Category Archives: Covid-19
Trudeau On The Hot Seat Regarding WE Charity
The prime minister says he did not know that WE Charity was selected to administer the Canadian Student Service Grant. In his testimony before a House of Commons committee, Justin Trudeau says the dec...
Jul 30, 2020
Canadian Premier League Heads To P.E.I.
The Canadian Premier League will play their 2020 season on Prince Edward Island. The league made the announcement Wednesday afternoon, with all games to be played behind closed doors at the University...
Jul 30, 2020
COVID-19 forces Baddeck to review governance
COVID-19 has been hard on municipalities across the province. It's not just municipalities, villages have been hit hard too. Baddeck Village Commission Chairperson Brian Morrison says it forced them t...
Jul 29, 2020 Michel Rathwell/Flickr
Hajdu: Canada Taking Careful Approach To Vaccine
The race is on to find a vaccine for COVID-19. Health Minister Patty Hajdu shares with Acadia Broadcasting’s John Ongaro they are taking a careful approach. “We will never compromise the s...
Jul 29, 2020
COVID-19 ‘Uptick’ Concerns Canada’s Top Doctor
Canada's chief public health officer is worried about the growing number of COVID-19 cases in Ontario and parts of the West. Dr. Theresa Tam says daily cases have been rising and this is something we ...
Jul 28, 2020
MLA says COVID-19 moved forward infrastructure projects in Inverness Co.
COVID-19 has spurred a number of provincial road projects in Inverness Co. Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster says crews are reconstructing Coady Road in Southwest Margaree and Crandall Road in Port Hastin...
Jul 28, 2020 Allan MacMaster; photo courtesy NS PC party
Clinics offered for missed school vaccinations
Clinics offered for missed school vaccinations Grade seven students hadn't gotten their vaccinations when COVID-19 cut the school year short. Randy Delorey, the province's health minister and the MLA ...
Jul 28, 2020
Local leadership school for women to go ahead after COVID-19 delay
A local leadership school for women is going ahead soon. The Cape Breton/Unama'ki/Strait Leadership School for Women will look a little different, with physical distancing measures and the option to p...
Jul 27, 2020 Mayor Brenda Chisholm-Beaton; CIGO file photo
National COVID-19 App Out Soon: Hajdu
The Health Minister says the pilot for the country’s COVID-19 tracking wasn’t released on time because it needed more fine-tuning. Patty Hajdu says they weren’t ready to launch earli...
Jul 27, 2020
No New Cases Of COVID-19 And No Active Cases For The Province
No new cases of COVID-19 for Nova Scotia Sunday-making it 11 straight days in the negative. As well, the province’s only case of active COVID-19 is now resolved. 433 tests were completed at QEII...
Jul 26, 2020
