First things first: Medical masks need to be reserved for healthcare workers. There is a brand-new, very central circle in hell emerging for anyone who hoards them the way they did with toilet paper. But, in addition to social distancing, washing your hands and, yes, Staying The Blazes Home, wearing a homemade mask could be […]
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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“Always tell people you love them as much as you can.”
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. The construction worker […]
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Starting today you can apply for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit
The CERB (Canada Emergency Response Benefit) combines two previously announced streams—the emergency care benefit, and the emergency support benefit. The CERB has two main objectives: Catch Canadians who don’t qualify for regular EI and relieve some of the burden on regular EI by funnelling some of those who do qualify into this quicker-to-release relief program. […]
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A guided mediation to help you get through today
The birds are back. The flowers are starting to climb skywards. Something I can’t stop thinking about these days, as I gaze out my window more than I ever have before, is this weird duality of nature waking up and stepping out as I cocoon myself inside more and more. It feels like poetry. A […]
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So, why is everyone watching dystopic films right now?
Last week it was reported that Contagion—Steven Soderbergh’s nearly-decade-old drama about a global epidemic—climbed back into the iTunes top 10 movie rental charts. And the 2011 thriller was not alone. Dustin Hoffman’s largely forgotten 1995 virus-thriller Outbreak has also experienced a surge in streaming popularity on Netflix. Book publishers are even reporting a rise in […]
Posted inFood + Drink
How to get your farmers’ market fix during the lockdown
Whether you’re a Saturday regular at one of the city’s farmers’ markets or a local veggie ingenue, there are a lot of options coming online when it comes to Nova Scotia produce. Recently the provincial government announced it was providing $30,000 to Farmers’ Markets of Nova Scotia to help various markets make the transition to […]
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Parks, beaches and trails are still definitely closed
T he province closed all parks and beaches to slow the spread of COVID-19 by taking away opportunities for people to get dangerously close to one another. This means that all parks and beaches and most trails are closed. You need to stay fit, but in the oft-repeated words of Nova Scotia’s straight-talking chief medical […]
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Federal wage subsidy helps Bedford pizza place rehire staff
When Brenden Sullivan’s wife first started telling him about COVID-19 back in January, his first reaction was mild curiosity. He didn’t think it would get too bad here. That changed and it all became real for him when the NBA cancelled the season. “You could feel it in the air,” said Sullivan, owner of On […]
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Dalgona Coffee is my new self-isolation coping strategy
I’m a lactose-intolerant, strict americano drinker—or at least I was pre-quarantine. But today, I made that cool whipped coffee thing that’s all over Instagram (I know you’ve seen it too) and I might never go back. Borne from the rich cafe culture of South Korea and carrying no pedigree (it’s made from instant coffee, so […]
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Open and shut: pandemic polygamy
QMy husband and I got married in August of 2019 and we were together for over five years before getting married. I’m very happy and love him with all my heart. I want to have his kids and support his entrepreneurial efforts as he supports mine. We don’t fight, we just have some tiffs here […]
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Here’s everyone who won at Theatre Nova Scotia’s Merritt Awards this week
While COVID-19 meant that the local theatre scene couldn’t gather IRL to celebrate another smashing year of stage productions, that doesn’t mean the (awards) show wouldn’t go on. Rather, Theatre Nova Scotia crowned the best plays, performers and producers (to name a few) via streaming on Monday night. As theatre as a form feels threatened […]
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Foreign exchange
Kyle, at this point, has lived in China most of his adult life. He works a communications office job and lives in a high-rise apartment in central Beijing. I have lived in Halifax most of the time Kyle’s been away. I work at The Coast and live in the top floor of an old house […]
