The biggest news of Nova Scotia’s third week living under COVID-19, March 27 to April 3 Provincial briefing hijinks—and tie-jinks Case numbers keep hitting milestones McNeil’s meme-making mic drop Community spread arrives Reaching seniors where they live When every school is a home school Ringing in the new fiscal year Provincial briefing hijinks—and tie-jinks Three […]
Kyle Shaw
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Kyle was a founding member of the newspaper in 1993 and was the paper’s first publisher. Kyle occasionally teaches creative nonfiction writing (think magazine-style #longreads) and copy editing at the University of King’s College School of Journalism.
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Week 2 recap: the leaders we need
Friday the 13th has a bad rap in popular culture, but it might be for good reason. When did the province impose the first of its coronavirus-related restrictions? That’s right, it was Friday, March 13. And you don’t have to be triskaidekaphobic to think that’s a dire milestone in Nova Scotia history. The story of […]
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Friday, March 27 COVID-19 in NS news update
Key points as of March 27, 8pm 17 new cases for a total of 90 COVID-19 cases in Nova Scotia None are connected to the St. Patrick’s Day Party in Lake Echo, but… …there was potential exposure at an Antigonish hockey tournament Restaurants will be able to deliver booze Remote learning may be coming for […]
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Thursday, March 26 COVID-19 in NS news update
Key points as of March 26, 9pm There are 73 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nova Scotia We might have our first case of community spread Two people are hospitalized and two people have recovered The Steve & Strang Show had guests at today’s briefing, doctors Krista Jangaard and Brendan Carr The 2020 camping season and […]
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“I know this is bad, but you’ve got this”
Key points as of March 25, 4pm There are 68 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nova Scotia Community spread is not happening here yet Local lab capacity is around 400 tests per day, enabling a more aggressive approach to tracking the disease Premier McNeil is an able co-host of The Steve & Strang Show We are […]
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Coronavirus on the east coast
The first confirmed case arrived on the east coast March 11, in New Brunswick. Three days later it was found in PEI. And on the fourth day, COVID-19 was in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. This Coast chart shows how the disease is spreading throughout every Atlantic Canadian province; it will be regularly updated […]
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Week 1 recap: preparing for the worst
Anyone else feel like a year went by in the last seven days? Somehow it was just a week ago, Friday March 13, that provincial officials held the first of the afternoon webcast briefings that quickly became the COVID-19 version of Must See TV in Nova Scotia. The physical setup of the briefings changed to […]
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Pause the presses
The Coast has never experienced anything like this. COVID-19 has turned things upside down for our readers, our staff, our city, our world. The base of local businesses whose advertising helps support The Coast—a base that tilts towards bars, restaurants and events—has been shut down. That shut-down extends to our ticketing service and the events […]
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11 things that changed Sunday around COVID-19
Sunday afternoon the province gave a coronavirus media briefing. It looked a lot like Friday’s briefing, with four officials—premier Stephen McNeil, health minister Randy Delorey, and both the chief and deputy chief medical officers of health, Robert Strang and Gaynor Watson-Creed respectively—sitting in a row, behind microphones, in front of Nova Scotia flags. But where […]
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Three cases announced in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia announced its first three COVID-19 cases earlier today. (At this point they are technically presumptive—i.e. a local positive test hasn’t yet been formally confirmed by the national lab.) The province’s Facebook post, below, says all the cases are “related to travel.” An update will be webcast at 3pm. This morning, the federal government’s […]
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Ban on big cruise ships means a sinking number of visitors
From the moment the Diamond Princess was identified as a coronavirus hotspot, cruise ships have been a target of concern. “Avoid all travel on cruise ships” is the headline that’s been on official Canadian government travel advice since February. The advisory then explains why: Cruise passengers include travellers from around the world who may […]
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Canada’s ultimate beer and cider crawl, right here in Halifax
Consider: All over this country are places where you can find a cluster of brewers, and we’re not just talking about East Vancouver. Hell, Dartmouth has two such hot spots: Lake City, New Scotland, Battery Park and Brightwood downtown; and Wright Avenue’s Upstreet, Moosehead, Propeller trifecta. But we bet nowhere else in Canada has as […]