N.S. mourns children found buried at B.C. Residential School
HALIFAX: Flags at the Nova Scotia Legislature and all provincial buildings will be lowered to half mast beginning May 31 to honour the lives and memories of the 215 children…
Province announces five-phase gradual re-opening plan
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia will re-open gradually, using a five phase approach, Premier Iain Rankin and Dr. Robert Strang, chief medical officer of health, announced May 28. “Our phased plan will…
Province strengthens support for restaurant and bar industry
MAIN PHOTO: Premier Iain Rankin met representatives of the food and beverage sector during a video conference on May 26, (Communications N.S. Photo) EAST HANTS/FALL RIVER: The Nova Scotia government…
Province says vaccine plan ahead of schedule
EAST HANTS/FALL RIVER: Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan is ahead of schedule. People 20 and older became eligible to book a vaccine today, May 25, and those 12 and…
N.S. investing in workplace safety training, innovation in long-term care
HALIFAX/EAST HANTS: The province is investing more than $3.5 million in workplace safety training and equipment for staff in continuing care, as well as offering more diverse programming for individuals…
COVID19: Province expands criteria regarding moving to N.S; travel from PEI
HALIFAX: The Nova Scotia government is expanding the criteria for people who are moving to the province and adding flexibility for travel from Prince Edward Island. “We are responding to…
COVID19: Sixty-four new cases; one death; and 116 recoveries May 22
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia is reporting one death related to COVID-19, sixty four new cases of COVID-19 and 116 recoveries on May 22. A woman in her 60s has died in…
COVID19 restrictions extended to mid-June; At-home learning for rest of school year
EAST HANTS/FALL RIVER: Premier Iain Rankin and Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health, announced today, May 19, that current public health restrictions will remain in place…
COVID19: Two deaths, 83 new cases of COVID19; 164 recoveries reported May 19
HALIFAX: The province announced two deaths related to COVID-19 on May 19. A man in his 60s has died in Eastern Zone and a woman in her 60s has died…
N.S., other eastern Canadian provinces exploring receiving excess COVID-19 vaccine from U.S.
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin and the other eastern Canadian premiers are exploring receiving excess vaccine from the United States as part of the COVID-19 economic recovery. Premier Rankin…