Category Archives: News
Five New COVID Related Deaths In Nova Scotia
There were five more deaths due to COVID-19 in our province last week. From the July 5-11 time period, the province is reporting 223 lab-confirmed cases per day. There were 1,562 positive cases, down ...
Jul 15, 2022
Gas Prices Rise By Nearly Three Cents In Nova Scotia
The price of gas is up slightly in Nova Scotia. It increased by about three cents per litre overnight, as the province made its regular weekly adjustment. You’ll be paying around $1.86 a litre, ...
Jul 15, 2022
Province Working On New Wage Framework for Early Childhood Educators
The province is planning to release a new wage framework for early childhood educators. They've set a goal to release the new framework in the fall, but are working to finish it as soon as possible. M...
Jul 14, 2022 Taber Andrew Bain / CC
Vaccines soon to be available in NS for children as young as six months
Nova Scotia will soon offer pediatric COVID-19 vaccines for children aged six months to four years old. After federal authorities approved the Moderna pediatric COVID-19 vaccine earlier in the day as ...
Jul 14, 2022
Canada bringing back mandatory random COVID-19 testing for international travellers
The federal government is bringing back mandatory random COVID-19 testing for travellers who arrive in Canada by plane. It will apply to those who are fully vaccinated and passing through four major C...
Jul 14, 2022
UPDATE: Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Approved For Children Under 5
Health Canada has authorized the use of the Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine in children six months to five years of age. This is the first COVID-19 vaccine authorized in Canada for use in this age g...
Jul 14, 2022
Survey Says Nova Scotians Most Concerned About Healthcare, Cost Of Living
The state of healthcare and inflation are major worries for Nova Scotians. In a new survey from Angus Reid, 62 percent of respondents chose healthcare as a top provincial issue, while 61 percent point...
Jul 14, 2022
Twitter Outage Corrected
More problems with technology today. This time with Twitter. Users reported this morning being unable to post messages. There are several reports that the outage may be worldwide. Service came back af...
Jul 14, 2022
Hockey Canada Apologizes For Handling Of Sexual Assault Allegations
Hockey Canada is saying sorry to those they’ve let down. After allegations of sexual assault involving members of the 2018 World Junior team, the organization says they know they haven’t d...
Jul 14, 2022
Halifax and Wolfville gear up for Touchdown Atlantic
The CFL will be descending on Nova Scotia this week as part of the latest edition of Touchdown Atlantic, which will feature a regular season game between the Toronto Argonauts and the Saskatchewan Rou...
Jul 14, 2022
