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Weekly COVID deaths, cases and hospitalizations in NS (Aug 18 update)
Infographics of new infections, disease fatalities and COVID-19 patients in hospital from the pandemic’s first wave in 2020 to omicron in 2022.
In the beginning—Nova Scotia's first cases of COVID-19 were reported on March 15, 2020—the province was diligent about sharing pandemic information with the public. Every 24 hours the province would collect the latest information, write the numbers into a report, then actively push that report out to the public via press release...
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POWER RANKING SCALE
For their performance at each meeting, every councillor gets a score from 0-10 as evaluated using the qualitative scale below. Hint: More points is better.
10 – Councillor of the year, even compared to others nationally.
9 – Outstanding council meeting.
8 – An excellent council meeting season.
7 – A solid council meeting.
6 – Decent performances; more up than down.
5 – Decidedly average.
4 – Must do better next meeting.
3 – A poor meeting, all considered.
2 – A problem that needs resolution.
1 – Let’s not go there.
0 - Absent
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Re: Nova Scotians rate Tim Houston one year after his big election win
Houston lied to get elected and basically abandoned every promise he made....Health system is a…
Posted by: Philip Turnbull on Aug 18, 2022
Re: The fight over bikes, trees and cars in Halifax's south end
I love trees as much as the next person but the value of taking gasoline…
Posted by: Gavin Mills on Aug 12, 2022
Re: The fight over bikes, trees and cars in Halifax's south end
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