Category Archives: Covid-19
Inquiry could have continued in Guysborough- lawyer
The lawyer representing Lionel Desmond's estate says it's time to end delays in the soldier's fatality inquiry. In a release issued Wednesday, officials from the province's justice department say they...
Nov 02, 2020
Desmond Inquiry searching for new site
The Desmond Fatality Inquiry will not return to the Guysborough Municipal Building. The hearing had been indefinitely suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. A release says Inquiry Judge Warren Zimmer...
Oct 28, 2020 Desmond Fatality Inquiry notice; CIGO file photo
Flu shots more important than ever
A local pharmacist says getting your flu shot is more important than ever this year. Port Hawkesbury Medicine Shoppe Owner and Pharmacist Michael Hatt says COVID-19 and flu symptoms are similar enough...
Oct 28, 2020
Possible COVID-19 exposure on Halifax-bound flight
The Nova Scotia Health Authority announced this afternoon that they are aware of possible COVID-19 exposure that took place aboard a Nova Scotia bound plane over the weekend. The flight in question is...
Oct 26, 2020
Time to get back to work at Province House- Tories
The province's Tories say they want to get back to the legislature. MLAs haven't sat in Province House since the start of the pandemic. Allan MacMaster, the Tory house leader and the MLA for Inverness...
Oct 26, 2020 Allan MacMaster; photo courtesy NS PC party
Halloween safety guidelines in place
Trick-or-treating is going ahead in the province despite COVID-19. Municipal officials in the Town of Antigonish and Antigonish Co. have released guidelines for a safe Halloween; among them, a suggest...
Oct 20, 2020
Two new COVID-19 cases in the province
We have two new cases of COVID-19. They're both in the central zone; both are related to travel outside the Atlantic bubble. Public health officials say both people are self-isolating as required. We'...
Oct 19, 2020
Delorey says premier's office needs his experience
The MLA for Antigonish says his experience as the province's health minster makes him uniquely suited to be premier. Randy Delorey says he has more time developing pandemic response than any other pol...
Oct 14, 2020 Photo courtesy Randy Delorey
Three days without a new case
There are no new cases of COVID-19 in the province Tuesday. The Department of Health and Wellness hasn't reported new positive test results in three days. There are four active infections left. One of...
Oct 13, 2020
Local fiddler says Celtic Colours invite an honour
A local fiddler says he's ecstatic to be playing in Cape Breton's island-wide music festival. Morgan Toney, a 21-year-old originally from We'koma'q First Nation, will be on the Celtic Colours Internat...
Oct 09, 2020
