News 1. Mashing the reset button In his column this week, Stephen Kimber asks whether Tim Houston needs to hit reset on some of the incoming government’s attempts to reform the status quo. Kimber starts with a little history lesson on how we wound up with a slew of regional health authorities later consolidated into […]
Nursing home operators go public with call for better paid staff, updated facilities
Starting today, Public Health is allowing for contact between visitors and residents, but some nursing homes have lost insurance coverage and so aren't allowing that visitation.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. “Enough Talk” is the title of a nine-page statement released Tuesday by a group representing the majority (83%) of 96 licensed nursing homes in the province. The Nursing Homes of Nova Scotia Association (NHNSA) is fed up with government inaction when it comes to long-identified […]
The NSHA’s STI clinic is closed. What does that mean for people who need testing?
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Visit the NSHA’s STI and STD clinic website, and you’re greeted by a message in big red letters: THE STI/STD CLINIC IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. WE APOLOGIES (sic) FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. The health authority shut down the clinic early in the pandemic, and there […]
HRM: 5,490 square kilometres, 20 public toilets
Morning File, Wednesday, July 8, 2020
News 1. Council needs to step up on fighting anti-Black racism, says Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard In a half-hour presentation to council yesterday, Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard called on the city to go beyond statements and act on combating racism, Zane Woodford reports: The presentation, titled “Unpacking Anti‐Black Racism in the HRM: Creating Sustainable Change […]
Take this volunteer “job” and shove it
Morning File, Thursday, July 2, 2020
News 1. The casino crapshoot Rob Csernyik has an incredible investigative piece on the casinos in Nova Scotia and how locals, not high-rolling tourists, became the big spenders. Csernyik looks back before the first casino opened by ITT Sheraton in the summer of 1995. A poll from 1993 showed that 57.7 respondents were against the […]
NSHA working on fix for swamped blood collection appointment line
Patient frustrated by booking system: 'There's no way to leave a message, no online service. Just call over and over until you win the privilege of being on hold for 30-60 mins'
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. The Nova Scotia Health Authority says it’s aware of — and working on a solution for — the overwhelmed blood collection appointment line in the Halifax area. Frustrated patients in the NSHA’s Central Zone (which includes Halifax) are reporting the need to make repeated […]
One year later: health care by the numbers
Exactly a year ago, the Halifax Examiner reported on a rally in downtown Halifax that attracted about 75 people concerned about overcrowded emergency rooms, inadequate mental health services, and too few places for seniors requiring long-term care. The rally was advertised through a Facebook group called “Nova Scotia Healthcare Crisis.” Among those in the crowd […]
We’re told to socially distance, but people are hooking up and having sex
Sexual health advocates worry people are avoiding STI testing for fear of being judged for straying outside their bubbles.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Despite the pandemic, provincial sexual health centres are dealing with increased demands for information and a steady stream of requests for STI (sexually transmitted infection) testing. “I know through friends and clients that there are a lot of people who aren’t necessarily respecting all of […]
A strange kind of normal: getting tested for COVID-19
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. “Tilt your head back,” the nurse says. Her name is Belinda. She is warm, friendly, and reassuring — and she is about to stick a swab that looks like an enormous flexible Q-tip far up my nose. “If you need to cough,” Belinda says, “turn […]
The Torstar sale leaves a gaping hole in the Canadian news scene, but journalism can still thrive
Morning File, Wednesday, May 27, 2020
News 1. COVID-19 updates “A woman in her 80s who had an underlying medical condition has died after contracting the COVID-19 virus. She was a resident of the HRM but not a resident of Northwood or any other long-term care home,” reports Jennifer Henderson: The news came at today’s daily briefing by Dr. Robert Strang, […]
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