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There hasn’t yet been a COVID outbreak in Nova Scotia’s jails, but it could still happen

Morning File, Friday, September 11, 2020

September 11, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

News 1. COVID-19 and provincial jails Provincial jails have not seen a major breakout of COVID-19. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the jails have improperly infringed on prisoners’ rights, and the programs, policies, and supports that were implemented in order to prevent COVID infections in jails have been defunded; as a […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 911 attacks, Amanda McDougall, Archie MacKinnon, Blindspot: The Road to 911, Cape Breton Autonomy Group, CBRM, Chris Abbass, COVID-19 in prison, COVID-19 in provincial jails, decarceration, Dr. Adelina Iftene, Dr. Lisa Barrett, Jim O'Grady, John Howard Society Nova Scotia (JHSNS), Kevin MacEachern, Mary Campbell, mayoral candidates, pandemic, racism Queens County

There’s a possible case of COVID-19 reinfection in Nova Scotia

September 9, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. In May, a nurse in the Halifax area tested positive for COVID-19. As is standard, 10 days after the nurse stopped expressing symptoms, the nurse was considered “recovered” and resumed work. But recently, the very same nurse started expressing symptoms, and on Sunday was again […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Atlantic bubble, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Robert Strang, pandemic, Premier Stephen McNeil, reinfection, university students

Is it time for more nurses in schools?

September 4, 2020 By Philip Moscovitch Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Nova Scotia has a long history of school nurses. But their role has decreased as schools turn to other health professionals. And in the midst of a pandemic, that may be a problem. “Nurses have this ability to to look at the individual child — […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: COVID-19, Doug Hadley, Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE), Lesley Mulcahy, Martha Paynter, MLA Claudia Chender, MLA Tim Halman, pandemic, Relentless School Nurse blog, Robin Cogan, school nurses, Women's Wellness Within

Study: the pandemic hit to the restaurant industry will continue for years

August 11, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont 3 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free The work-from-home trend sparked out of necessity by COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on Canada’s hospitality industry. A new report released by Dalhousie University on Tuesday suggests the industry could lose up to $20 billion in revenues in the next year, with 30% of […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, food industry, pandemic, restaurants, Sylvain Charlebois, work from home

I’m a teacher at an elementary school, and I’m trying to figure out how to run my classroom during COVID

August 10, 2020 By Lalia Kerr 15 Comments

Lalia Kerr teaches at Three Mile Plains District School. Jennifer Henderson’s article, “The ABCs and Maybes of school reopening,” about the questions around school reopening was thoughtful but, like most examinations of the issue, lacking in attention to the issues that will arise in the younger grades. It seems as if everyone thinks we will be […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, masks, pandemic, school reopening, social distancing

The ABCs and Maybes of school reopening

August 10, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 3 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Some sense of normalcy.  That’s what most children, parents, and teachers yearn for — a better learning environment than what was cobbled together when COVID-19 erupted this winter.  Top paediatricians and child psychologists at the Toronto Sick Kids Hospital and IWK agree that kids need […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Back to School plan, Brendan Elliott, contact tracing, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Theresa Tam, Education Minister Zach Churchill, Heather Fairbairn, masks, Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU), pandemic, Paul Wozny, Public Health, school reopening

Killam still profiting during pandemic

Morning File, Friday, August 7, 2020

August 7, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 11 Comments

News 1. McNeil stepping down Stephen McNeil is stepping down as premier. Zane Woodford reports on the surprise announcement, which McNeil made Thursday during a post-cabinet news conference. Says McNeil: Seventeen years is a long time, and it’s long enough. Today I’m announcing I will be stepping down and leaving public office. I have informed […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: borealization, boulevard garden, COVID-19, Donna Evers, Duff Evers, Electric City, Emile Stehelin, Eric Nielsen, eviction ban, Georges Island, Graham Steele, Hal Theriault, JD Irving, JDI, Joshua Noseworthy, Killam Properties, Kingswood, landlords, meadow garden, moratorium, Niki Jabbour, Nova Scotia Liberal Party, NS coastline, pandemic, Paul H. Stehelin, Premier Stephen McNeil, rent hikes, Sam Langford, snakes, Stacey Doucette, Stephen McNeil stepping down, Steven Laffoley, Tom Beckley, Weymouth

Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil announces he’s stepping down

August 6, 2020 By Zane Woodford 14 Comments

Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil announced Thursday he’s stepping down. After 17 years in public office and seven as premier, McNeil made the surprise announcement during a post-cabinet news conference: Seventeen years is a long time, and it’s long enough. Today I’m announcing I will be stepping down and leaving public office. I have informed […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: COVID-19, Liberal Party, NDP leader Gary Burrill, pandemic, PC leader Tim Houston, Premier Stephen McNeil

The big and silent life of Nova Scotia giantess Anna Swan

Morning File, Wednesday, August 5, 2020

August 5, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 7 Comments

News 1. Documents show horrors at Northwood during COVID outbreak Yvette d’Entremont takes a look at the Neglecting Northwood report that was published by the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU) on Tuesday. There were 53 COVID-19 deaths at the long-term-care facility. The 23-page report include details gathered from NSGEU staff who worked at Northwood […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anna Swan, Atlantic bubble, Beirut explosion, Brooklyn Currie, Cassidy Chisholm, Chris Palmer, coronavirus, COVID-19, David Alexander, Dr. Theresa Tam, fire Mulgrave Park, Graeme Benjamin, Halifax Explosion, Heritage Centre, Joel Fishbane, John Mills, Kelsey D. Atherton, Martin Van Buren Bates, masks, Maya Johnson, mushroom cloud, New Annan, pandemic, Parents for Pandemic Education, Premier Stephen McNeil, PT Barnum, Raven Watts, Ryan Patrick Jones, self-isolation, Susan Kirkland, Tatamagouche

Documents show horrors at Northwood during COVID outbreak

Residents "likely haven’t had a bath in a week as their hair is all greasy. They often wet but do not get changed." And residents who had tested positive roamed around among residents who were presumed negative.

August 4, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont 2 Comments

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. In a report released Tuesday, the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU) chronicles what it’s calling “government neglect and delay” that contributed to the deaths of 53 seniors at Northwood’s Halifax campus during the COVID-19 outbreak. The 23-page ‘Neglecting Northwood’ report was written using Nova […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: Colin Stevenson, Continuing Care Assistants (CCA), coronavirus, COVID-19, long term care (LTC), Neglecting Northwood report, Northwood, Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU), NSGEU president Jason MacLean, pandemic, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Susan Stevens, Vickie Sullivan

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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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.

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