Category Archives: Covid-19
Action on violence against women more important than ever
Sunday is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Strait Area Women's Place spokesperson Kelsey Clyke says it's more important than ever. Clyke tells The Hawk Morning Sho...
Dec 03, 2020
Tree for Boston to be lit up Thursday
Our province's annual gift to Boston gets lit up Thursday night. A virtual lighting of the Tree for Boston takes place on the Boston Common at 8 p.m. The one-hour ceremony, which will be broadcast on ...
Dec 03, 2020
Vaccine could be approved in Canada soon
There is word Canada's review of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer should be done soon. That's from the Health Minister, as Patty Hajdu says there is news the United Kingdom has approved that vaccine, ...
Dec 03, 2020
StFX VP says it's important X-Ring ceremony go ahead
COVID-19 has changed the face of StFX's X-Ring ceremony, but hasn't slowed it down. Murray Kyte, the university's vice-president advancement, says it's more important than ever. Kyte tells The Hawk th...
Dec 03, 2020
Mayor says $600,000 in funding a good start
The mayor of Port Hawkesbury says $647,656 in provincial-federal funding will help them cover the gap from COVID-19. After December's regular council meeting Tuesday night, Brenda Chisholm-Beaton said...
Dec 02, 2020 Mayor Brenda Chisholm-Beaton; CIGO file photo
Chamber rep says shop local this Cyber Monday
The Acting Executive Director of the Strait Area Chamber of Commerce says, with mounting COVID-19 cases, Halifax isn't the place to go for your Christmas shopping. Susan Fox says going online for Cybe...
Nov 30, 2020
Possible COVID-19 exposure at Cape Breton restaurant
COVID-19 is making its way to Cape Breton. There has been possible exposure at Governor's Pub & Eatery in Sydney. The restaurant says a customer with a positive test result was in their establishm...
Nov 29, 2020
Trudeau names vaccine team lead
The former head of NATO will lead Canada's COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Major-General Dany Fortin's new role today, but says preparations for the vaccine have...
Nov 27, 2020
COVID-19 hasn't slowed down annual toy drive
An annual toy drive in Isle Madame hasn't been slowed down by COVID-19. Carol Ann Hayne started the toy drive in 2017 in memory of her son Jason, who died of cancer at 21. She says they collect the to...
Nov 20, 2020
Tam reveals how dark pandemic cloud is
The severity of the second wave of COVID-19 is becoming clearer from Canada's Chief Public Health officer. Dr. Theresa Tam is projecting a staggering 60,000 cases a day nationally by December, adding ...
Nov 20, 2020
