Category Archives: Covid-19
Three new cases added to provincial numbers
Three new cases Thursday, all in residents outside the province. The Department of Health and Wellness reported the new cases are all confirmed UK variant infections. Officials say two are in resident...
Apr 15, 2021
COVID-19 mobile unit in area for testing
Community-based COVID-19 testing takes place locally Thursday and Friday. The province's mobile unit will be at the Royal Canadian Legion in Baddeck between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Thursday. It will also b...
Apr 15, 2021 COVID-19 mobile testing unit; photo courtesy Nova Scotia Health Authority
StFX president credits community members for great year
The president of StFX says the 2020-21 academic year went very well despite the ongoing pandemic. Andy Hakin says they kept 75 per cent of classes in-person, which was tops in the country. Hakin tells...
Apr 15, 2021 Andy Hakin; photo courtesy StFX
Suspected COVID-19 anchors tanker off Port Hawkesbury
Potential COVID-19 cases have forced an oil tanker to anchor outside of Port Hawkesbury. Transport Canada officials say they're closely watching the situation on the foreign-flagged vessel, STI San Te...
Apr 14, 2021 STI San Telmo; Jack Morse/CIGO
Two new cases, 18 variant cases identified
The Department of Health and Wellness is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday. Officials say one case is in Central Zone and the other is in Eastern Zone, both are related to travel. After fi...
Apr 14, 2021
Warden says StFX students, officials had good year
The academic year at StFX is winding down. The last day of classes was Friday; exams wrap up April 21. The warden of Antigonish Co. says university students and officials had a good year in the face o...
Apr 14, 2021 StFX COVID-19 warning; CIGO file photo
Canada reports first blood clot after AstraZeneca vaccine
Canada has reported its first case of someone experiencing a blood clot after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The Public Health Agency of Canada announced the reported case on Tuesday. Sev...
Apr 14, 2021
Atlantic Bubble delayed at least two weeks
The reopening of the Atlantic bubble has been pushed back by at least two weeks until May 3. A release from the Council of Atlantic Premiers indicated the decision was made based on expert advice from...
Apr 13, 2021
Grad ceremonies going ahead, NB travel restrictions return
Graduation ceremonies are going ahead this year. At Tuesday's COVID-19 update, Premier Iain Rankin announced high schools are releasing students a week early to make time for more, smaller COVID-19 sa...
Apr 13, 2021
Plans for Atlantic bubble pushed back
Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King says the landscape of COVID-19 is very different than it was four weeks ago. This means a formal decision has not been made on the Atlantic bubble. He says the...
Apr 13, 2021
