COVID-19: Province announces Back-to-School plan
HALIFAX: Core public health measures will be in place as students return to school on Sept. 7 with a return to a more familiar routine, the province announced at a…
COVID-19: Sept. 15 set as target date for Phase 5 of reopening plan
MAIN PHOTO: Premier-designate Tim Houston and Dr. Robert Strang. (Communications N.S. Photo) HALIFAX: Nova Scotia is targeting Sept. 15 as the start of the next phase of its reopening plan.…
COVID19: Two Fall River locations listed with moderate exposure risk
FALL RIVER: Two Fall River locations are on the potential COVID-19 exposure list released by N.S. Public Health on Aug. 8. Both of the exposures occurred on Aug. 5 and…
LWF Hall hosting COVID-19 Mobile Testing Unit on Aug. 11
FALL RIVER: The COVID-19 Mobile Testing unit will be in Fall River this Wednesday, Nova Scotia Public Health has announced. In a release, Public Health says the Fall River stop…
Municipality of East Hants purchases Sportspelx for $2.3 million
LANTZ: The East Hants Sportsplex in Lantz has been purchased by the Municipality of East Hants (MEH) for $2.3 million. In a release on July 26, the Municipality and the…
N.S. funding emergency support for non-profit rec facilities
EAST HANTS/HALIFAX: The province is investing $1 million in COVID-19 related emergency support for non-profit owned and operated recreation facilities across Nova Scotia. “Recreation facilities support the mental health and…
N.S. following federal requirements for international travellers
HALIFAX: The province announced that beginning July 5 International travellers can come to Nova Scotia following federal requirements. The move aligns N.S. with the federal government’s approach to easing border…
Vaccine rollout ramping up in N.S.; clinic hours extending; more clinics set to open
EAST HANTS/FALL RIVER: Nova Scotia announced June 22 that it’s extending clinic hours and opening more clinics as part of its efforts to ramp up the COVID-19 vaccine rollout so…
No plans to hold vaccinations in N.S. schools, top doc says
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia has no plans to follow in the footsteps that neighbouring New Brunswick is doing by holding COVID-19 vaccination clinics in schools. At a recent COVID-19 briefing, Dr.…
COVID19: One death; eight new cases; 22 recoveries on June 14
HALIFAX: On June 14, Nova Scotia is reporting a death related to COVID-19. A woman in her 80s has died in Central Zone. Nova Scotia is also reporting eight new…