Category Archives: Covid-19
PM Addresses Gun Control, Budget & School Resumption
There are still some next steps for the federal government to consider following their ban of all assault-style firearms. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there are a number of considerations they&#...
May 04, 2020
Members of local fishing association holding Causeway protest
Some local lobster fishers are staging a protest at the Canso Causeway Monday. The president of the Gulf Nova Scotia Bonafide Fishermen's Association says their members are protesting the delay of the...
May 04, 2020
Local researcher says COVID-19 mental health study going well, shifting to NS focus
A researcher at StFX says her study on the mental health effects of COVID-19 has gotten a lot of interest from participants and decision-makers. Karen Blair. an assistant professor of psychology at th...
May 04, 2020
Rapid COVID-19 Tests Recalled
Health Canada will is restricting the use of Canadian-made rapid testing kit for the 2019 novel coronavirus. Ottawa company Spartan voluntarily recalled its test kits Sunday for further evaluation, af...
May 03, 2020
Two more COVID-19 deaths at Northwood
The province confirmed two deaths due to COVID-19 on Saturday. That brings the total number of deaths in Nova Scotia to 31. Both occurred at the Northwood long-term care home in Halifax Regional Munic...
May 02, 2020
Pandemic A Challenging And Shape-shifting Event For Physicians
Canada's chief public health officer is calling the COVID-19 pandemic the most challenging and shapeshifting event in a physicians' career. Dr. Theresa Tam says doctors are doing important work across...
May 01, 2020
State of Emergency Extended in Nova Scotia
The office of Premier Stephen McNeil announced today that the province is extending the state of emergency for another two weeks. The Emergency Management Act which establishes the rules on states of ...
May 01, 2020
Facebook group connects those in need with volunteers during COVID-19
The creator of the Cape Breton Kindness Facebook group says it's important to come together and help one another in times like these. Chuck Boudreau says he got the idea while talking with his fiance ...
May 01, 2020
Pandemic Impacting Indigenous Communities
The first COVID-19 case in Nunavut was confirmed on Thursday to be located in Pond Inlet, a fly-in community. There are 129 COVID-19 cases in First Nation communities on reserve and 16 confirmed cases...
Apr 30, 2020
Festival Antigonish cancelled
The Festival Antigonish 2020 season has been cancelled. In a release Thursday, Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre Managing Director Reema Fuller says the 33rd season is postponed until 2021. She says ...
Apr 30, 2020
