Category Archives: News
YHF WE CARE Radiothon Raises Over $171,000 For Cardiac Equipment
Donations have been pouring in all day for the Yarmouth Hospital Foundation WE CARE Radiothon. This year's fundraising focus is to purchase new cardiac equipment for the Yarmouth Regional Hospital. Th...
Mar 03, 2022 From left: YHF Managing Director Mary Surette, Mr. Sticky and retired Health Services Manager (Nursing) Cardiovascular Units, Yarmouth Regional Hospital Joy Gillespie-Hatfield. Y95 Photo.
Three more die from COVID-19
Three more people have died from COVID-19 in our province. The Department of Health and Wellness announced the deaths, two men in their 70s in Eastern Zone and a man in his 80s in the Halifax region. ...
Mar 03, 2022
Growing Calls To Oust Russia Ambassador
A statement from the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Canada has led to calls for Ottawa to expel the ambassador. The document was put out Monday (pictured below) and says that Russia is strictly ...
Mar 03, 2022
Lethal Weapons and More Cash Going To Ukraine
A federal announcement came for more tools for to help in the fight overseas as well as Ukrainians seeking refuge in Canada . Lethal Weapons Minister of Defense, Annita Annand announced that more leth...
Mar 03, 2022
Lawyers for families of N.S. mass shooting want RCMP officers to testify at inquiry
Lawyers representing families of the victims of Nova Scotia’s mass shooting say they want to hear from RCMP at the scene. A public inquiry into the 22 murders is examining police response in Por...
Mar 03, 2022
Grade Five Student Breaks Math World Record
When it comes to Math, 10-year-old Shanyu Akkaladevi is a good student to have around. He is in Grade 5 and he recently set a world record as the youngest person to calculate the square root for 20 di...
Mar 03, 2022
WCRL To Hand Out Rapid Tests In Digby County
Western Counties Regional Libraries will hand out more rapid test kits over the next two days. Today, they'll be at the Digby Arena from 11-2. The library says people must maintain physical distancing...
Mar 03, 2022 Western Counties Regional Libraries logo
Special Weather Statement In Effect For Most Of N.S.
A Special Weather Statement is in effect once again for most of mainland Nova Scotia. Environment Canada says up to ten centimetres of snow could fall through the morning and afternoon today. The snow...
Mar 03, 2022 Special Weather Statement in effect for most of Nova Scotia on March 3, 2022 (Environment Canada graphic)
Province Reports Four More COVID Related Deaths
The province reported four deaths related to COVID-19 yesterday. The youngest was a woman in her 50s in the Central Zone, the others were over 80. There were four new hospital admissions and two disch...
Mar 03, 2022
Why The 'Food Professor' Says Agriculture Should Be A Bigger Economic Driver
On this episode of the "Insights" podcast, Don Mills and David Campbell take a closer look at the importance of the agricultural sector to the economy both across Canada and in Atlantic Canada with a ...
Mar 03, 2022
