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Public Health uses a definition of “community spread” of COVID that confuses the public

Morning File, Monday, November 9, 2020

November 9, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

Stephen Kimber is just too kind to me; I’ve been blushing ever since I read this yesterday. Have a read, and please subscribe. News 1. COVID Nine new cases of COVID-19 have been announced in Nova Scotia since Friday — two on Friday, four Saturday, and three yesterday. All nine recent cases are in Nova […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: community spread, coronavirus, COVID-19, El Jones, exposure advisory, Mining Association of Nova Scotia (MANS), pandemic, Paul Smith, Public Health, Randy Riley, self-isolation, slavery

Sleeping on HRM streets: “This year is by far the worst I’ve seen”

Morning File, Wednesday, September 9, 2020

September 9, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 1 Comment

News 1. Were it not for COVID, “we probably would have got by for hundreds of years” with double rooms in nursing homes: deputy minister Jennifer Henderson reports on Tuesday’s meeting of the legislature’s Health Committee, the first meeting in six months, to talk about the pandemic and preparedness. Chief medical officer Dr. Robert Strang […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: affordable housing, Back to School plan, COVID-19, Eric Jonsson, exposure Canada Games Centre, homelessness, homeschooling, Justine Taylor Hyslop, Krystal Acker-West, Navigator Street Outreach Program, Public Health, shelter, sleeping rough

Back to School: what are the risks?

Morning File, Tuesday, September 8, 2020

September 8, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

News 1. Back to School School starts in Nova Scotia today, and everyone is understandably anxious. Over the weekend, the Department of Health announced that a new case of COVID-19 was discovered in Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone, which is mostly HRM. That new case is still under investigation by Public Health, so we don’t […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Back to school, Barbara Darby and Airbnb, COVID-19, development Tower Road, Dr. Robert Strang, Education Minister Zach Churchill, heritage property, living wage, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), Premier Stephen McNeil, Public Health, school nurses, Stephen Archibald and Queen's Marque

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

Nursing home operators go public with call for better paid staff, updated facilities

Starting today, Public Health is allowing for contact between visitors and residents, but some nursing homes have lost insurance coverage and so aren't allowing that visitation.

July 22, 2020 By Jennifer Henderson 1 Comment

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. “Enough Talk” is the title of a nine-page statement released Tuesday by a group representing the majority (83%) of 96 licensed nursing homes in the province. The Nursing Homes of Nova Scotia Association (NHNSA) is fed up with government inaction when it comes to long-identified […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Province House Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID liability, COVID-19, Dr. Robert Strang, Enough Talk, insurance, long term care (LTC), masks, Michele Lowe, MLA Susan Leblanc, Northwood, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), nursing homes, Nursing Homes of Nova Scotia Association (NHNSA), pandemic, Public Health

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.

About the Halifax Examiner

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