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Auditor General: the province shouldn’t have outside agencies run programs without knowing the full costs

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Provincial auditor-general Kim Adair released two reports today. One, as reported earlier by Tim Bousquet, examined how the McNeil government contracted Dalhousie University to distribute $100 million in emergency financial assistance to people and businesses during the first wave of COVID in 2020. The second report looks at $193 million the province put in a...

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The crane collapse: could it happen again?

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As roaring winds strip the last leaves and powerful gusts send garbage cans rolling, how will all those construction cranes on the Halifax skyline fare? Memories of a crane crashing into a downtown apartment during post-tropical storm Dorian are fresh in people’s minds. They’re nervous memories, considering there are approximately 26 tower cranes “blowin’ in […]

Children ages six months to five years needed for Moderna COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial

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A clinical trial examining the safety and effectiveness of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in very young children has started recruiting participants between the ages of six months to five years in Halifax. With Health Canada’s announcement on Friday that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is now approved for use in children ages five to 11, the only group […]

Yes, children should get vaccinated, and here’s why

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跳转到部分本文简介:户田拓夫的概述y’s cases Vaccination Demographics Testing Potential exposure advisories A man in his 90s who lived in the Western zone has died from COVID. He is the 107th Nova Scotian to die from the disease. Additionally, Nova Scotia has announced 60 new cases of COVID-19 over three days […]

Solar Power: Nova Scotia is making progress, but still has a long way to go

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A summer of forest fires, and now, unprecedented flooding in British Columbia, have set off alarm bells about the quickening pace of climate change and the consequences of foot-dragging on action to keep it from delivering more catastrophes. But in this province, what’s the status of efforts to put a serious dent in CO2 emissions?...

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