Brad George was in the midst of his weekly Sunday clean-up when his Highland Park home began to fill with smoke. He could see it, smell it in the air. He looked out the front window. Ash fell on his lawn. Flames licked above the trees across the street. “I could just see this big […]
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Weekly COVID deaths, cases, data in Nova Scotia (May 25 update)
Shortcut to data visualizations Cases 2023 Deaths 2023 Hospitalizations 2023 Pandemic infections Weekly deaths Pandemic patients Death toll The omicron variant arrived in Nova Scotia at the end of 2021—Dec. 8 by the province’s official count—making 2022 the first full year of the omicron COVID pandemic. 2023 will be the second, unless either the disease […]
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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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Fully vaccinated Canada: animated national COVID vaccination tracker
To watch the race press the play button at the lower left of the chart. Click here for a larger version of the chart. Canada’s vaccine rollout started in mid-December 2020, and with the required couple weeks between jabs, it wasn’t until January 2021 that the first Canadians became fully vaccinated with two doses. To […]
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Canada vaccination uptake tracker to chart people with at least one dose of vaccine
To watch the race press the play button at the lower left of the chart. Click here for a larger version of the chart. “We are in a race between the variant and the vaccine,” Robert Strang said in April. Nova Scotia’s head public health official was referring to his province at the time, but he […]
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Where to get a rapid COVID-19 test this week (September 7-14)
COVID is still lingering in Nova Scotia, and if you’re having adventures or visiting family this summer, getting a rapid test is a great way to reassure yourself and your bubble while doing your part for public health. Doctor Strang recommends everyone gets tested on a weekly basis, even if you’re just going out for […]
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Halifax results and ridings in the 2021 Nova Scotia election
Happy post-election, Nova Scotia. After an interesting 31-day campaign dominated by talk of health care, rent control and sexism—not to mention a federal election call arriving at the tail end of the provincial campaign—the province elected a Progressive Conservative government. Tim Houston will be Nova Scotia’s next premier. For the best look at election results […]
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UPDATED: Liberal candidate booted from party over boudoir pics and OnlyFans account
UPDATE: The Nova Scotia Liberals announced a new candidate for Dartmouth South on the final day before the nomination deadline, July 29. The candidate is Lesley MacKay, whose bio says she graduated from the University of King’s College with a BA and then took public relations at NSCC. She currently works at the Liberal Caucus […]
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Border blockade politician takes her bias on the road
On Tuesday, after premier Iain Rankin announced modified quarantine measures for New Brunswick travellers, a Cumberland County MLA reacted in her own way. “He has until 4 o’clock today to change these latest restrictions on the NS or the residents of Cumberland are shutting down the TransCanada highway until the Nova Scotia New Brunswick border […]
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150+ patios mapped on the 2021 Halifax patio guide
Patios always play a major role in Halifax’s social life when the weather gets warm, whether at a big beer garden, eating al fresco in front of a restaurant or sipping in sunny style at a cafe. But for the second summer of COVID, when patios became one of the first pleasures permitted in Nova […]
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Strang’s flip-flop on AstraZeneca
Update: At the COVID briefing on Friday, May 14, Strang changed his tone when talking about people who had received AstraZeneca, reassuring them that they had done the right thing by getting the first vax available to them, that they were safe and giving them information about how to monitor for potential blood clot symptoms. […]