Category Archives: News
UPDATE: At Least 60 Dead in Afghanistan Suicide Bombings
The Afghan Health Ministry has confirmed at least 60 dead, and 140 wounded after what looks like two suicide bombings outside the Abbey Gate near the Hamid Karzai International Airport and at the near...
Aug 26, 2021
Federal Conservative Leader meeting with Nova Scotians virtually Thursday
The Conservative leader will be reaching out virtually to his supporters in Nova Scotia on Thursday as the federal election campaign hits Day 12. Erin O’Toole will first make an announcement in ...
Aug 26, 2021
Niels Veldhuis On Making Atlantic Canada The Country's Most Prosperous Region
Atlantic Canada is a "have not" region but Niels Veldhuis of the Fraser Institute says it doesn't have to be that way. The president of the public policy research institute - or "think tank" as organi...
Aug 26, 2021
Day 11 Of The Federal Election Campaign
Canada’s three main party leaders made announcements in Ontario on Day 11 of the election campaign on Wednesday. The NDP released a plan to lower cell phones and internet bills and save the aver...
Aug 25, 2021
N.S. reports 1 death and 7 new COVID cases (Aug. 25)
Nova Scotia is reporting one death related to COVID-19 and seven new cases. The latest death related to the virus is man in his 60s from the western health zone. Four of the new cases are in the Halif...
Aug 25, 2021
Man wanted for armed home invasion arrested
The man wanted after an armed home invasion in the Annapolis Valley has been arrested in Cape Breton. Timothy Black, the suspect in a home invasion in Wolfville Ridge, has been arrested. On August 1 a...
Aug 25, 2021
KPMG Poll Finds Businesses Considering Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccines
A new poll by KPMG looked at the views on mandatory vaccinations for small and medium sized businesses. Sixty-two per cent of those surveyed are making or plan to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for ...
Aug 25, 2021
Canadian Forces To Withdraw From Afghanistan
Canadian Forces will be pulling out of Afghanistan prior to the Americans, though an exact date has yet to be specified. U-S President Joe Biden is sticking with the August 31st deadline despite press...
Aug 25, 2021
NSCC announces mandatory vaccination for students, staff
Nova Scotia Community College is joining the list of schools requiring mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for the fall semester. NSCC has posted a message to its website to announce all students and emplo...
Aug 25, 2021
Travellers to N.S. from N.B. under more restrictions Wednesday
Nova Scotia’s border will look a little different for travellers on Wednesday morning. The province is putting some travel restrictions back in place for visitors from New Brunswick as COVID-19 ...
Aug 25, 2021
