John Ross doesn’t blame us if we don’t feel like we know what to do right now. After 16 months living cautiously through the global pandemic, it seems like we’ve now hit the finish line. With significant changes in Phase 4 of reopening, patios are now full, vaccinated travellers are welcome to visit and restaurants […]
Lyndsay Armstrong
Lyndsay was a city reporter covering all things Halifax, health and COVID-19. She is a data journalist who has covered provincial politics for allNovaScotia.com and represented Nova Scotia in a national investigation into lead in drinking water with the Toronto Star and Global.
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NS calls grieving woman “hostile individual” behind her back
Nicole Gnazdowsky, the woman who’s been trying for months to get information from the province about her brother’s 2020 workplace death, said she wasn’t surprised to learn that NS staff called her efforts a “hostile attack” in government communications. “I understand why people just give up,” Gnazdowsky said in an interview Tuesday morning. Facing a […]
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Premier Iain Rankin has called a provincial general election
Premier Iain Rankin, alongside his wife Mary Chisholm, visited Lt.-Gov. Arthur LeBlanc at Government House this morning to call the next general provincial election. Nova Scotians will be voting August 17, a Tuesday 31 days from now. The minimum allowable campaign length is 30 days. Nova Scotians have been on their toes waiting for this […]
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Nursing Homes of NS is launching its own election campaign
Update: Comment from Liberal leader Iain Rankin added following the July 17 morning election call. W hen election signs hit Nova Scotian lawns, so will campaign signs from the Nursing Homes of Nova Scotia Association. The organization is calling for a ministerial portfolio of continuing care and highlighting “issues that have been facing long-term care […]
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Rankin’s pre-election funding frenzy continues
On Friday, which is rumoured to be the day before the election call, Rankin’s list of announcements has continued to grow. Since this article was first written Thursday afternoon, the Liberal government in Nova Scotia has announced no less than eight different funding initiatives: Funding for clean transportation in Yarmouth Pilot project to help raspberry […]
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43 new affordable homes for Halifax from federal cash
One day after Halifax Regional Municipality’s deadline for the removal of crisis shelters from parks, mayor Mike Savage announced a plan to add at least 43 new affordable homes to the city in the next year—thanks to $13 million from a federal program. He used Wednesday’s affordable housing event to address the shelter situation, too. […]
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Nearly 70,000 Nova Scotians need a doctor
More Nova Scotians than ever are on the province’s waitlist registry for family doctors. The waiting list of Nova Scotians needing primary care hit 69,070 people July 1, 2021—up from about 45,000 a year ago. Premier Iain Rankin acknowledged there’s a problem with primary care, but added it’s not a problem unique to Nova Scotia. […]
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Trudeau calls NS child care funding key to ‘a feminist recovery’ from COVID
While a provincial election call seems just around the corner, premier Iain Rankin, joined virtually by prime minister Justin Trudeau, announced a $905 million deal for child care that will cut average costs to $10 a day over five years. “This is a game-changer for Nova Scotia families,” Rankin said during a press conference at […]
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Phase 4 brings radical reopening on Wednesday
Top doctor Robert Strang confirmed Monday that Phase 4 of the COVID reopening will begin as scheduled, July 14 at 8am. On Wednesday Nova Scotians will be allowed to meet in groups of 25 at bars and restaurants—establishments that will be allowed to operate for pre-COVID hours. Dancing at the bar or on a patio […]
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NS adds 264 beds for long-term care, needs 1,300
Nova Scotia will build 264 new long-term care beds and replace nearly 1,300 existing beds across the province, premier Iain Rankin announced Friday. Nova Scotia NDP and PC leaders say this plan falls short of what’s needed to support the public long-term care program—which has nearly 1,300 people waiting for a bed. In a […]
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1,000,000 doses but also a youth vaccine shortage
YUpdate: Number of unused AsraZeneca doses was added June 6 following a response from the province. oung Nova Scotians—who are only eligible to get the Pfizer vaccine under Health Canada guidelines—will not have doses set aside for their age group, despite the current Pfizer supply shortage. Public health head Robert Strang says there are no […]
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Premier Iain Rankin owns up to drunk driving charges
Premier Iain Rankin said at a COVID-19 briefing today, July 5, he heard questions were being asked about his history with drunk driving, and he wanted to “tell all Nova Scotians at once” about past incidents that resulted in a DUI conviction. “Before we get into the case numbers I want to address a personal […]