Category Archives: News
Deemed Consent For Organ Donation Now Law In NS
A new law aimed at bolstering organ and tissue donations comes into effect on Monday. The province's Human Organ and Tissue Donation Act will now see eligible people who do not record a decision on th...
Jan 18, 2021 TaylorHerring / CC
Fight Over Rescinded Coal Policy In Alberta Heads To Court
Alberta landowners and First Nations who want to keep the Rocky Mountains pristine are gearing up for a fight before a judge in Court of Queen's Bench in Calgary this week. Hearings challenging the go...
Jan 18, 2021 G Yancy / CC
Biden Going After Keystone Pipeline
The Keystone XL pipeline is likely to be scrapped after Joe Biden becomes US President on Wednesday. There are reports that is one of a number of items on a list of executive orders he’ll sign o...
Jan 18, 2021
Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday will be a quiet day south of the border. That’s because it’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is seen as a day to promote equal rights for all Americans, regardless of their backgr...
Jan 18, 2021
Nova Scotia reports one new case in each zone
Nova Scotia has 29 active cases of COVID-19. Four new cases are being reported today. There is one new case in each zone – Western, Northern, Eastern and Central. All are related to travel outsi...
Jan 17, 2021
Phil Spector Dead At 81
Former influential music producer Phil Spector has died while serving time for murder. California state prison officials say he passed away of natural causes at 81 years old at a hospital. Spector bec...
Jan 17, 2021
Chief William Saulis Found
The RCMP have located the Chief William Saulis scallop dragger which has been missing since December 15th. On Saturday morning RCMP used a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) to search a target...
Jan 17, 2021 CH149 Cormorant searching for the five missing fishermen off the coast of Nova Scotia in Delaps Cove. Image c/o JRCC.
Study Seeks Asymptomatic COVID-19 Cases
48,000 Canadians have been randomly selected to participate in a national study by Statistics Canada to determine how many Canadians had been infected with COVID-19 but never had symptoms. Participant...
Jan 17, 2021
Body Recovered In Waters Off Morris Island
RCMP confirm that the body of a 69 year old man missing since last week has been recovered from waters off Morris Island. Police say he was recovered on Saturday morning by fishermen who continued sea...
Jan 16, 2021 Ground searchers comb an area of marshland off Morris Island on Wednesday, January 13th.
Scammer Targets Missing Man's Family Member
Police are warning of an attempted scam related to a local missing persons case. RCMP say that on Tuesday, a member of Zachary Lefave's family was contacted via text message. The Mounties say the mess...
Jan 16, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC
