The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free The work-from-home trend sparked out of necessity by COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on Canada’s hospitality industry. A new report released by Dalhousie University on Tuesday suggests the industry could lose up to $20 billion in revenues in the next year, with 30% of […]
Report: Canadians plan to avoid restaurants ‘for the foreseeable future’
Take-out and delivery kept many businesses afloat throughout the pandemic, but we're more wary when it comes to dining-in.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. We may have embraced ordering take-out and delivery food throughout the pandemic, but a majority of Canadians say dining in at restaurants is off the table for the foreseeable future. That’s one of the takeaways of a new survey released Tuesday. The COVID-19 restaurant survey […]
A new way of thinking about food
We're going from worrying the grocery shelves are bare to loving our local farmer.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. For most of us, COVID-19 marks the first time we’ve had to worry about our food supply or even think about how the food chain works. That was one of the insights shared by Nova Scotia farmer Katie Keddy on Thursday during a panel discussion […]
Drive-thrus and social distancing
Customers are not always respecting the risk they're bringing to service people.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. A manager working at a busy Halifax drive-thru restaurant says despite stringent measures and precautions, she’s concerned about potential community spread of COVID-19 via drive-thrus. That’s why she’s urging members of the public to do their part. “People really think that the drive-thru thing is […]
“A victory for tenants everywhere”
Morning File, Wednesday, November 27, 2019
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The CODCO comedy troupe is criminally under-recognized
Morning File, Thursday, March 14, 2019
News 1. Lung transplant news Carolyn Ray has written an excellent series of stories for CBC on Nova Scotia lung transplant patients. Lungs are the only organs not transplanted in the province, and patients have to travel to Toronto for the procedure. The trouble is that lungs do not last long outside the body and […]
More Photos of Buildings and Food
Morning File, Thursday, January 17, 2019
I’m Philip Moscovitch, taking a break from the book I’m writing on Nova Scotia fermented foods and drinks to bring you today’s Morning File. News 1. Northern Pulp and us The Chronicle Herald begins a four-part series by Aaron Beswick on Northern Pulp today. The series looks at “what a permanent closure of the Northern […]
Taking it to the bank: Morning File, Thursday, January 18, 2018
News 1. Melford Mary Campbell discusses the business case for the proposed Melford Terminal on the Strait of Canso. Campbell was contacted by Richie Mann, the former MLA who now runs “government relations” for Melford International Terminal Inc, and the two had an interesting discussion about the differences between the proposed Sydney terminal and the proposed Melford […]