Author: Richard Starr

April Update: Canada’s COVID-19 deaths exceed projections, fiscal hole deepens

Posted by Richard Starr | May 5, 2020 | Health Care, Updates |

My entry in mid-April 11 put forward the proposition that the following couple of weeks would tell...

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Is ageism colouring the response to care home deaths?

Posted by Richard Starr | Apr 29, 2020 | Health Care |

After taking a three-day break the premier and Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer presided over...

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Article shows parallels and lessons from Spanish flu

Posted by Richard Starr | Apr 17, 2020 | Health Care |

After residing in relative historical obscurity for a century, the tragic story of the...

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Next few weeks critical in setting course of pandemic

Posted by Richard Starr | Apr 11, 2020 | Health Care |

The campaign is still in the early stages, but some Monday morning quarterbacks in the media are...

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Revenue windfalls produce Nova Scotia budgetary crumbs

Posted by Richard Starr | Mar 10, 2020 | Nova Scotia Politics |

While their criticisms of the Nova Scotia budget have had some things in common, the two...

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RICHARD STARR has had careers as a journalist, public servant, broadcaster, political staffer and freelance policy adviser. He is author of numerous newspaper and magazine articles, a former radio and TV producer and weekly newspaper editor, and the author of three non-fiction books. Starr has lived in Dartmouth for more than 30 years.

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