Category Archives: COVID-19

The Health Minister says the pilot for the country’s COVID-19 tracking wasn’t released on time because it needed more fine-tuning. Patty Hajdu says they weren’t ready to launch earli...

No new cases of COVID-19 for Nova Scotia Sunday-making it 11 straight days in the negative. As well, the province’s only case of active COVID-19 is now resolved. 433 tests were completed at QEII...

It has now been ten days since a new case of COVID-19 in the province. 260 tests were completed in the QEII labs on July 24. There is currently only one active case of COVID-19 in the province, one th...

Patty Hajdu is warning young people that they aren’t immune from the coronavirus. The federal Health Minister says while many younger people may be relieved that cases are declining and the coun...

Cases of the coronavirus are trending upward again in Canada. Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam says this week, an average of almost 500 people were diagnosed each day, up from less than 300...

  Nova Scotia still has one active case of COVID-19 but no new cases were identified on Thursday, July 23. 677 Nova Scotia tests were completed on July 23. No long-term care homes in Nova Scotia ...

  Wearing masks during the pandemic has been a hotly debated topic, and the discussion has extended to the province’s back-to-school plan. The province announced on Wednesday that students ...

The Toronto Blue Jays won’t be allowed to play any games in Canada due to the pandemic. The federal government informed the team that while they will be allowed to enter the country for preseaso...

Canada’s finance minister is proposing sweeping changes to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy program. Bill Morneau said under the proposed changes, the wage subsidy program would be extended unt...

The federal and provincial governments have come up with a Safe Re-Start Agreement in the wake of COVID-19 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the agreement covers seven key areas. “Our governmen...