Category Archives: COVID-19

More federal tax dollars will be spent to support large size Canadian businesses which keep people employed within our borders. Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the Large Employer Emergency Financin...

Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam says there are just under 68,000 COVID-19 cases nationwide, including 4,728 deaths. More than 47% of cases are now recovered. Labs in Canada have ...

  The province's Chief Medial Officer of Health says the current measures in place to slow COVID-19 are working, but we are not out of the woods. Dr. Robert Strang says this will be a many months...

The COVID-19 pandemic is prompting questions about how to improve long-term care. Federal officials estimate 80-percent of COVID-19 deaths in Canada are seniors living in long-term care homes. Officia...

The province confirmed another death due to COVID-19 on Saturday. That brings the total number of deaths in Nova Scotia to 47. The death occurred at the Northwood long-term care home in Halifax Region...

More details have been released regarding the emergency support fund for cultural, heritage and sport organizations. The $500 million which was announced on April 17th, is intended to help sectors who...

The federal government is extending the emergency wage subsidy beyond June. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says they will be there for businesses hit hard by COVID-19. “To help you keep your empl...

  Bay Ferries has provided a brief update on the status of The Cat ferry's summer season. In a release posted on its website Wednesday, the company admits that the progress of the COVID-19 pandem...

Labs across the country have now tested over one million people for COVID-19. That’s the latest update from Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Doctor Theresa Tam. “There are now 6...

The prime minister says the plan to top up the wages of essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic is being finalized. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says this has been a collaborative approach wit...