Category Archives: Covid-19
95 Nova Scotians have recovered from COVID-19
The province identified 21 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. The total number of confirmed cases across the province is now 428. Eight individuals are currently in hospital, including four in the ICU...
Apr 12, 2020
RCMP across the country will enforce Quarantine Act
If you have recently returned to Canada, police may be paying you a visit to ensure you are self-isolating for 14 days. Mounties say they have been asked by the Public Health Agency of Canada to help ...
Apr 11, 2020
Nova Scotia has over 400 COVID-19 cases
The province identified 34 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. The total number of confirmed cases across the province is now 407. Eight individuals are currently in hospital, including four in the ICU. ...
Apr 11, 2020
Province tightens protocols for temporary fishers and other workers
The province has made a change to self isolation protocols for fishers, offshore workers, and temporary out-of-province workers. They're ordered to self isolate for 14 days upon entering the province;...
Apr 09, 2020
Local ER loses ER status during COVID-19 pandemic
A local emergency room is no longer operating as one due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a release Thursday, St. Anne's Centre CEO Annette Fougere said the Arichat facility is no longer designated as an ...
Apr 09, 2020
Easter services carry on online
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic means Easter masses will be celebrated a little differently this time around. Donald MacGillivray, the pastor at St. Ninians Cathedral Parish in Antigonish and the spokes...
Apr 09, 2020
Province expands list of potential symptoms requiring COVID-19 screening
Public health has expanded the symptoms in its screening criteria for potential COVID-19 cases. That's following the removal of travel as a requirement Tuesday. The province is now asking anyone with ...
Apr 08, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic will cost Port Hawkesbury at least $300,000
Port Hawkesbury could be hit with more than $300,000 in losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. Councillors approved an expansion to the town's pandemic plan and a two-month deferral on utility and tax pay...
Apr 08, 2020
McNeil says incoming fishery workers must self-isolate
The premier says workers who come into Cheticamp to take part in the fishing industry must follow the same self-isolation rules as any other out-of-province worker. Concerned residents in the small In...
Apr 08, 2020
Port Hawkesbury town council has vacant seat
There's a vacant seat on Port Hawkesbury town council. Terry Doyle, the town's chief administrative officer, declared the vacancy at April's regular town council meeting Tuesday night; former councill...
Apr 08, 2020
