How to plan for self-isolation like a lone star
The way the omicron wave is washing over the province, if you haven’t had to isolate due to potential COVID-19 exposure, chances are you’ll have to do so very soon. In Nova Scotia, there are currently over 6,000 active cases, and a recent (non-scientific) Coast poll found that 40 percent of people have already put…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Friday, Dec 31
Between the holidays and the outbreak, the limited information coming from the province allows us to offer this limited lineup of infographics:New and active cases Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Canada’s fourth wave No COVID in 2022 The province is taking a break from COVID reporting tomorrow for the New Year’s Day…
A big shift in Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 strategy
Doctor Robert Strang laid out significant changes in Nova Scotia’s COVID management plant during today’s COVID briefing. This shift comes with scaled back contact tracing, reduced testing and plans to end daily case number reporting. “Omicron is forcing us to do things differently, it’s a different variant that requires a different response,” Strang said during…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Thursday, Dec 30
Between the holidays and the outbreak, the limited information coming from the province allows us to offer this limited lineup of infographics:New and active cases Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Canada’s fourth wave An outbreak of outbreaks COVID information may be limited—from the province and from The Coast—until 2022, but that doesn’t…
Halifax announces lineup for virtual NYE concert
Haligonians and Dartmouthians will be ringing in New Year’s Eve virtually this year thanks to the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and rising cases of the Omicron variant in Nova Scotia. On Wednesday, HRM staff released the lineup of local musicians that will appear in this year’s celebration, which will be broadcast on the…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Wednesday, Dec 29
Between the holidays and the outbreak, the limited information coming from the province allows us to offer this limited lineup of infographics:New and active cases Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Canada’s fourth wave 586 new cases We are now far enough after the Christmas statutory holidays, and far enough before the New…
Nova Scotia students will return to classrooms January 10
Nova Scotian students are headed back to school in person this January, but a week later than planned. Students will return to school Jan 10. “The strong commitment of Nova Scotians to follow public health guidelines and look out for each other has allowed us to keep our students in school, and experts agree the…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Tuesday, Dec 28
Going into the holidays, Nova Scotia is overwhelmed by COVID and its data-dissemination abilities are severely compromised. For the time being, the only infographic we can share with any confidence of accuracy is: Canada’s fourth wave Extending school break Nova Scotia’s omicron-powered COVID outbreak means a little extra time off for students in public schools.…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Monday, Dec 27
Going into the holidays, Nova Scotia is overwhelmed by COVID and its data-dissemination abilities are severely compromised. For the time being, the only infographic we can share with any confidence of accuracy is: Canada’s fourth wave 581 new cases For the third day in a row, Nova Scotia has under 600 new cases—although today is…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Sunday, Dec 26
Going into the holidays, Nova Scotia is overwhelmed by COVID and its data-dissemination abilities are severely compromised. For the time being, the only infographic we can share with any confidence of accuracy is:Canada’s fourth wave A holiday weekend 1,147 infections The provincial COVID report for Sunday announces the astronomical number of 1,147 new cases. But…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Friday, Dec 24
Going into the holidays, Nova Scotia is overwhelmed by COVID and its data-dissemination abilities are severely compromised. For the time being, these are the only infographics we can share with any confidence of accuracy: New and active cases Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Canada’s fourth wave Is the fever breaking? Friday, December 24,…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Thursday, Dec 23
The X-Ring Xplosion of COVID cases is overwhelming Nova Scotia’s data dashboard, so until it is fixed we are suspending our map and charts that depend on dashboard data. In the meantime, you can still enjoy these infographics: New and active cases Vaccination rate Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Breakthrough infections …
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Wednesday, Dec 22
The X-Ring Xplosion of COVID cases is overwhelming Nova Scotia’s data dashboard, so until it is fixed we are suspending our map and charts that depend on dashboard data. In the meantime, you can still enjoy these infographics: New and active cases Vaccination rate Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Breakthrough infections …
UPDATED: Emera Oval announces opening date of Dec 27
Halifax’s Emera Oval is was supposed to open for the 2021-22 season on Monday December 20, with the first official skate at 10am. However, due to “ice conditions,” the December 20 and 21 skates were cancelled on Monday, with the first official skate being rescheduled for Dec 22 at 10am. But now, thanks to a…
522 new cases of COVID-19 in NS bring new restrictions and a scaled-back testing plan
With 522 new cases reported Tuesday, Nova Scotia is further tightening public health restrictions, just days after the last round of restrictions came into effect. Gathering limits will drop from 20 to 10, restaurants and bars must stop dine-in service at 11pm, and live events, sports and performances are paused. “I’m not going to get…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Tuesday, Dec 21
The X-Ring Xplosion of COVID cases is overwhelming Nova Scotia’s data dashboard, so until it is fixed we are suspending our map and charts that depend on dashboard data. In the meantime, you can still enjoy these infographics: New and active cases Vaccination rate Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Breakthrough infections …
Why Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia’s Son Of The House is helping us cope with COVID
Cheluchi Onyemelukwe’s debut novel might be called Son Of The House, but don’t let that fool you: Beneath its male heir title and its tension-packed kidnapping plot line, the 268-page piece of crackling prose is a celebration of women and their boundless endurance and strength. “It was indirectly inspired by growing up around the women…
Modular units delayed…again
The saga of the HRM modular units first began in late September, when mayor Mike Savage announced that modulars would be acquired for 72 of the more than 400 unhoused people in Halifax. Over the following weeks, those modular units were promised “before the snow flies,” by Halifax’s housing and homelessness administrator Erica Fleck. The…
How to spend New Year’s Eve 2022? Stay home.
