News 1. Record COVID deaths Twenty-four people died from COVID in Nova Scotia last week (April 19-25) — the highest weekly COVID death toll for the duration of the pandemic. COVID hospitalizations also increased, to 91 for the same reporting period (up from 84 the week before). As of yesterday, Nova Scotia Health reported the […]
People are finding small ways to show their sorrow
Morning File, Wednesday, April 22, 2020
News 1. Mass murder victims believed to number 22 Tim Bousquet reports from yesterday’s RCMP press briefing, and outlines a “vague and misleading” statement issued by the RCMP regarding the mass murder spree on the weekend in which 22 people were murdered by a single perpetrator, over almost 14 hours, in a series of Nova […]
Amidst the pandemic, parkade plans soldier on
Morning File, Wednesday, April 8, 2020
News 1. COVID-19 numbers As of Tuesday’s Nova Scotia government update, we know that for the first time in Nova Scotia, someone has died from COVID-19. A woman in her 70s passed away in hospital in the health authority’s Eastern Zone. We also learned there are: 17 new known positive cases in Nova Scotia (4.05% […]