Category Archives: News
Compensation Set Aside For Residential School Survivors
It’s an unimaginable amount of money to try and cover some very harsh Canadian truths as compensation is being set aside for those affected by residential schools. $40 billion is being set aside...
Dec 14, 2021
N.S. reports 114 new cases, 40 cases of Omicron variant (Dec 13)
Nova Scotia is reporting 114 new cases of COVID-19 and the arrival of the Omicron variant in our province. There are 55 cases in Halifax region, 52 cases in the Antigonish area, five cases in Western ...
Dec 13, 2021 Dr. Robert Strang, chief medical officer of health; photo courtesy Communications NS
Nova Scotia Announces $2m Healthy Schools Fund
The Nova Scotia government announced a new funding program for schools that aims to make them healthier places. The Healthy Schools Fund will give every public school across the province $5000 plus an...
Dec 13, 2021
N.S. man arrested for making fake COVID-19 vaxx cards
A Nova Scotia man has been arrested for making fake vaxx cards. RCMP say they got a tip last month about the bogus passes being made in Barrington. Police searched a home on December 10 and arrested a...
Dec 13, 2021
Province To Give Out Rapid Tests At Libraries
You’ll be able to pick up a COVID-19 test kit at your local library during the holidays. The province has announced that rapid test kits will be available at public libraries across Nova Scotia....
Dec 13, 2021
Money coming to help those with uninsurable flood damage
People in eastern Nova Scotia with uninsurable damage from the heavy rain and windstorm on November 23 can now apply for disaster financial assistance. “We know many Nova Scotians are dealing wi...
Dec 13, 2021
Nova Scotians to hear from top doctor amid COVID-19 outbreak
Nova Scotia is grappling with a surge in COVID-19 cases amid an outbreak linked to St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish. Residents will hear from Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Stra...
Dec 13, 2021
Virtual doctor’s appointments expand to entire province
If you’re on the doctor waitlist you just got another option. The province expanded virtual doctor’s visits to the entire province Monday. The VirtualCareNS Pilot Program had already been ...
Dec 13, 2021
111 new cases of COVID-19, cases found at Dal
There are 111 new cases of COVID-19 being announced in our province Sunday. 63 are in the Halifax region, 42 in Eastern Zone, five in Northern Zone, and one in Western Zone. We continue to see cases f...
Dec 12, 2021
Updated and new exposures around Antigonish and Halifax
Nova Scotia Health Public Health is advising of potential exposures to COVID-19 at locations in Central and Eastern Zones and on multiple Halifax Transit Routes. There are also corrections previously ...
Dec 12, 2021