Go ahead and call me a pessimist. I’m choosing to see it as pragmatism: As case numbers continue to reach record highs here in Nova Scotia, I’ve put my New Year’s Eve plans—the most overhyped night out of the year—on ice (which I won’t have to worry about slipping on in heels, since I’ll be…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Monday, Dec 20
The X-Ring Xplosion of COVID cases is overwhelming Nova Scotia’s data dashboard, so until it is fixed we are suspending our map and charts that depend on dashboard data. In the meantime, you can still enjoy these infographics: New and active cases Vaccination rate Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Breakthrough infections …
Continued calls for car calming after two pedestrian deaths in one week
The final week of November 2021 saw temperatures rise and fall in Nova Scotia. It brought snow, then rain, then wind. That week, the province opened youth vaccine registration and announced a few COVID cases. But contained in the span of those seven days were also two pedestrian deaths. “It’s really horrific, the last month…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Sunday, Dec 19
The X-Ring Xplosion of COVID cases is overwhelming Nova Scotia’s data dashboard, so until it is fixed we are suspending our map and charts that depend on dashboard data. In the meantime, you can still enjoy these infographics: New and active cases Vaccination rate Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Breakthrough infections …
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Saturday, Dec 18
NOTE: This day is now over. Click for the latest on COVID-19 from The Coast. Or for an informative look back at Nova Scotia’s evolving pandemic response, keep on reading. The X-Ring Xplosion of COVID cases is overwhelming Nova Scotia’s data dashboard, so until it is fixed we are suspending our map and charts that…
Nearly 400 new cases of COVID-19 in NS
“The pandemic continues to make a mess of things across the province,” premier Tim Houston said Friday, following 394 new cases of COVID-19 being reported. Seven people are in hospital, with two in ICU. Thursday there were nearly 300 new cases, with another almost 400 new cases today, marking the highest two-day case total Nova Scotia…
Veronica Eley’s Blue Dragonfly spreads its wings
Veronica Eley didn’t set out to write the best poetry book of the year. She didn’t intend to pen lines so sharp they’d lacerate on impact, or lob pastel bombs of repressed feeling, exploding onto the page. But that’s exactly what the 71-year-old debut author did—even if her only aim was to feel better. “My…
Halifax’s first community fridge to combat food insecurity and stigma
Halifax has a smattering of food banks across the city. They’re well-funded, usually have plenty of food, and help hundreds—if not thousands—of Nova Scotians every year. But the current model has some gaps. Food banks are only open certain hours and not everyone feels comfortable going to one because of the deeply ingrained societal stigma of…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Friday, Dec 17
NOTE: This day is now over. Click for the latest on COVID-19 from The Coast. Or for an informative look back at Nova Scotia’s evolving pandemic response, keep on reading. The X-Ring Xplosion of COVID cases is overwhelming Nova Scotia’s data dashboard, so until it is fixed we are suspending our map and charts that…
287 new cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is reporting 287 new cases of COVID-19 today, the highest number of cases reported in one day. This follows six back-to-back days of more than 100 newly identified cases. It’s not, however, the most cases identified in one day. That was May 7, 2021, in the thick of the third wave, when there…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Thursday, Dec 16
NOTE: This day is now over. Click for the latest on COVID-19 from The Coast. Or for an informative look back at Nova Scotia’s evolving pandemic response, keep on reading. The X-Ring Xplosion of COVID cases is overwhelming Nova Scotia’s data dashboard, so until it is fixed we are suspending our map and charts that…
Province, aid groups get involved in MNFC shelter closing
Monday’s announcement that the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre’s shelter will soon close is making waves in the community. Since the news went public, other Halifax area shelters and aid organizations have spoken out about the need to prevent the loss. “We’re still reeling from news that the MNFC shelter will close its doors during the…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Wednesday, Dec 15
NOTE: This day is now over. Click for the latest on COVID-19 from The Coast. Or for an informative look back at Nova Scotia’s evolving pandemic response, keep on reading. The X-Ring Xplosion of COVID cases is overwhelming Nova Scotia’s data dashboard, so until it is fixed we are suspending our map and charts that…
The Bachelorette episode 8 recap: And then there were three
The penultimate episode of any Bachelor or Bachelorette season is always a fun one, with high stakes and great drama. It’s the first time couples get to have romantic overnight stays (free of cameras!), meaning they get to know one another a little more intimately, to say the least. It’s often a breaking point for…
