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Premier Iain Rankin and Dr. Robert Strang, NS COVID Update for 27 April 2021.

COVID-19 Update: NS Shuts Down for 2 Weeks

April 27, 2021 at 5:57 pm

During today’s COVID-19 Update, Dr. Robert Strang and Premier Iain Rankin announced a province-wide shutdown or circuit breaker that will go into effect as of 8:00 AM tomorrow (Wednesday, April 28) and remain in place until at least May 12. “We are in a race between the variant and theRead More

NS COVID-19 Update for 8 December 2020

NS COVID-19 Update for 8 December 2020

December 8, 2020 at 6:00 pm

Briefing Today’s update ended abruptly after questions from three reporters with Premier Stephen McNeil announcing that there were a number of “things” pulling him away today (he didn’t actually name any) before promising that he and Dr. Robert Strang would be back on Friday. The two announced seven new casesRead More

NS COVID-19 Update for 27 November 2020

NS COVID-19 Update for 27 November 2020

November 27, 2020 at 7:41 pm

Briefing Premier Stephen McNeil announced nine new cases of COVID-19 today in the Central Zone, one of which is a student at Bedford South School. McNeil said the school has been closed for a deep clean and contact testing is underway. Dr. Strang said there were 118 active cases (theRead More

NS COVID-19 Briefing for 24 November 2020

NS COVID-19 Briefing for 24 November 2020

November 24, 2020 at 7:39 pm

Briefing Premier Stephen McNeil began by announcing 37 new cases of COVID-19 today, bringing active cases to 87. Dr. Robert Strang, the province’s chief medical officer of health, said that 72% of these active cases involve people in the 18-35 demographic. Of the 37 new cases, 35 are in theRead More

NS COVID-19 Update for 3 November 2020

NS COVID-19 Update for 3 November 2020

November 3, 2020 at 4:27 pm

Briefing I’m going to paraphrase much of today’s COVID update because I think it’s safe to say it was intended to deliver two messages. First, although we now have 16 active cases of COVID — 12 of which have been discovered since Premier Stephen McNeil and Dr. Robert Strang’s lastRead More

NS COVID-19 Update for 28 October 2020

NS COVID-19 Update for 28 October 2020

October 28, 2020 at 3:32 pm

Briefing Premier Stephen McNeil began today’s briefing by noting that in the two weeks since the last one, Nova Scotia has announced 10 cases of COVID-19, five of which remain active. No one is in hospital. Dr. Robert Strang said nine of those 10 cases were related to travel outsideRead More

COVID-19/Back-to-School Update for 2 September 2020

COVID-19/Back-to-School Update for 2 September 2020

September 2, 2020 at 5:59 pm

Briefing Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Robert Strang, and Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Zach Churchill briefed reporters today (some in person, some on the phone) on the province’s plan to send students back to their classrooms on September 8. Churchill began by recapping previously announcedRead More

New Zealand coastline. (Photo by Charmead Schella)

Letter from New Zealand: COVID a World Away

July 22, 2020 at 11:20 am

Editor’s Note: Many years ago in Prague, I had a very boring job, the silver of lining of which was the opportunity to meet a very good person — a fellow Canadian named Charmead Schella. She now lives in New Zealand, a country that has distinguished itself internationally by itsRead More

Premier Stephen McNeil and Dr. Robert Strang, NS COVID-19 Update for 26 May 2020

NS COVID-19 Update for 26 May 2020

May 26, 2020 at 5:33 pm

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

Premier Stephen McNeil and Dr. Robert Strang, NS COVID-19 Update for 22 May 2020

NS COVID-19 Update for 22 May 2020

May 22, 2020 at 5:06 pm

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