Category Archives: News
11 new cases, Delta and Gamma Variants Identified
Nova Scotia is reporting 11 new cases of COVID-19 and nine recoveries Saturday. All of the cases are in Central Zone. Ten are close contacts and one is related to travel. The close contacts are within...
Jun 26, 2021
Chauvin Gets 22.5 Year Sentence In George Floyd’s Murder
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 22 and a half years in prison in the death of George Floyd. 45-year-old Chauvin was convicted in April on several charges includ...
Jun 25, 2021
Man Charged With Firearms Offence In Maxwellton
Meteghan RCMP have charged a 44-year-old man in Maxwellton with a firearms offence. On June 24th at 8:15 a.m., police executed a search warrant at a home in Maxwellton in relation to a drug traffickin...
Jun 25, 2021
COVID Hospitalizations Continue To Drop
Encouraging news but the danger of COVID-19 variants still remain in Canada. Federal officials on Friday reported that daily case counts are dropping and there are less cases of severe illness as a re...
Jun 25, 2021
16 new cases of COVID-19, 60 active (June 25)
Nova Scotia is reporting 16 new cases of COVID-19 and 15 recoveries. Fifteen of the cases are in Central Zone. Eleven are close contacts and four are related to travel. The close contacts are within a...
Jun 25, 2021
Demolition Ordered For Building At 303/305 Main Street In Yarmouth
A demolition order for a run-down building on Main Street in Yarmouth was given by town council yesterday. The owner of 303/305 Main Street now has 30 days to complete demolition, or the town will beg...
Jun 25, 2021
Town of Yarmouth To Award Grants To Organizations
Yarmouth town council are set to give out their annual grants to organizations. At their Committee of the Whole meeting yesterday, council approved the nearly $39,000 budget for the grants. Some of th...
Jun 25, 2021
Second dose appointments moved up for more people
Nova Scotians who received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on or before May 20 and are scheduled to receive their second dose on or before September 2 can now reschedule their appointments for ea...
Jun 25, 2021
Lifeguards to supervise beaches starting Canada Day
Lifeguards will return to Nova Scotia’s beaches on Canada Day. The Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service provides 82 lifeguards in the summer to supervise 25 beaches in 12 counties. “We know Nova ...
Jun 25, 2021
Strang says he’s troubled by border blockade
The province’s top doctor says he was disheartened by what he saw in the last 48 hours. Protestors upset with changes to rules for people coming into the province from New Brunswick blocked the ...
Jun 24, 2021
