Monday morning at 8:30, the province sent an email to media organizations advising that Dr. Robert Strang would be holding a virtual press conference at 1pm “to answer questions about COVID-19.” My first thought was that Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health wanted to talk about the BA4 and BA5 virus variants that are […]
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We’ve never had a deadlier COVID week and Tim Houston doesn’t seem to care
The deadliest, and most confusing, phase of Nova Scotia’s pandemic began two months ago on March 21, the day premier Tim Houston removed almost all public health restrictions around masking, distancing and gathering. This was Houston’s “Mission accomplished” moment, acting as if COVID was over and we could finally get back to normal, even though […]
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Nova Scotia’s deadliest pandemic phase continues even as COVID numbers drop
Cherished reader, we owe you an apology. Last week, after the province’s May 5 COVID numbers came out, we wrote a report about them for The Coast Daily newsletter but didn’t publish any information here at thecoast.ca. One moral to this story is that you should subscribe to the Daily to make sure you get […]
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Nova Scotia “may have hit the peak” of current COVID wave
Nova Scotia’s latest COVID report came out on Thursday as usual. It covers a full seven days of disease activity in the province, unlike last week’s report that was only for six days. The change last week was needed to get the province on a better reporting cycle (the seven days from Tuesday to Monday, […]
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COVID keeps rising in Nova Scotia while pandemic info from the province is falling
The last time Nova Scotia issued its weekly COVID update, we discussed the two big things the report revealed. First, infections are up to the highest level of the whole pandemic. Second, it’s hard to make good comparisons of disease data when the province switches around the way it reports information. That was for the […]
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Nova Scotia just reported its most new COVID cases of the entire pandemic
Does everyone you know have COVID? It certainly feels like everyone has it. And given the latest pandemic numbers released by the province yesterday, there’s good reason for that feeling. During the entire pandemic, now into its third year, Nova Scotia has never had as many new cases reported as right now. Because the government […]
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With COVID infections at a new high in NS, Strang stresses personal responsibility
Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Robert Strang, held a Zoom briefing Thursday afternoon, April 7. It was originally supposed to be for media only, as a note from the province yesterday morning at 8:40 reiterated. But within three hours another email came from the province to say now the session would be […]
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Immigrants in Halifax share the struggles to become permanent residents in Canada
Nova Scotia’s population reached 1,000,000 in 2021, which was “a significant moment in our province’s history,” as premier Tim Houston says. Helping fuel this growth was the record-breaking number of 9,020 permanent residents who were welcomed to Nova Scotia in 2021. But those who have gone through the process of applying for a permanent resident […]
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COVID cases, hospitalizations and news for Nova Scotia the week Feb 21-27
Like the province, The Coast is admitting to omicron overwhelm. We are switching to bare-bones daily reports, while aiming to maintain the vital infographics that give the best picture of the current situation: NS COVID deaths Omicron hospitalizations New and active cases Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Canada’s fourth wave […]
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No masks, no limits, no POV as Nova Scotia lifting all COVID restrictions March 21
Nova Scotia just put its three-phase reopening plan on a fast track. Instead of the previously planned phases that were “expected to last about a month” each—taking us from the February 14 start of phase one until phase three sometime in April—we’ll now hit phase three on March 21. “The restrictions put in place during […]
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COVID cases, hospitalizations and news for Nova Scotia the week Feb 14-20
Like the province, The Coast is admitting to omicron overwhelm. We are switching to bare-bones daily reports, while aiming to maintain the vital infographics that give the best picture of the current situation: NS COVID deaths Omicron hospitalizations New and active cases Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Canada’s fourth wave […]
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COVID cases, hospitalizations and news for Nova Scotia the week Feb 7-13
Like the province, The Coast is admitting to omicron overwhelm. We are switching to bare-bones daily reports, while aiming to maintain the vital infographics that give the best picture of the current situation: NS COVID deaths Omicron hospitalizations New and active cases Nova Scotia’s third and fourth waves Canada’s fourth wave […]