Category Archives: Covid-19

The 2021 Lieutenant Governor's Community Spirit Award is expanding. The award typically has as many as four winners; there are 50 this time around, each of the province's municipalities. After March's...

Premier Iain Rankin says he's had preliminary discussions on re-opening the Atlantic Bubble. Rankin confirms conversations have taken place with neighbouring premiers about the matter, which would all...

Five new cases of COVID-19 are being reported in Nova Scotia today, March 9. Three of the cases are in Central Zone and the other two are in Western Zone. They are all close contacts of previously rep...

There are no new cases of COVID-19 in the province. Five more recoveries bring us down to 24 active cases. Three are in the eastern zone, including one in the Inverness-Victoria-Richmond community hea...

You can now book an appointment for your COVID-19 vaccine- if you’re 80 years of age or older. Phone and online bookings for community COVID-19 vaccination clinics opened at 7 a.m. Monday. There...

Two new cases of COVID-19 in the Central Zone. One is a close contact and the other case is under investigation. Nova Scotia Health Authority labs completed 5,589 tests on Thursday. 5,618 tests were c...

The Prime Minister is hailing the approval of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine as “very good news.” Justin Trudeau says the company is still finalizing the delivery schedule ...

Health Canada has approved the Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine. It will be produced by J & J’s pharmaceutical arm, Jenssen Inc. with Health Canada’s Dr. Supriya Sharma making the ann...

Given low COVID-19 cases, the province is lifting or altering restrictions currently in place for Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) and its neighbouring communities.Many restrictions that came into ...

COVID-19 has forced the suspension of the Antigonish Highland Games for the second straight year. Organizers say they came to the decision at their March board meeting after careful consideration of c...