVID clock is ticking on preparing nursing homes for a second wave
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. The clock is ticking on the potential for a second wave of COVID-19 at long-term care homes in Nova Scotia. The question is, despite what we know now, are we any better prepared to cope than we […]
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 […]
Today’s forecast: power outages and falling cranes
Morning File, Tuesday, September 22, 2020
News 1. Weather There will be weather this afternoon, and then again Wednesday morning. It won’t be as bad as it could be, but will still be plenty powerful. As someone once said: charge your devices and order Chinese food. (Copy link for this item) 2. Expert: GW was not an informant “On Monday, Judge […]
Two reports detail problems at Nova Scotia nursing homes that resulted in mass COVID-19 deaths
But while the recommendations in the Northwood report are public, the findings are not.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. COVID-19’s remorseless advance through the Northwood facility in Halifax this spring caused 53 deaths, and exposed gaps in a system which is supposed to protect our most vulnerable citizens. In the wake of those events, the province will spend $26 million over the next year, […]
Were it not for COVID, “we probably would have got by for hundreds of years” with double rooms in nursing homes: deputy minister
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The legislature’s Health Committee met yesterday for the first time in six months to talk about the government’s response to the pandemic and future preparedness. “All in all, we have fared well,” said Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang, pointing to just a […]
Michael Bryant has deleted his dickish tweet about Atlantic Canada and replaced it with a dickish apology
Morning File, Thursday, August 6, 2020
News 1. Mass murder investigation Jennifer Henderson tells me that in the not-for-attribution technical briefing on the provincial budget update, reporters were told that as of May 30, an extra $3.2 million was spent to hire additional RCMP officers and civilians to investigate the mass murders of April 18/19. Those additional police investigators included 30 […]
PCs promise fix for long-term care
Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative leader Tim Houston held an outdoor news conference in front of the Melville Heights seniors’ home in Halifax today. Houston is promising to Nova Scotians that if they elect his party to form the next government, he will create 2,500 single rooms in nursing homes over the next three years. About […]