Category Archives: COVID-19
More Help For Small NS Businesses And The Latest COVID-19 Numbers
The microbiology lab at the QEII Health Sciences Centre continues to process more test per capita than any other part of Canada and they tested 888 people yesterday, identifying twenty-three new cases...
Apr 24, 2020 Premier Stephen MacNeil and NS chief medical officer of health Dr. Robert Strang (Government of NS photo)
Virtual Vigil To Honour Victims Of Nova Scotia Tragedy
The world will pay tribute on Friday night to the 22 victims tragically lost in Nova Scotia on April 18th and 19th. A virtual vigil will be held at 7:00 p.m. (6:00 EST). Co-Organizer for the ev...
Apr 24, 2020
NS Has Most COVID-19 Testing Per Capita In Canada
The Department of Health and Wellness has confirmed four more COVID-19 related deaths in Nova Scotia, all in long-term care facilities. Dr. Robert Strang, the province's chief medical officer of healt...
Apr 23, 2020 Premier Stephen MacNeil and NS chief medical officer of health Dr. Robert Strang (Government of NS photo)
Tam: Today Is A Good Day
Even though the country is close to surpassing the two-thousand mark for COVID-19 related deaths, today is a good day. That's the message from Canada's Chief Public Health Officer, Doctor Theresa Tam....
Apr 23, 2020 screen grab, CPAC
$1.1 Billion For COVID-19 Research
Canada is focusing its efforts on a new national medical and research strategy worth $1.1 billion. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement Thursday morning. Trudeau says they will be worki...
Apr 23, 2020
Tim Hortons Says Staff Will Now Wear Masks
Tim Hortons employees will now be required to wear masks while at work as well as having their temperature taken before their shifts. The company made the announcement in a press release stating that ...
Apr 22, 2020
Tenth COVID-19 Related Death In NS; Other Numbers Down
Nova Scotia has had another COVID-19 related death. The Department of Health and Wellness says the death occurred at the Northwood long-term care home in Halifax. Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia's chie...
Apr 21, 2020 Premier Stephen MacNeil and Dr. Robert Strang have a moment of silence for the victims of the weekend shootings
Good News Is Rolling Your Way
Isolating at home has some people feeling a little blue so one business owner has hit on an idea to spread some cheer. Nancy Rogers, owner of Seaweed Tours in Lunenburg, normally uses her 8-person bus...
Apr 21, 2020
Most COVID-19 Activity In HRM
The Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness says forty-six new COVID-19 cases were identified yesterday, bringing the total of confirmed cases to 721. Dr. Robert Strang, the province's chief med...
Apr 20, 2020
Dr. Tam Shares Talks Numbers And Our Sense Of Pain
A different approach for the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada during today's COVID-19 (Monday) update. Dr. Theresa Tam began by offering condolences to the families of the victims of the shooting...
Apr 20, 2020
