Category Archives: News
Nova Scotia Extends Provincial Sick Leave To May 7
After facing criticism last week about the end of the provincial paid sick-leave program the Nova Scotia government is reinstating it. The program covered employee wages, including self-employed peopl...
Apr 11, 2022
NDP Say Provincial Sick Leave Needed, As COVID Program Ends
Nova Scotia first introduced a paid sick-leave program to deal with the pandemic that was in effect in the summer and reinstated from December to March. The program covered employee wages, including s...
Apr 11, 2022
Striking Universite Sainte-Anne Professors, Librarians To March In Halifax
Striking professors and librarians from Universite Sainte-Anne will descend on Halifax this week. A demonstration is planned at Grand Parade Wednesday at 12:30 p.m, followed by a march to Province Hou...
Apr 11, 2022
Provincial Doctor Wait-List Hits Record High
A record number of Nova Scotians need a family doctor. As of April 1st, the number of citizens on the province’s wait-list hit 88,300, a three percent increase over the previous month. Around 30...
Apr 11, 2022
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
Those working behind the scenes in the public safety community are being recognized this week. National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week takes place across Canada from April 10 to 16. Telecommunic...
Apr 11, 2022
Nova Scotia's Mattea Roach to defend 4-day Jeopardy winning streak
Nova Scotia's Mattea Roach is looking to keep her Jeopardy! winning streak alive. The 23-year-old pocketed another $24,000 on Friday, bringing her four-day total to more than $100,000. Jeopardy! host ...
Apr 11, 2022
Mass Causality Commission returns for week 7
It’s the seventh week of the public inquiry into the worst mass shooting in the country’s history. A gunman killed 22 people through northern Nova Scotia over two days in April 2020. This ...
Apr 11, 2022
Mattea Roach wins Jeopardy! for the 4th night in a row
Halifax’s own Mattea Roach has done it again. The 23-year-old, originally from Halifax, beat her two Jeopardy! opponents for the fourth night in a row Friday, winning another $24,200 USD. That b...
Apr 09, 2022
No charges after emergency alert in Halifax region
Update 8:00 a.m. Sunday. More details on an emergency alert issued late Friday for the Halifax region. Police say RCMP responded to a report of multiple shootings in East Preston. Officers arrived on ...
Apr 08, 2022 Police lights. (CREDIT: PIXABAY)
Jobless Rate Falls To Record Low
Canada’s unemployment rate has fallen to a record low of 5.3 per cent, according to Statistics Canada. The agency said Friday the economy added 73,000 jobs in March, driven by an increase of 93,...
Apr 08, 2022
