Category Archives: COVID-19
British PM Tests Positive For COVID-19
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. Johnson made the announcement in a video statement posted to Twitter on Friday. "I've developed mild symptoms of the coron...
Mar 27, 2020 U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (Photo: Boris Johnson/Twitter)
COVID-19 Cases In Canada Top 4,000
Canada now has more than 4,000 confirmed or probable cases of the COVID-19 virus. More than 600 additional cases were confirmed across the country on Thursday. Quebec has more than 1600, Ontario has 8...
Mar 27, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Conservative Leadership Election Postponed
Just a day after re-iterating that the race would continue, the Conservative party leadership race has been postponed due to COVID-19. The Leadership Election Organizing Committee met last night to di...
Mar 27, 2020 The four candidates running in the Conservative Party leadership race. Clockwise from top left: Leslyn Lewis, Peter McKay, Erin O'Toole, Derek Sloan.
Photos from Twitter.
NB Man Faces Charges Following Self-Isolation Fight
Police say a man is facing charges after a dispute over self-isolation in Rothesay on Thursday morning. The Kennebecasis Regional Police Force says officers were called to a home on Hampton Road short...
Mar 27, 2020 Kennebecasis Regional Police Force car
Passengers Onboard Moncton-Bound Flight At Risk Of COVID-19 Exposure
Another advisory about the risk of exposure to COVID-19 aboard a flight that landed at the Greater Moncton Romeo Leblanc International Airport. Airport officials say, a person who has tested positive ...
Mar 27, 2020 Mark Harkin / CC
Latest NS COVID-19 Update
As of today, March 26, Nova Scotia has 73 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Five new cases were identified Wednesday, March 25. Most are travel-related or connected to earlier cases. One of the new cases c...
Mar 26, 2020 From left: Premier Stephen McNeil, Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Brendan Carr, president and CEO, Nova Scotia Health Authority and Dr. Krista Jangaard, president and CEO, IWK Health Centre
Trudeau Warns Of CERB Text Scam
The Prime Minister warning Canadians about a text scam involving the newly unveiled Canada Emergency Response Fund. Justin Trudeau suggests using the government website for accurate information on all...
Mar 26, 2020
Fire Ban In Effect
The province's Lands and Forestry department has declared a ban on open fires to protect Nova Scotia's forests during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ban prohibits open fires for any purpose in woods or wi...
Mar 26, 2020
NS COVID-19 Update
Seventeen new cases of COVID-19 were identified yesterday in Nova Scotia, giving us 68, all of which are travel-related or connected to earlier reported cases. The 68 individuals affected range in age...
Mar 25, 2020 NS Government photo
Federal COVID-19 Support Package Approved In House Of Commons
An $82-billion aid package to help Canadians endure the COVID-19 pandemic is one step closer to being passed in Ottawa. MPs support Bill C-13 at all stages following a debate in the House of Commons t...
Mar 25, 2020 Robert Linsdell / CC