Workers say Friendship Centre execs closed shelter because of union drive
Twenty shelter case workers at the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre didn’t know why they were being asked to gather Monday morning at the shelter on North Park Street. “We got an email from one of the big wigs at the Friendship Centre,” says Brent Cosgrove, who has been a case worker since the shelter first…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Tuesday, Dec 14
NOTE: This day is now over. Click for the latest on COVID-19 from The Coast. Or for an informative look back at Nova Scotia’s evolving pandemic response, keep on reading. The X-Ring Xplosion of COVID cases is overwhelming Nova Scotia’s data dashboard, so until it is fixed we are suspending our map and charts that…
UPDATE: COVID causes Matt Andersen’s holiday concert, Neptune’s plays and other events to be cancelled
With yesterday’s announcement from Doctor Strang that omicron’s presence in the province has us back to some Phase 4 restrictions, it shouldn’t be a surprise: Some local live events are cancelling. So far, Matt Andersen’s Snowman’s Ball, originally billed for Dec 16 and 17, has been axed, alongside Eastern Front Theatre’s double bill of holiday…
Fa-la-la-la films—it’s the best time of year for movie releases!
‘Tis the season when Oscar bait abounds, so you’re likely to catch us catching up at the theatre all month long. Here’s a few flicks we’re especially excited to see: Cate Blanchette is a dialled-up-to-11 femme fatale in Guillermo del Toro’s pulpy, 1940s New York-set Nightmare Alley—where she’s being tapped by critics to win the…
Record review: Halifax band No, It’s Fine. delivers a golden Promise
There was no Warped Tour in 2021, even though pop-punk’s pulse rattled loudly enough for the first time in a decade to warrant its snot-nosed, guitar-thrashing return—as evidenced from WILLOW’s Travis Barker-christened Lately I Feel Everything to the global dominance of Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour. A local ripple of the trend’s cresting wave? Halifax’s No, It’s…
Omicron arrives and COVID restrictions return following four triple-digit case days
Following four days of triple-digit COVID-19 case numbers—and the first 40 confirmed omicron variant cases—Nova Scotia is bringing back some public health restrictions. Welcome to just another pandemic Monday. “Nobody ever wants to go backwards, so it sucks to be going backwards right now, especially at this time of year,” premier Tim Houston said during…
Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre shelter closing amid restructuring
The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre has long been a place for urban Indigenous people to find resources, community and even housing. But the centre’s shelter at 2029 North Park Street, the former home of the Taoist Tai Chi Society, has only existed since January of this year. There were 25 beds in the beginning, and…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Monday, Dec 13
NOTE: This day is now over. Click for the latest on COVID-19 from The Coast. Or for an informative look back at Nova Scotia’s evolving pandemic response, keep on reading. The X-Ring Xplosion of COVID cases is overwhelming Nova Scotia’s data dashboard, so until it is fixed we are suspending our map and charts that…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Sunday, Dec 12
NOTE: This day is now over. Click for the latest on COVID-19 from The Coast. Or for an informative look back at Nova Scotia’s evolving pandemic response, keep on reading. The X-Ring Xplosion of COVID cases is overwhelming Nova Scotia’s data dashboard, so until it is fixed we are suspending our map and charts that…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Saturday, Dec 11
The X-Ring Xplosion of COVID cases is overwhelming Nova Scotia’s data dashboard, so until it is fixed we are suspending our map and charts that depend on dashboard data. In the meantime, you can still enjoy these infographics: New and active cases Vaccination rate Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Breakthrough infections …
X-Ring outbreak reaches 114 cases of COVID-19
During a rare Friday afternoon COVID-19 briefing, Nova Scotia top doc Robert Strang said the outbreak at St. Francis Xavier University—now totalling 114 cases—is “quite likely” linked to new cases in the Central zone. The chief medical officer says this is for two reasons: some of the cases that have been investigated are people who…
Zuppa Theatre’s At This Hour arrives right on time
At This Hour Dec 10-12, 7:30pm, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic How long does it take to tell a story, to weave its threads into a narrative knot? And what happens, once the last strand is tied, if the story is all wrong? How long then, until the fibres are shook loose? Until the tale…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Friday, Dec 10
NOTE: This day is now over. Click for the latest on COVID-19 from The Coast. Or for an informative look back at Nova Scotia’s evolving pandemic response, keep on reading. The X-Ring Xplosion of COVID cases is overwhelming Nova Scotia’s data dashboard, so until it is fixed we are suspending our map and charts that…
Woody or won’t he?
