Category Archives: COVID-19
Distancing And Hand Hygiene Key For Re-Opening : Tam
The country’s top doctor remains steadfast in her message : keep your distance and keep washing your hands, even as things slowly begin to open up. During Wednesday’s regular COVID-19 addr...
May 06, 2020
The Big Ex May Not Return Until Vaccine Is Available
The South Shore Exhibition (The Big Ex) is one of the largest events of the year in Lunenburg County, often attended by an estimated 40,000 people annually, making it particularly tough to plan during...
May 06, 2020
NS Assembly Of Chiefs Issue Heads-Up About CERB
The Nova Scotia Assembly of Chiefs reminds some residents that double dipping will cost in the long run. A press release issued Tuesday notes that it applies to residents living in any one of the Asse...
May 06, 2020
Premier McNeil “Beyond Happy” With Easing Of Restrictions
Last week Nova Scotia lifted some public health restrictions on things like parks, trail and cottages. During Tuesday’s COVID-19 update Premier Stephen McNeil said the motivation behind lifting ...
May 06, 2020
Canada On Road To Social, Economic Recovery
Around 43 per-cent of those diagnosed with COVID-19 here in Canada have since recovered. That's from Canada's top doctor, Theresa Tam, who says that despite the good news the death toll continues to r...
May 05, 2020 screen grab, CPAC
Feds Roll Out Help For Farmers
The federal government is rolling out new programs to help farmers and the agriculture industry. $252 million dollars was announced, below is a breakdown of what the money is going towards. $77 millio...
May 05, 2020
Salvation Army Now Offering Food Bank Delivery
The Salvation Army is ramping up efforts to make sure nobody is going without during the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization’s Maritime Division announced on Monday that it now offers a food ban...
May 05, 2020
Clinical Trial To Help COVID-19 Patients Begins
A clinical trial involving plasma donations from recovered COVID-19 patients has it's first donor. Canadian Blood Services is a part of CONCOR, a national clinical trial to test the safety and effecti...
May 04, 2020
Successful First Weekend Of Eased Restrictions In Yarmouth
The first weekend with eased restrictions went fairly well in Yarmouth. Mayor Pam Mood says the province left it up municipalities as to what did and didn't open. "They gave us permission to open up.....
May 04, 2020 Open and closed Yarmouth parks
Another COVID-19 Death At Northwood
There has been another COVID-19 related death at the Northwood long-term care home in Halifax, raising the total in Nova Scotia to thirty-eight with thirty-two of of those deaths at that facility. Yes...
May 04, 2020
