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Study examines work of Nova Scotia pharmacists, the pandemic’s ‘unsung heroes’

April 4, 2022 By Yvette d'Entremont 1 Comment

If not for community pharmacists, many Nova Scotians would have had nowhere to turn for their primary health care needs during the pandemic. That’s one of the takeaways from a new research paper, ‘Community Pharmacists’ Expanding Role In Supporting Patients Before and During COVID-19: An Exploratory Qualitative Study.’ “I would say that we have proven […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: ‘Problems Coordinating and Accessing Primary Care for Attached and Unattached Patients in a Pandemic Year, Allison Bondar, COVID, COVID-19, Dalhousie University, health care, immunization, Jennifer Isenor, Need a Family Practice Registry, Nova Scotia Health, pandemic, pharmacists, pharmacy, Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia, Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia (PANS), PUPPY Study, vaccines, Yvette d'Entremont

Don’t go to pharmacies for free rapid tests or symptomatic testing

Head of pharmacy association says people with COVID symptoms, or those who are close contacts, are showing up at pharmacies looking for tests or testing, and putting staff at risk.

December 20, 2021 By Yvette d'Entremont Leave a Comment

Pharmacists across Nova Scotia are “very, very concerned” about the number of people exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms or are close contacts of positive cases showing up at pharmacies seeking free rapid tests. “We are very, very concerned. In the past four days, I’ve already seen four positive cases in our team members, and that’s just what […]

Filed Under: COVID, Featured Tagged With: Allison Bodnar, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccines, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia pharmacies, Omicron, Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia (PANS), rapid testing, self-testing, Yvette d'Entremont

Demand is up for flu shots

A survey from Canadian Pharmacists Association found that 56% of Canadians plan on getting a flu shot this season. Meanwhile, a local pharmacist says there's already a waitlist for flu shots at her pharmacy.

October 12, 2021 By Suzanne Rent Leave a Comment

Diane Harpell is a frontline pharmacist and owns Medicine Shoppe pharmacy on Baker Drive in Dartmouth. Harpell recalled that for the 2020-21 flu season, demand for flu shots was “through the roof.” During last year’s flu season, pharmacies in Nova Scotia gave about 204,ooo flu shots to patients. “There are huge opportunities for that to be […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health Tagged With: COVID, Department of Health and Wellness, Diane Harpell, flu season, flu shot, Health Canada, Kristen Lipscombe, Nova Scotia, Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia (PANS), Public Health Agency of Canada

Pharmacists and COVID-19: new pressures, weaknesses in the drug supply, and increased dispensing fees

April 17, 2020 By Suzanne Rent Leave a Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Peter Jorna owns Scotia Pharmacy on Gottingen Street and Nova Scotia Pharmacy on Coburg Road in Halifax. His COVID-19 protocols for each store are a bit different. Jorna closed the interior of Scotia Pharmacy, but workers will deliver products at the door to customers, and […]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Allison Bodnar, coronavirus, COVID-19, Curtis Chafe, David Chiasson, drug shortage, pandemic, Peter Jorna, pharmacies, Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia (PANS), prescriptions

PRICED OUT

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PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

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.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

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Episode 80 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Singer-songwriter Willie Stratton has wandered a number of genre paths, starting with raw acoustic folk as a teen phenom, moving through surf rock as Beach Bait, and landing in a Roy Orbison-style classic country on his new album Drugstore Dreamin’. Ahead of his release show at the Marquee on Friday, he stops in to explain why mixing influences makes the best art, how he approaches the guitar, and what he likes about his day job as a barber.

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