Category Archives: News

Five more people have died from COVID-19. The deaths are across the province: a woman in her 60s in Northern Zone a woman in her 70s in Western Zone a woman in her 80s in Eastern Zone two women in the...

Our province is now recommending a COVID-19 booster dose for youth who are at a higher risk of severe illness. The move is based on a recommendation by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization....

Prince Edward Island is hoping to phase out most COVID-19 restrictions over the next couple of months. That was the anticipated timeline given as part of a three-step plan unveiled during a news confe...

Nova Scotians will hear from the premier and top doctor on Wednesday. Premier Tim Houston and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang will deliver a COVID-19 update at 3 p.m. We could hear n...

A Quebec Liberal MP has criticized his own government’s approach to the pandemic claiming it stigmatizes and divides people. Joel Lightbound, who represents the Quebec City area riding of Louis-...

A new program aimed at improving the mental health of Nova Scotia’s first responders and other public safety personnel launched today. PSPNET, a free, confidential program is designed for parame...

The youngest sister of civil rights activist Viola Desmond has died. Wanda Robson passed away over the weekend. Desmond was arrested in 1946 for refusing to leave a whites-only section of a New Glasgo...

A new and improved Northern Pulp is getting closer to fruition. The public consultation period on the draft terms of reference which Northern Pulp must use to prepare its Class II environmental assess...

We have a start date for the Nova Scotia to Maine ferry service. The CAT will set sail again on May 19th. It will run four days a week until June 22nd, leaving Yarmouth at 9:30 a.m. each day, and retu...

RCMP say they’re investigating a series of suspicious packages delivered to three constituency offices in Southwestern Nova Scotia. Yesterday around noon, Barrington RCMP, fire and EHS responded...