For the second time in a month, police have arrested Frank Eckhardt, a controversial land seller and survivalist who advertises his advisory services to German-speaking “new settlers” in Cape Breton, and who featured in several German and Canadian media articles in the past two years because of his far-right views and alleged gouging of German […]
Nova Scotia reports COVID-19 outbreak at Burnside jail
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Thirty-one prisoners at the jail in Burnside have tested positive for COVID-19. The provincial Department of Justice announced the outbreak at Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in a news release on Friday. It said no one has been […]
Grab your skates and let’s take one last lap around 2021
Morning File, Friday, December 31, 2021
What the Examiner examined in 2021. Before we ring in the new year, let’s get in one last skate and look back on 2021. News 1. COVID update On Thursday, Nova Scotia announced 511 new cases of COVID-19. Here’s the Nova Scotia Health zone breakdown: 331 Central 56 Eastern 59 Northern 65 Western These figures […]
“We need accountability”: Nova Scotia has set ambitious climate change goals, but concrete action is elusive
It’s the last day of 2021 – an excellent time to consider how well Nova Scotia applied the brakes on the pace of climate change. But answers to related questions remain elusive amid shifting “goals” and “benchmarks,” while concrete actions that would underscore the urgency to keep the Earth’s temperature from rising more than 1.5 […]
Nova Scotia COVID-19 update, Dec. 30: 25 people in hospital with the disease, 511 new cases; booster vaccination program to be expanded
Jump to sections in this article: Overview of today’s cases Vaccination Testing Potential exposure advisories Nova Scotia announced 511 new cases of COVID-19 today, Thursday, Dec. 30. That figure is based on PCR testing at Nova Scotia Health labs, and does not include those who test positive with take-home rapid tests. By Nova Scotia Health […]
Prepping Halifax for climate change will not come cheap
Morning File, Thursday, December 30, 2021
News 1. COVID-19: Cases holding steady, hospitalizations creep up In his daily update, Tim Bousquet reports that the province announced 586 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, and that there are now 24 people in hospital with the disease, three of whom are in the ICU. Good news: It seems that the outbreaks at several hospitals […]
Nova Scotia COVID-19 update, Dec. 29: 24 people in hospital with the disease, 586 new cases
Jump to sections in this article: Overview of today’s cases Vaccination Demographics Testing Potential exposure advisories Nova Scotia announced 586 new cases of COVID-19 today, Wednesday, Dec. 29. By Nova Scotia Health zone, the new cases break down as: • 393 Central • 106 Eastern • 56 Northern • 31 Western There is another case […]
Beyond affluent white males: Making bike-share programs more equitable and accessible
这是第二个系列的自行车shares. Part 1 looked at whether the time is right to bring bike share to Halifax. Do bike- and-scooter share programs provide a cheap way to get around town? Or do they just cater to tourists and affluent residents while ignoring the needs of people […]
At this time of crises, we need Public Health data more than ever
Morning File, Wednesday, December 29, 2021
News 1. Back to school and COVID data Yesterday, Education Minister Becky Druhan announced that Nova Scotia’s public schools will resume with in-person classes on January 10. “We know that the best place for students is in school where they have continued access to learning and the supports and services they need for their emotional […]
Health services human resources are limited, but we can all work on the big picture together
On December 28, in a hotly anticipated press conference concerning the post-Christmas return to school, Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s beloved and much-memed Chief Medical Officer of Health, explained that schools would return to in-person classes on January 10, but would no longer be part of Public Health’s contract tracing efforts. Furthermore, PCR testing — […]
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