Beaver Bank’s Brown Hall needs your support
BEAVER BANK: The Beaver Bank Community Hall or Brown Hall as it is know by almost all the people is going to be 100 in 2021. The hall has served…
Province provides COVID19 vaccine update
HALIFAX: The province’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout is on track, as it expands to include initial pharmacy clinics and community health-care providers. “In a few short months we have set up…
Province announces return to restrictions in HRM, Mount Uniacke, Enfield/Elmsdale
ENFIELD/FALL RIVER: With COVID19 cases rising, Premier Iain Rankin and Dr. Robert Strang, chief medical officer of health, announced that tighter restrictions will return in areas of Halifax Regional Municipality…
COVID19: 10 new cases reported; nine in Central zone (HRM and area)
HALIFAX: The province is reporting 10 new cases of COVID-19 today, Feb. 26. Nine cases are in Central Zone. Five are close contacts of previously reported cases. Three are under…
COVID19 rapid testing site set for Elmsdale Feb. 27-28
ELMSDALE: Nova Scotia Health announced on Feb. 25 that two of the upcoming scheduled COVID19 Rapid Testing sites will be held in Elmsdale. The rapid testing will take place at…
N.S. response to COVID19 “envy” of the world: Samson
FALL RIVER: The local MP feels Nova Scotia has the worlds eyes on it and its response to COVID19. Darrell Samson, the Liberal MP for Sackville-Preston-Chezzetcook, spoke about the federal…
Ceremonies for proms and graduations in 2021? Dr. Strang is hopeful
FALL RIVER: Dr. Robert Strang wishes he had a “crystal ball” so he could tell graduates in N.S. the type of ceremonies they can expect in a few months as…
COVID19 Mobile Units heading to Beaver Bank for Feb. 20, Feb. 21
BEAVER BANK: In response to the recently announced case of COVID-19 in the Beaver Bank area, Public Health’s mobile units will be in Beaver Bank on Saturday, Feb. 20 and…
COVID19 creates opportunities for Cross Country Ski N.S. athletes
OAKFIELD: The COVID19 pandemic has had an impact of the athletes with the Cross-Country Ski N.S. team. But it has also created opportunities for the athletes. Provincial ski team head…
COLUMN: Nursing home workers at catastrophic levels of burnout and trauma
By Carole Estabrooks and Yuting Song It’s been almost a year since nursing home workers began fighting on the front lines of COVID-19. They’ve witnessed and experienced extreme trauma. They’ve…