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% […]
How sign language and real-time captioning are including Deaf and hard-of-hearing Nova Scotians in news on COVID-19
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Every day at about 3pm, Nova Scotians can watch Premier Stephen McNeil and chief public health officer Dr. Robert Strang give an update on the COVID-19 crisis. But there’s another face that’s part of these daily conferences. Richard Martell is the Deaf Interpreter you can […]