I have just finished reading, with an open mind, Mary Campbell’s article about the COVID update for this past weekend. As a former Cape Bretoner (I now live in the Annapolis Valley), I was dismayed at the very negative tone of the article. It is rife with sarcasm over anyRead More

Expanded testing Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health, announced 31 new cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, bringing the total to 293. Strang said that while 10 people altogether have been hospitalized, only nine are in hospital currently. He also, in answer to a reporter’s question,Read More

Nova Scotia announced 29 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and 26 on Sunday for a total of 55 new cases and 262 cases overall.  Nova Scotia says that six people are now in hospital and 53 have recovered from COVID-19. (Remember, this is a look backward, we’re seeing peopleRead More

Stay the blazes home Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health, announced 14 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total to 207. Strang said five people were in hospital and 21 considered cured of the illness. In response to a question asked yesterday, Strang gaveRead More

In love with Mary Brown? It is far too early to announce the winner of the “Weirdest Result of COVID-19” award but Wednesday’s announcement by Postmedia — the American hedge fund-owned, Canadian government-assisted, 200-plus outlet media chain that includes the National Post — is on my longlist for now: LikeRead More

Daily briefing Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health, announced 20 new cases of COVID-19 in the province, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 193. Strang says 91% of confirmed cases are related to travel or a known case while 9% remain under investigation andRead More

Daily briefing Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health, announced 26 new cases of COVID-19 in the province as of Wednesday, bringing the total to 173. The province is declaring just one confirmed case of community spread, but Strang said some cases remain under investigation and thatRead More

All the discussion around the recent corona virus pandemic and the fallout from it that’s affected hundreds of thousands in all parts of the world got me thinking about a disease that struck my own family and was treated in a very different manner. That would be tuberculosis, and manyRead More

“…it is hard to say who is sick and who is well…” — Daniel Defoe, Journal of the Plague Year   The coronavirus pandemic poses a clear and present danger to the most elderly and vulnerable segments of the global population, those already most prone to perish from influenza and other infectiousRead More

Travel-related Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health confirmed, 20 new cases of COVID-19 in the province on Tuesday, bringing our total to 147. Although community spread has been concluded as the cause of one case, most of the confirmed cases — 96%, according to Strang —Read More