News 1. War is the wrong metaphor Over the weekend, 55 new cases of COVID-19 were found in Nova Scotia, bringing the total caseload to 236. The Examiner tracks the spread of COVID-19 graphically daily, and reports on the daily briefings given by Premier Stephen McNeil and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang. […]
Old people in prisons are facing a COVID-19 “death sentence”
哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. Since COVID-19 arrived in Canada, Mary’s phone has become a source of dread. When it doesn’t ring, she’s on edge, thinking the worst for her elderly father. But when she does get a call, she fears it’ll be the one where someone from Joyceville Institution […]
Daily COVID-19 update: Stephen McNeil doesn’t understand why disproportionate policing matters
哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. Twenty-six new people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, bringing the total to 262. Six people are hospitalized; 53 people have fully recovered. See the Examiner’s graphic representations of the spread of the disease in Nova Scotia, and the response to it, here. […]
Victoria Park arrest was example of increased surveillance of Black people during COVID-19, says Dal prof
哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. On Saturday afternoon Dalhousie University professor OmiSoore Dryden took to Twitter to call out police and the bystanders who called them: Those actions led not only to the arrest of a young black man, but also led to what Dryden believes was an unnecessary absence […]
Disaster medicine specialist: Nova Scotia sets the “gold standard” in COVID-19 response
But "it won’t take much to put this province on its back if people do not continue to comply [with social distancing measures], and I think it’s disrespectful to the thousands of people that are out of work at the moment and the hundreds of businesses that have closed if people don’t comply."
哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. A Halifax physician who has worked on the frontlines of previous epidemics around the world says the province is doing an exemplary job navigating COVID-19. But he also issued a stern warning that public cooperation is key to keeping us all safe, and failure to […]
Moose River betrayal
In 2008, the approval of the Moose River gold mine was conditioned on the mining company giving the province hundreds of acres of conservation land within four years; 12 years later, there's still no approved plan in place.
哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. On March 31, the Australian company St. Barbara, which last year acquired Atlantic Gold with its open pit gold mine at Moose River and a project to open three more mines along Nova Scotia’s Eastern shore, sent investors a COVID-19 update. It stated: St Barbara’s […]
Separating the science from the scams: Timothy Caulfield on COVID-19 misinformation
Morning File, Thursday, April 2, 2020
News 1. Graphed: COVID-19 in Nova Scotia There are 20 new cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia. That’s a total of 173 cases in the province. Here’s a look at the graphs of the cases and testing. Read the full article here. 2. Hateful slurs disrupt online gatherings El Jones writes about the increase in […]
Crowded beaches underscore the lack of coastal access
When the pandemic is over, and Nova Scotians can once again go to the beach, do they want to do so in a way that repeats the scenes of mid-March — with the majority crowding together at a handful of public sites — while private landowners dictate access everywhere else?
哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. As COVID-19 forces people to re-consider basic aspects of their lives — work, school, the role of government — there’s a question particular to Nova Scotia to contemplate: How easily, in a coastal province, we can actually access the ocean? Two weeks ago, as normal […]
Drive-thrus and social distancing
Customers are not always respecting the risk they're bringing to service people.
哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage 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 […]
Hateful slurs disrupt online gatherings
As racialized and marginalized communities move online in response to COVID-19, they are increasingly the targets of organized racist and sexist attacks.
哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. The social isolation measures around COVID-19 have caused communities to adapt quickly to new forms of interacting. As in-person gatherings have shut down, online platforms have become popular places not only for business meetings and university lectures, but also for music performances, information forums, protests, […]