Daily briefing Premier Stephen McNeil began today’s briefing saying that almost 11 weeks (76 days) after the first briefing to announce Nova Scotia’s first COVID-19 cases, today there were “no new cases to report, zero, that’s exciting.” Dr. Robert Strang agreed, saying we’d reached “a significant and encouraging milestone” notingRead More
The Thick of It [I must begin with a warning to the Spectator’s War and Peace columnist Sean Howard: do not read the following story while drinking a beverage of any description or there will be a spit-take in your future.] Earlier this week, I received an invitation from theRead...
Daily briefing Dr. Robert Strang announced one new case of COVID-19 today. He also explained a discrepancy in the number of recovered cases, which went from 976 yesterday to 975 today, saying it reflected their ongoing efforts to review and update their data. The new case involved a resident atRead More
Operating on the “better late than never” principle, I thought I’d discuss the Nova Scotia government’s decision to continue subsidizing the disused Cape Breton portion of the Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia (CBNS) short-line railway. In case you’ve just tuned in to this soap opera, the province has beenRead More
Daily briefing Today’s briefing began with Premier Stephen McNeil acknowledging the province’s latest COVID-19-related death, a woman in her 80s in the Central Zone who was not a resident of a long-term-care facility (LTCF). McNeil then reminded viewers of the ongoing fire ban, in light of the wildfires that haveRead More
Daily briefing Dr. Robert Strang announced two new cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, both of which are associated with Halifax’s Northwood long-term-care facility (one resident and one staff member). Both Strang and the premier acknowledged the death, on Thursday, of another Northwood resident, bringing total COVID-19-related deaths in theRead More
Daily briefing Today’s briefing began with both Premier Stephen McNeil and Dr. Robert Strang offering condolences to the family and friends of the Northwood resident who died of COVID-19-related causes since the last briefing. The death brings total deaths at the facility to 51 and total deaths across the provinceRead More
Daily briefing Dr. Robert Strang today announced an additional death at the Northwood long-term-care facility (LTCF) in Halifax, bringing total deaths there to 50. I haven’t done the math on this before but today I did and it is grim: the fatality rate among residents at Northwood has been roughlyRead More
Daily briefing Premier Stephen McNeil has extended Nova Scotia’s State of Emergency for another two weeks, it is now scheduled to end on May 31 unless further extended. Dr. Robert Strang announced four additional deaths at the Northwood long-term-care facility (LTCF), bringing deaths at the Halifax facility to 49 andRead More
COVID as context I try not to write about COVID-19 in this space because it’s taking up so much other space but there are some stories that one cannot write in May 2020 without at least nodding in the direction of the virus. Or at least, I thought there were.Read...
