UPDATE June 22: In this section about the number of new COVID-19 cases in Atlantic Canada compared with the rest of Canada, we double-checked the math and discovered an error. To summarize, we said the east coast had 13 cases while the other six provinces had 3,100 cases over the same stretch of time, but […]
COVID-19
News updates and questions answered what you need to know about coronavirus COVID-19 virus pandemic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Just the news on COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, for the week starting June 15
NOTE: This week is now over. For the very latest news, please go here. But for an informative look back at exactly how Nova Scotia responded to COVID-19 in realtime, keep on reading. Display problems with The Coast’s Nova Scotia COVID-19 case graph? For the mobile version click here. Editor’s note: In its 27 years […]
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Pandemic math and the case of the missing cases
How many active cases of COVID-19 does Nova Scotia have? This simple question is vital to our physical and economic health. And it’s proven shockingly hard to answer. Every day the province issues a report about the state of the disease—the number of new cases, how many people are in hospital, how many patients have […]
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Just the news on COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, for the week starting June 8
NOTE: This week is now over. For the very latest news, please go here. But for an informative look back at exactly how Nova Scotia responded to COVID-19 in realtime, keep on reading. Display problems with The Coast’s Nova Scotia COVID-19 case graph? For the mobile version click here. Editor’s note: In its 27 years […]
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Just the news on COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, for the week starting June 1
NOTE: This week is now over. For the very latest news, please go here. But for an informative look back at exactly how Nova Scotia responded to COVID-19 in realtime, keep on reading. Display problems with The Coast’s Nova Scotia COVID-19 case graph? For the mobile version click here. Editor’s note: In its 27 years […]
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Gather in groups of 10 this weekend, but stay two metres apart
Another Friday, another massive COVID-19 update in Nova Scotia. On the same day the province announced its first day of zero new cases since March 15, Nova Scotians are allowed an increased level of freedom. “The new gathering limit of 10 is effective immediately,” says a release from Communications Nova Scotia in advance of this […]
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Not today, COVID, not today
Zero new cases. Nada, none, zilch. The province is reporting that no new cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in Nova Scotia. It’s taken 75 days to get here, but Friday, May 29 the humans get a win. Public health doctor Robert Strang announced Nova Scotia’s first C19 infections on Sunday, March 15. We were […]
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O funding, where art thou?
By now, 10 weeks in, it’s a sadly familiar scene for artists in all mediums: Galleries closed; tours and performances cancelled; revenue drying up quicker than a puddle on a hot, late-May sidewalk. Back when all this began, Neptune Theatre’s artistic director Jeremy Webb put it perfectly when he told The Coast: “The arts scene […]
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Shuttered Nova Scotian businesses can re-open June 5
Premier Stephen McNeil announced on Wednesday that Nova Scotia’s economy is re-opening in just over a week. As of Friday, June 5, sectors from massage therapy to hair salons to bars will be allowed to open their doors to customers, provided they follow social distancing and other public health requirements such as cleaning. “Nova Scotians […]
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The Last Word says goodbye
For more than 20 years, The Last Word Bookstore on Windsor Street has provided stocked shelves for newcomers, north-enders, and bibliophiles alike. “Lots of students, lots of regulars. they’d sort of just come in, plop down and they’d be there for eight hours,” says Nate Crawford, who used to work at the store about 10 […]
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Take a look at Zuppa’s stunning Vista
Vista 20 Available until May 31 download the free app via mayworkshalifax.ca. “Here’s a little experiment,” asks Vista20, a new web-based app by Halifax’s Zuppa Theatre Company. “Can you look around and drop the personal associations you have with your surroundings?” Is that hard to do? Is it difficult to see just the “wirings”, as […]
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At Home with Botfly
With its latest EP, At Home with Alex, Botfly has stripped its sound bare—releasing something vulnerable, beautiful and surreal in the process. Five of the group’s songs have been reworked into minimal arrangements of guitar and vocals. These recordings are raw. They allow the listener to process the emotional intensity of Botfly’s music in a […]
