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% […]
Stanfield’s is switching from making underwear to making protective personal equipment
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. While hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been laid off work, Stanfield’s Limited is in hiring mode. It’s preparing to re-open its landmark brick 1880s factory in Truro and hire between 72 and 108 new workers to make disposable hospital gowns for front-line health care […]