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January 27, 2016, 10:17 pm ASTLast Updated: January 27, 2016, 10:17 pm

Tune in this week for weather watching in Nova Scotia, a support group for the queer Arab community, the struggle to keep a popular downtown bar alive, and a cold treat for cold weather.

The third episode of The Signal TV airs this Thursday, Jan. 28, at 7:30 p.m. on Eastlink TV. The show is produced by broadcast journalism students at the University of King’s College.

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Coping with COVID

As we enter the second year of the pandemic, students in the Online Features Workshop explore how our lives have changed – and the ‘new normal’ that could lie ahead.

By Online Features Workshop

Magazine

Congregate living settings in Western Canada have been hit hard during the second wave of COVID-19.

For long-term care homes in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, COVID came later, then hit hard

Experts say homes need sweeping changes to safely house vulnerable seniors

By Dayne Patterson

News

Those experiencing homelessness in Toronto have continued sleeping in public spaces like Grange Park during the pandemic.

COVID in TorontoStaying safe a daily struggle for the homeless

City's efforts to house the most vulnerable fall short

By Benjamin Elliott

News

Crumpled pieces of paper with the words Human Trafficking.

"I don’t let my daughter go to sleepovers"

Sex-trafficking can cause severe and unique forms of post-traumatic stress disorder; survivors reveal how they learned to cope and how they now help others.

By Rachael Dyal

News

Ry Shissler says they’d like to see lessons learned from last year “not just thrown aside as emergency measures.” Chief among them are that people will ride bikes if it’s safe to do so and the infrastructure is there.

COVID in TorontoToronto bike sharing trips have surged during COVID-19

Torontonians turned to program in record numbers in 2020 as they got outdoors and avoided transit

By Stephanie Roberts

News

Street art along Vanier Parkway in Ottawa

COVID in OttawaBeing in poverty is tough and COVID-19 just makes it tougher

Advocates say government support programs let too many people fall through the cracks

By Kaarina Stiff

News

IAPMD’s executive director Sandi MacDonald poses for her portrait at the University of King’s College in Halifax on March 16, 2021.

Halifax woman’s non-profit offers support for people with premenstrual disorders

International Association for Premenstrual Disorders (IAPMD) has just started providing live peer support sessions for people locally and around the globe

By Ella MacDonald

Health News

A patron at Durty Nelly's pub on Argyle Street in Halifax enjoys a glass of beer on March 31, 2021. Depending on if the province decides to loosen public liquor laws, patrons might not be required to stay inside that fence to crack a cold one.

Eased public drinking rules in Canada spark conversation in Halifax

Some say relaxing public drinking laws could curb irresponsible drinking, help businesses

By Luke Dyment

News