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 […]
How Halifax got its hands on 100,000 N95-equivalent masks as the pandemic hit Nova Scotia
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. On March 17, when Nova Scotia had just had its first confirmed case of COVID-19, Halifax placed an order for 100,000 masks. Amid a global shortage, the city found a connection through a seemingly unlikely source — a lighting company based in Bedford, Nichent Energy […]
Here’s what Day One of the New Normal looked like
From barbers to restaurants, business was booming as Nova Scotia economy reopened.
Today, many businesses that have been shuttered since March re-opened their doors. But it was far from business as usual. The Halifax Examiner spoke with several owners about what the new normal looks like. It wasn’t yet 10am on Friday and eight people had already tried to get into Carlos Barbershop without an appointment. Less […]
“We need answers and justice. This tragedy cannot have been for nothing.”
A woman launching a lawsuit against Northwood for the death of her mother from COVID-19 speaks with the Halifax Examiner.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. “Fifty-three families have lost their loved ones at Northwood due to COVID-19, and we need answers and justice,” said Erica Surette. “This tragedy cannot have been for nothing.” Surette is the first member of a proposed class-action lawsuit launched Tuesday against Northwood Care Group Inc. […]
Northwood hit with lawsuit
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Northwood Care Group Inc. has been hit with a class-action lawsuit filed by lawyer Ray Wagner on behalf of a woman whose 66-year-old mother was a Northwood Centre resident who got COVID-19 and died on April 22. The lawsuit alleges Northwood should not have moved […]
Frontline workers: Doctors
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Anyone going to the emergency department at the Halifax Infirmary will notice some changes. First, you’ll go through a pre-triage process in the vestibule at the front doors. There, two nurses will screen for COVID-19 symptoms. Patients showing symptoms are sent directly to a room […]
“Bubble families” unlikely for Nova Scotia
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. It will be sometime next week before Nova Scotians get a glimpse of how restrictions will be eased once the province has gone two weeks without a new case of COVID-19. The Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Robert Strang, said he expects to be […]
Double Exposure
The pandemic has pushed back the curtain on how decades of austerity have left Canadians and the health care system more vulnerable.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. By April 13, Nova Scotia’s State of Emergency had been in effect for 23 days, schools were closed, most businesses shuttered, and people were feeling the effects of the “lock down.” At the daily COVID-19 briefing, Premier Stephen McNeil and Dr. Robert Strang, the province’s […]
Nova Scotia’s nursing homes now experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks
Dozens of staff and residents in at least seven long-term care facilities have tested positive for the disease.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. As of the Easter weekend*, 16 residents and 10 employees at the Northwood long-term-care complex in Halifax tested positive for COVID-19. The nursing home’s website says all 26 — plus four more staff who provide homecare services — have exhibited mild to moderate symptoms. Medical […]
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% […]