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COVID update: team sport competitions can resume; 4 new cases announced in Nova Scotia on ...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 20:02:51 GMT

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Four new cases of COVID-19 were announced in Nova Scotia today (Friday, Jan. 2s). One case is in Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone and is related to travel outside Atlantic Canada. One case is in the Northern […]

Three times in the last year, violent men have been driving look-alike police cars

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 13:57:18 GMT

News 1. COVID-19 Two new cases of COVID-19 were announced in Nova Scotia yesterday (Thursday, Jan. 21). Both cases are in Nova Scotia Health’s Northern Zone — one is related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada; the second is connected to École acadienne de Truro, a pre-primary to grade 12 school in Truro. The school […]

Stirring the pot: more Canadians cooking with cannabis during pandemic

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:32:14 GMT

The pandemic has housebound Canadians spending more time in their kitchens, and it turns out an increasing number aren’t just baking bread. They’re baking with bud. A recent poll conducted by Dalhousie University suggests that since the start of the pandemic, 11.2% of Canadians have made their own cannabis edibles for the first time. Sylvain […]

Neighbours appeal approval of Halifax development where demolition started before eviction was ...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 00:50:09 GMT

Three people who live near the corner of Oxford and North streets are appealing the municipality’s approval of a development proposal for the site where a developer started demolition before every tenant had moved out. At its meeting next week, Halifax regional council’s Regional Centre Community Council is scheduled to hear the appeal of the […]

2 cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Tuesday, Jan. 21

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:57:50 GMT

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Two new cases of COVID-19 were announced in Nova Scotia today (Thursday, Jan. 21). Both cases are in Nova Scotia Health’s Northern Zone — one is related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada; the second is connected […]

Radio will rot your brain

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:36:10 GMT

News 1. Council approves debt increase to fund major improvements City finance staff have recommended in a report that the municipality take on more debt to pay for major projects. And council agrees. Over the last couple of years, Halifax councillors have voted in favour of some pretty major projects: a climate change plan, bus […]

Halifax councillors approve plan to boost debt to cover climate change, transit, active ...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:51:19 GMT

Halifax regional council’s budget committee voted Wednesday in favour of a plan from municipal finance staff to pay for the kinds of transformative projects council has approved over the last few years. The staff report, by Bruce Fisher, manager of fiscal planning and policy and Crystal Nowlan, manager of asset management, said the city’s capital […]

3 cases of COVID-19 announced on Wednesday, Jan. 20

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:41:05 GMT

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Three new cases of COVID-19 were announced in Nova Scotia today (Wednesday, Jan. 20). One of the cases is in Nova Scotia Health’s Northern Zone and is a close contact with a previously announced case. The second […]

As the U.S. changes the guard, let’s keep our borders closed to deeply divisive politics

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:05:08 GMT

Today, about a thousand miles southwest of us, an old man officially leaves his job so another old man can pick up the pieces… Here’s what else is happening. News 1. Vaccines delayed in getting to N.S. Tim Bousquet’s regular COVID-19 update includes news that the next shipment of Pfizer vaccine will be delayed getting […]

More federal money might help seniors in Nova Scotia, but the province is slow on the uptake as ...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:08:24 GMT

A flurry of announcements in the past week may provide optimism for seniors, provided governments and leadership hopefuls vying to become the next Liberal premier can be held to account. For example, with COVID still infecting nursing homes in other provinces, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has instructed Health Minister Patty Hadju to work with the […]

Atlantic Gold is going to court

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 11:58:04 GMT

Just over a month after the construction company contracted by Atlantic Gold to excavate clay for the tailings facility at its open pit gold mine at Moose River assured Krista Gillis of Mooseland that the excavation work wouldn’t cause any more sedimentation in a nearby brook, it has happened again. On Saturday, January 17, Gillis […]

New video series aims to help families cope with the realities of the pandemic

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 11:36:19 GMT

Gillian Ritcey, managing director of the Healthy Populations Institute at Dalhousie University. Photo: ContributedThe Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. A child stands in front of a big picture window, staring wistfully outside as giant spiky balls representing COVID-19 float around in the air. […]

Development agreement approved for Adsum project receiving federal housing cash through Halifax

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 01:10:50 GMT

Halifax councillors voted Tuesday to approve a new development agreement for one of three affordable housing projects receiving federal funding through the municipality. After a public hearing at the Halifax and West Community Council, councillors voted unanimously in favour of the development agreement for Adsum Women and Children’s property in Lakeside. The proposal from Adsum […]

Halifax councillors reject John Risley’s mansion-connecting request

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 00:24:26 GMT

Billionaire John Risley called into the meeting to make the case himself, but he couldn’t convince enough councillors to let him connect his two south end mansions. Following an appeal hearing at the Halifax and West Community Council’s meeting on Tuesday, councillors voted to uphold the planning department’s decision to deny Risley’s request for a variance […]

Nova Scotia’s vaccine rollout slowed by disruption in Pfizer delivery

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 20:50:14 GMT

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. As of this morning, Nova Scotia expected to see 13,500 fewer doses of the Pfizer vaccine delivered in January and February, but there will be an expected increase of an equal amount of doses delivered in March. […]

Halifax councillors to consider $7 million for new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:08:38 GMT

Councillors will consider spending $7 million on the new Art Gallery of Nova Scotia as part of their 2021-2022 budget deliberations. Halifax regional council’s Audit and Finance Standing Committee asked for a staff report on Tuesday on the request from the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) — equal to a little more than 5% […]

Real estate agents gone bad: from storming the Capitol to violating COVID regulations to ...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:44:37 GMT

News 1. COVID-19 No new cases of COVID-19 were announced in Nova Scotia yesterday (Monday, Jan. 18). There are 25 known active cases in the province. No one is in hospital with the disease. Nova Scotia Health labs conducted 1,079 tests Sunday. Here are the new daily cases and seven-day rolling average since the start […]

Compassion fatigue: when the helpers need help

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:18:56 GMT

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Public health orders, restrictions, shutdowns, lockdowns. It’s no secret the uncertainty and stress created by the pandemic has upped our anxieties and kept mental health professionals busy. “Right now the waiting lists are exploding because of the […]

Halifax police board hits pause on body-worn cameras

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:09:01 GMT

The city’s board of police commissioners wants to wait at least a year before putting body-worn cameras on Halifax Regional Police officers. At the board’s meeting on Monday, it voted unanimously in favour of a motion from Coun. Lindell Smith to ask the police to develop policies for the use of the cameras, along with […]

Zero cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Monday, Jan. 18

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:05:57 GMT

The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. No new cases of COVID-19 were announced in Nova Scotia today (Monday, Jan. 18). There are 25 known active cases in the province. No one is in hospital with the disease. Nova Scotia Health labs conducted 1,079 […]