Before we start, let me assure that I have not embedded any weirdo fake April Fool’s stories in today’s Morning File. News 1. 10 new COVID-19 deaths in Nova Scotia This item is written by Tim Bousquet and Philip Moscovitch. Tim: Ten people died from COVID in the week ending March 29. Additionally, 51 people […]
What it means to live with COVID
"We need to be very careful about letting down our guard too much at this point," says Dr. Scott Halperin, professor of pediatrics and microbiology and immunology at Dalhousie University and infectious disease at the IWK Health Centre.
On Monday, children across Nova Scotia are set to return to their schools after this week’s March Break. While some restrictions will remain in place for the health care system, students will be re-entering classrooms on the same day that the province enters Phase 3 of its reopening plan. Public health and school public health […]
Researcher in NB launching study to better understand long-COVID in Canadian patients
"What we found out from them is in terms of symptoms, long-COVID in Canadians looks like long-COVID everywhere else," says Vett Lloyd about results from study's first phase.
struggli的人数ng with long-term COVID complications grows, a New Brunswick researcher is launching a study to better understand the experiences of Canadian patients in the pandemic’s most recent waves. Last year, Mount Allison University biology professor and researcher Vett Lloyd began the first phase of her national study looking at the […]
The stickiness of harmful habits
Morning File, Tuesday, March 1, 2022
News 1. Portapique: 13 dead in 40 minutes, children left alone for hours This article includes graphic descriptions of intimate partner violence, multiple murders, and trauma to children. Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson report on documents released by the Mass Casualty Commission, laying out just what happened in Portapique on the night of April 18, […]
Long COVID: “We definitely are waiting for a wave”
Nova Scotia Health expects to start seeing an influx of long-COVID patients from the Omicron wave in about two weeks, but help is available for sufferers.
When Krista Blaikie Hughes went into hospital last April during the pandemic’s third wave, she expected to leave within two days. She ended up staying for 19, including several days spent in the ICU after contracting COVID-19-related pneumonia. “Eventually I did go home, but I naively thought that I survived, I just have to go […]
10,000 steps and other persistent bullshit
Morning File, Tuesday, February 15, 2022
News 1. Seven more Nova Scotians have died of COVID-19 Yesterday, Nova Scotia reported seven COVID-19 deaths over three days. More than a third of Nova Scotia’s COVID deaths have occurred since December 3. Welcome to the next phase of our re-opening plan. In his roundup, Tim Bousquet writes: The 68 people now hospitalized because […]
Breaking out of the algorithmic box
Morning File, Thursday, February 3, 2022
News 1. Is a “climate action tax” different from any other tax? Halifax has a climate action plan that Zane Woodford has previously described as “woefully underfunded.” Council is thinking of changing that, by earmarking a special tax of 0.023 cents on every $100 of taxable assessed residential property value for climate-related capital projects. But, […]
Eating Disorders Nova Scotia sees 900% increase in demand for its services
“We know that people were struggling before the pandemic hit, and it's just exacerbated underlying conditions, existing mental health struggles, for all of us,” executive director says.
Just before the pandemic hit in early 2020, Eating Disorders Nova Scotia (EDNS) estimated it would support about 300 people throughout 2019-2020. As executive director Shaleen Jones wraps up the 2020-2021 fiscal year, she notes the non-profit helped more than 3,000 people over that period — a 900% increase in demand for their services from […]
Dr. Lisa Barrett: ‘Every day that we live through this we’re ticking off more immunity’
As we slog through yet another pandemic winter, many are exhausted by the never-ending nature of it and weary of the ongoing uncertainty. The Halifax Examiner reached out to Dalhousie University infectious disease specialist, physician and researcher Dr. Lisa Barrett to talk about this current wave, people’s fears, and why she believes there’s light at […]
Quitting the hospitality business: You mean it wasn’t the CERB after all?
Morning File, Tuesday, January 25, 2022
News 1. Five more Nova Scotians have died of COVID-19; mostly meaningless new case numbers released The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. The province reported five more deaths from COVID-19 yesterday, Tim Bousquet writes in his daily pandemic roundup: The deceased are: • a […]
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