Category: Updates

Update: N.S. COVID deaths down from last year’s peak but percentage increase highest in the country

Posted by Richard Starr | Apr 15, 2024 | Health Care, Updates |

When I last addressed this topic in January COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations in Nova Scotia...

Updates: Axing tax will whack the poor, EVs swamped by SUVs in NS

Posted by Richard Starr | Dec 8, 2023 | Politics, Updates |

It was good to see this week that someone in the media is finally doing their homework and...

Audit of pandemic relief programs raises more doubts about CEWS

Posted by Richard Starr | Dec 12, 2022 | Federal Politics, Updates |

Massive sums of COVID-19 economic benefits going astray was in the news last week, with Canada’s...

Update on vaccine nationalism: It’s time to think globally

Posted by Richard Starr | May 27, 2021 | Politics, Updates |

Three months ago, as discussed here the media and political worlds were in a flap about Canada’s...

Pandemic Update: Positive case numbers overshadow last month’s record death total

Posted by Richard Starr | Feb 4, 2021 | Updates |

With all of the dire reporting on COVID-19 variants and vaccine interruptions it’s hard to find...

CEWS update: More misses from a poorly targeted program

Posted by Richard Starr | Jan 15, 2021 | Federal Politics, Updates |

Much high dudgeon has been displayed about travelling during the pandemic. Public backlash against...

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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.

Category: Updates

Update: N.S. COVID deaths down from last year’s peak but percentage increase highest in the country

Updates: Axing tax will whack the poor, EVs swamped by SUVs in NS

Audit of pandemic relief programs raises more doubts about CEWS

Update on vaccine nationalism: It’s time to think globally

Pandemic Update: Positive case numbers overshadow last month’s record death total

CEWS update: More misses from a poorly targeted program

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Update: N.S. COVID deaths down from last year’s peak but percentage increase highest in the country

Updates: Axing tax will whack the poor, EVs swamped by SUVs in NS

Audit of pandemic relief programs raises more doubts about CEWS

Update on vaccine nationalism: It’s time to think globally

Pandemic Update: Positive case numbers overshadow last month’s record death total

CEWS update: More misses from a poorly targeted program

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