Author Archives: Syndicated Content
COVID-19 Contact Tracing App Coming In July
A new COVID-19 contact tracing app, being tested in Ontario, will soon be available to download for free. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the app will notify users if they have been exposed to the ...
Jun 18, 2020
Nurses’ Union Wants Wage Parity For All LPNs
The Nova Scotia Nurses' Union wants licensed practical nurses to have the same acknowledgement and compensation no matter where they work in the province. NSNU President Janet Hazelton says the dispar...
Jun 17, 2020
Another Day Without Any New COVID-19 Cases
It’s another day without a positive COVID-19 test in Nova Scotia, the eighth in a row. Every one of the 505 tests completed by the QEII Health Sciences Centre’s microbiology lab yesterday ...
Jun 17, 2020
Fiscal Snapshot Planned For July 8th
The federal government will let Canadians know next month where we stand financially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says an update will be provided in the House o...
Jun 17, 2020
Spokesperson says lobster prices low, fishers want extension
A rep with a local fishing association says the price of lobster is low despite reasonable demand. Duane Boudreau, the president of the Gulf Nova Scotia Bonafide Fishermen’s Association, says th...
Jun 17, 2020
Colchester Co. standoff ends peacefully
A man is in custody following a standoff in Colchester Co. RCMP said they responded to a call of a barricaded man in a home in Great Village in a Twitter post shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday. They said i...
Jun 17, 2020
New President In Place For Doctors Nova Scotia
The new President of Doctors Nova Scotia is Robyn MacQuarrie, a gynaecologist in Porters Lake. She was elected last year and took over just as the COVID-19 pandemic was hitting this area with the publ...
Jun 16, 2020
Day Seven Without A Positive COVID-19 Test Result
Nova Scotia has now gone seven days without a positive COVID-19 test result. All of the 355 tests conducted at the QEII Health Sciences Centre’s microbiology lab were negative, for a total of 49...
Jun 16, 2020
Canada/US Border Closure Extended
You won’t be crossing the Canada/US border anytime soon. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement today saying the border will remain closed until July 21st. Trudeau says the 30 day e...
Jun 16, 2020
New Busing Policy For NS Schools
When in-class schooling resumes in Nova Scotia, there will be new rules around busing. Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, Zach Churchill, says the new policy is the product of a lo...
Jun 15, 2020
