With the numbers getting so high, moving so quickly, tracked at so many levels, you could find a scary new coronavirus statistic every day. Nova Scotia hits 900 cases of C19. The United States reaches 1,000,000 cases. There are 3,000,000 cases around the world. Actually, those are all from Monday. The last time we looked […]
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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 April 27
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. Click here for a smaller, mobile-friendly version of The Coast’s Nova Scotia COVID-19 case graph. Editor’s note: The Coast has never aimed […]
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Bring Halifax culture home with our arts streaming guide, April 27-May 3
Monday, April 27 Trivia for Shut-ins Halifax trivia hosts-about-town Jason Dorey and Andrew Evans have shifted their popular triv game from pubs like Durty Nelly’s, the Lion’s Head and The Fickle Frog, to a Facebook livestream. Three 20-question rounds will challenge, amuse and delight, and with no prizes on the line, you won’t even mind […]
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Why talk to downplay COVID-19 and climate seems so similar
For a long time, the story went that the tobacco industry cooked up disinformation and then spread it to the fossil fuel guys, the chemical industry, pharma, you name it. But one thing that became incredibly clear when we began digging into PR firms and specific publicists was that this version of history is not […]
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And then there’s the climate crisis
Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, but it feels a world away. As if the coronavirus wasn’t enough, now Nova Scotia is in a state of mourning. We are struggling to make sense of the senseless, to understand the unthinkable. How are we supposed to pay attention to the climate crisis? The Coast […]
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Nova Scotia RCMP give update on mass killings
A briefing from Nova Scotia RCMP on Monday afternoon confirmed that the death toll in the Nova Scotia shootings now totals at least 19. “We continue to gather information and seek out answers, but we can confirm now that there are in excess of 19 victims,” said Nova Scotia RCMP’s Criminal Operations Officer Chief Superintendent […]
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What we know about Nova Scotia’s mass killings
Late in the evening on Saturday, April 18, RCMP first got word of an armed gunman in Portapique near East River Nova Scotia. Within 12 hours, the rampage would end with at least 19 dead, including an RCMP officer. The rural cottage community of Portapique on the Bay of Fundy is about an hour-and-a-half from […]
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Bring Halifax culture home with our arts streaming guide for April 20-26
Monday, April 20 Cris Derksen The Juno-nominated cellist and composer known for the work Orchestral Powwow (which marries traditional Indigenous Powwow music and dance with classic symphonic stylings for the ultimate mash-up) continues blending hues on a cross-cultural palette with a Facebook Livestream at 9pm. Tuesday, April 21 Lennie Gallant A suppertime show with the stalwart […]
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Voice of The City: Abuse and violence thrive in isolation and silence
The first person to die from a COVID-19-related death in Nova Scotia was not someone who contracted the virus. It was a woman murdered by her abusive male partner, whom she was forced into isolation with due to social distancing measures. In early April, Stephen Beckett was arrested at his home in Hammonds Plains and […]
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Just the news on COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, for the week starting April 20
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. Click here for a smaller, mobile-friendly version of The Coast’s Nova Scotia COVID-19 case graph. Editor’s note: The Coast has never aimed […]
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How to watch Nova Scotia RCMP press conference about today’s shootings
Nova Scotia RCMP will be giving a press conference about this morning’s killings in Portapique NS and area at 6pm AST. You can watch a live stream on CBC’s Youtube channel. Click here. RCMP were providing updates as the story unfolded this morning via their Twitter feed. On April 18 at 11:30 RCMP reported a […]
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Quarantine smells like some old fashioned Jewish penicillin AKA chicken soup
The Coast is collecting and sharing dispatches from around the world about what life in the time of COVID-19 looks like, smells like and feels like. Some people are beyond the worst of it, some don’t know the worst yet. Most are just trying to keep afloat. Share your own story here. Who are you? […]