Woody The Talking Christmas Tree MicMac Mall, 21 Mic Mac Boulevard, Dartmouth Monday to Friday 10am-1pm & 4pm-7pm, Saturday, 10am-7pm, Sunday 12pm-5pm. Santa visits by booking only until December 23. Proof of vaccination is required for people 12 and older. I’ve interviewed my share of notables, so it was surprising to be declined a chat…
Home for the Hali-days
It’s been more than two years since Sue White last saw her nephew. “I just want him here, I want to see him, I want to be able to interact with him,” she says of her sister’s son who lives in Ontario. “Me and my children have autoimmune diseases,” she says, so they can’t go…
How you can give a helping hand this holiday season
The gift of music “Music has been something to bring a lot of different cultures together in our centre,” says Bethany Tremblay, a program coordinator at the Open Arms Youth Centre located in Uniacke Square. Despite the disparate backgrounds and nationalities of the youth aged 5-17 she works with, “I think the most relatable thing…
The X-Ring marks the spot as COVID outbreak at St. FX hits 59 cases
The COVID outbreak connected to St. Francis Xavier University is under investigation, and more new cases are expected in the coming days. As of today, 59 cases have already been tied to the outbreak. “That’s a significant number in my mind,” premier Tim Houston said Thursday after a cabinet meeting. Of the 52 new COVID…
COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Thursday, Dec 9
NOTE: This day is now over. Click for the latest on COVID-19 from The Coast. Or for an informative look back at Nova Scotia’s evolving pandemic response, keep on reading. Jump to The Coast’s COVID charts Map of NS cases Cases in kids Table of community health networks New and active cases …
Clothing label emmi launches
New local clothing label emmi has released its first collection, featuring size-inclusive, comfy basics from co-founders Thanh Phung and Lauren Hill. “We like to say that emmi was born over a coffee date between two friends,” Phung tells The Coast. The lifestyle blogger teamed up with Hill, children’s clothing designer of MoneyPenny Designs, to create…
Holiday season shoptalk
On Halifax’s waterfront, the Muir Hotel will operate the exclusive BKS Bar, a speakeasy-style, upscale spot accessible only by a “secret elevator.” Further down the boardwalk, Pane e Circo, the new take-home meat, cheese and crudite shop e delicatessen from Bertossi Group, has opened next to the Bicycle Thief, offering imported morsels like olives and…
Gambling with Nova Scotia’s future
1 A WHOLE NEW WORLD “Icome from a family of people that gamble,” John says. “I learned how to play poker from my grandfather when I was like three. I’ve always been kind of attracted to money.” This explains his Bachelor degree in business, his “early” Bitcoin investment and his steady, if unexciting, day job…
Your horoscope for the week December 9-15
HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK TO Charmaine Al-Molky, Lukas Pearse, Kyla Derry, Jamie Huestis, Kaja Marinsek, Joseph Howe, Ludo Eveno, Allison Lewis, Babby Griffith and Patrick Slade. share the love by emailing your friend’s name and birth date to bday@thecoast.ca then click your sign to go to your horoscope aquarius aries cancer capricorn gemini leo libra pisces sagittarius …
Sending a gift that sends the right message
QI’m a fan from Italy, so please excuse my English. I’ve been in a hetero relationship with my boyfriend for seven years, we’re both around 30, and we love each other and blah blah blah. Sex is very good but quite standard since we have no particular kinks or fetishes. I always reach orgasm before…
