Category Archives: Covid-19
Government Extends CERB By Four Weeks
Canadians expecting to exhaust their Canada Emergency Response Benefits at the end of August will now have more support. Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough announced Thursday that the CERB will be e...
Aug 21, 2020
COVID-19 delayed Cape Breton women's leadership school goes ahead
The COVID-19 delayed Cape Breton/Unama'ki/Strait Leadership School for Women is happening this weekend. Organizer, and Port Hawkesbury Mayor, Brenda Chisholm-Beaton says the pandemic shifted things ar...
Aug 19, 2020 Brenda Chisholm-Beaton; file photo
July Sets Home Sales Record
July was a record-setting month for home sales, according to new numbers from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). The association says 62,355 homes were sold last month - the highest monthly ...
Aug 18, 2020
Covid- 19 Update
As of today, Aug. 15, Nova Scotia has three active cases of COVID-19. Two new cases were identified on Friday, Aug. 14. The new cases are in the Northern Zone and are currently under investigation by ...
Aug 15, 2020
Months delayed new Antigonish Farmers Market building opens
The operations manager of the Antigonish Farmers Market says everyone's happy to be in their new building, following a months-long a delay from COVID-19. Lee Daponte says construction, which started i...
Aug 14, 2020
PC’s say The Pandemic Has Shined A Light On Mental Health Issues
Nova Scotia’s opposition party is calling for more to be done to help with mental health issues as the pandemic has revealed a troubling trend. The province’s mental health crisis line rec...
Aug 14, 2020
RCMP charge BC woman after Inverness Co. taproom shutdown
Police have charged a British Columbia woman for violating the Public Health Act, after an Inverness Co. restaurant was shut down. On Monday, Inverness RCMP charged a 38-year-old woman for not self-is...
Aug 12, 2020 Route 19 Brewing; photo courtesy Route 19 Brewing FB page
Teachers and Parents Raise Concerns Over Return To School Plan
Teachers and concerned parents gathered outside of Province House yesterday to raise concerns they have with the government’s plan for starting school up in September. Education Minister Zach Ch...
Aug 11, 2020
Province Now Down To One Active Case, No New Cases
Nova Scotia now has only one active case of COVID-19. No new cases were identified Saturday. There are now eight active cases in the Atlantic Bubble, six in New Brunswick,one in Nova Scotia and one in...
Aug 09, 2020
State of Emergency Extended, No New Cases Of COVID-19
No new cases of COVID-19 today for the province, however the State of Emergency has been extended. The order takes effect at noon on Sunday, Aug. 9, and extends to noon on Sunday, Aug. 23, unless the ...
Aug 08, 2020
