The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. On the morning of Friday, May 14, 2021, Nova Scotia government lawyers — armed with affidavits from Dr. Robert Strang, our chief medical officer of health, and Hayley Crichton, the Department of Justice’s director of public safety […]
COVID-19 update: No new cases, drive-in celebrations allowed for Nova Scotia high school grads
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. With no new COVID-19 cases announced Friday, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health is loosening up the rules to let communities hold drive-in high school graduation celebrations. Dr. Robert Strang announced the plan during Friday’s COVID-19 briefing with Premier Stephen McNeil after both […]
Student Power: student demonstrations shouldn’t be ignored, says historian
As Nova Scotia tries to negotiate a new collective contract with province’s teachers, it needs to win a PR battle painting its demands as reasonable and the teachers’ as unfair. But as these power games continue, the province will have to reckon with an increasingly vocal contingent: the students themselves. Hundreds of people, many of...