Category Archives: Covid-19
Low COVID-19 numbers continue across the province
One new case of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia. The Central Zone case involves a Dalhousie University student. The Nova Scotia student lives off-campus and is self-isolating now as required. The case is unde...
Jan 24, 2021
Spartan rapid COVID-19 test approved
An Ottawa-made rapid COVID-19 test has Health Canada approval. Spartan Bioscience made the announcement today and says production is now underway. The company says shipments to federal and provincial ...
Jan 23, 2021
International COVID-19 variants identified
Two of the international COVID-19 variants have been found in our province. Chief Medical Officer of Health Doctor Robert Strang says both cases were from international travel. One was the UK variant ...
Jan 22, 2021
Two new cases in Northern Zone
Two new cases Thursday, both in Northern Zone. The Department of Health and Wellness is reporting 22 active infections remaining, with three recoveries. One of the cases is travel related, and the oth...
Jan 21, 2021
Biden-Harris administration wasting no time
It only took a few hours for the Biden-Harris Administration to be firing on all cylinders. After taking the Oath of Office on Capitol Hill and visiting Arlington National Cemetery with three of his p...
Jan 21, 2021
Three new cases of COVID-19
Three provincial health zones have one new case each. The Department of Health and Wellness says there is one case in Eastern Zone. They say it is in an employee who works on the Marine Atlantic ferry...
Jan 20, 2021
Meat Cove manhunt continues into second day
Police are still searching for a man who has been on the run near a remote northern Inverness Co. community for over 48 hours. RCMP say 34-year-old Perry MacKinnon fled into the woods near Meat Cove w...
Jan 20, 2021
Biden, Harris officially sworn in
A new era has officially started not only for our neighbours south of the border, but also for the landscape of global politics. After taking the Oath of Office, Joe Biden is officially the 46th Presi...
Jan 20, 2021
Province facing delay on at least 13,500 doses of vaccine
The province is not going to get at least 13,500 doses of Pfizer’s BioNTech vaccine on time. Chief Medical Officer of Health Doctor Robert Strang says Pfizer is changing its production line to m...
Jan 19, 2021
Mayor pleased with handling of StFX COVID-19 cases
The mayor of Antigonish says the return of students to StFX has gone well. Students started returning for the winter semester in early January. There were three COVID-19 cases among students from outs...
Jan 19, 2021
