The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Nothing to see here folks. Nothing to talk about. Nothing to know you need to know because… well, you know. And even if there was, we shouldn’t. We can’t. Know. You know… “Our committees unanimously voted to adjourn and suspend committee meetings,” explained the Explainer-in-Chief […]
Shiny budget surpluses versus investing in long-term care
Our current crisis in long-term care, now in the spotlight because of COVID-19, is the result of lots of choices governments have made. We need a public inquiry to hold them accountable, and to make sure our long-term care future is better than its past.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Choices? Crushing health care unions versus investing in long-term care? Slashing $8 million from the provincial budget for grants to long-term health care facilities versus investing in long-term care? Boasting about shiny budget surpluses versus investing in long-term care? Cutting taxes for corporations versus investing...
Daily COVID-19 update: Three more Northwood residents have died from the disease
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 […]
No “pandemic premium” for Nova Scotia health care workers
Ontario and Quebec have increased the pay for the continuing care assistants, nurses, and dietary and cleaning staff working in nursing homes during the COVID-19 crisis. It's a recognition that those workers are both needed and putting their own health at risk. But Premier Stephen McNeil has rejected calls to give this province's frontline workers similar recognition; in Nova Scotia, they'll continue on with the same low pay they've always received.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Over the weekend, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that Ontario will pay “a pandemic premium” of $4 an hour to continuing care assistants (CCAs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), as well as dietary and cleaning staff who work in long-term care homes, group homes, home-care, and […]
Daily COVID-19 update: Northwood outlines its plan
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Forty-six new cases of COVID-19 were identified yesterday, the highest number since the pandemic arrived in mid-March. Thirty-six of the 46 cases are at Northwood’s Long-Term Care facility in Halifax. Nova Scotia now has a total of 721 confirmed cases. Twelve people are currently in […]
Daily COVID-19 update: Death and chaos at Northwood
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Two more residents of the Northwood long-term care facility have died from COVID-19 related illness. The two newest deaths brings a total of five residents of Northwood who have died with the disease, and nine people who have died overall in Nov Scotia. The disease […]
Daily COVID-19 update: Three Northwood residents have died from the disease
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The Nova Scotia Department of Health has announced that three residents of the Northwood continuing care home on Gottingen Street in Halifax have died from COVID-19. The brings the total number of deaths in Nova Scotia from the disease to seven. As well, yesterday 43 […]
Nursing home workers are moving between multiple facilities. That’s a big problem.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. There are now 98 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among residents and employees at eight long-term care homes in Nova Scotia. At least two of the four deaths to date were former residents of nursing homes. The largest case clusters are at The Admiral in Dartmouth […]
Daily COVID-19 update: Is the disease spreading in nursing homes because they don’t pay workers enough?
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. A Cape Breton woman in her 80s died from COVID-19 today; she is the fourth person in Nova Scotia to die from the disease. She had underlying health issues. And yesterday, 27 more people tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to 606. Eleven people […]
Daily COVID-19 update: as of last night, Northwood nursing home had 59 cases
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Thirty more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, bringing the total to 579. Eleven people are currently hospitalized, four of them in ICUs; 176 people have fully recovered. Three have died. During Thursday’s provincial update, Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s chief medical […]