“The unease and fear are appropriate and can be useful, all the more so as the self is liberated from convoluted efforts at falsification and denial.” — Robert Jay Lifton, The Climate Swerve   On February 8, as COVID-19 fast-approached a slow-moving British government, BBC World News aired a discussionRead More

It’s hard to believe that seven weeks have gone by since my self-imposed isolation began. After listening to the many calls, across the country and the world, from those who want to hit the streets, abandoning all semblance of concern as to what might result from breaking everything wide open,Read More

Daily briefing Dr. Robert Strang announced three more deaths at the Northwood long-term-care facility (LTCF) in Halifax, bringing total deaths there to 35 and total COVID-19-related deaths across the province to 41. He also announced six new cases of COVID-19, four of which were detected in “various parts” of HRM,Read More

Briefing There was no press briefing today (they’ve been reduced to Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays) but press releases sent out over the weekend noted some grim statistics: eight additional COVID-19-related deaths at the Northwood long-term-care facility (LTCF) in Halifax (two announced Saturday, six on Sunday) plus another death announced onRead More

Update Dr. Robert Strang announced the death of another resident of the Northwood long-term-care facility (LTCF) in Halifax, bringing total COVID-19-related deaths at the facility to 23 and total deaths in the province to 29. Strang also announced 12 new cases of COVID-19, bringing total cases in the province toRead More

Daily brief Premier Stephen McNeil began by offering his condolences to the family of the Northwood long-term-care facility (LTCF) resident who died on Tuesday and assured families withloved ones in the facility that the government is “working very hard” to get Northwood back to something like normal. Dr. Robert StrangRead More

Editor’s Note: Since I decided to do daily COVID-19 updates, I’ve been greatly assisted by my columnists who have provided excellent weekly content to make up for my focus on the pandemic. This week, I’ve hit a bit of a dry spell, and can offer only an abbreviated weekly edition,Read...

Daily briefing Premier Stephen McNeil opened today’s briefing by sending his condolences to the families of the three Northwood residents who died of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours and those who died over the weekend. He also marked the National Day of Mourning for all workers who’ve died onRead More

Daily briefing There were no press briefings on Saturday, Sunday or Monday but the government sent out press releases all three days: On Saturday, the province announced six additional COVID-19 deaths, five at the Northwood long-term-care facility (LTCF) in Halifax and one in the Western Zone, involving a man inRead More

Daily brief Dr. Robert Strang on Friday announced 23 new cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, bringing total confirmed cases in the province to 850. There have been 16 COVID-19-related deaths to date (no new deaths were announced today) and 392 people have now recovered leaving 442 active cases. StrangRead More