Category Archives: News
New Long Term Care Facility Coming To Meteghan
Villa Acadienne has awarded the tender for the construction of a new long-term facility in Meteghan to general contractor Bird Construction of Halifax. Construction of the new facility will begin earl...
Dec 22, 2020 Construction on a new Villa Acadienne is slated to begin in January 2021.
Investigators Tag Vessel Fire In Eastern Passage As Arson
A team of investigators from RCMP and Halifax Regional Police are looking into an alleged arson involving a vessel in Eastern Passage. RCMP say early on Friday morning, an officer located a boat on fi...
Dec 22, 2020
UFCA Calls For Clear Oversight Of All Fisheries
A newly formed alliance of commercial fishery stakeholders is calling for the government to establish clear, lasting, responsible regulatory oversight for all fisheries. The Unified Fisheries Conserva...
Dec 22, 2020
More COVID-19 vaccine storage sites across the province
Nova Scotia is reporting two new cases of COVID-19. One in the Central Zone and the other case is in the Western Zone. Both cases are close contacts of previously reported cases. Nova Scotia Health Au...
Dec 21, 2020
PC Leader Reacts To Premier Proroguing Legislature
It was a blink and you'll miss it moment: Premier Stephen McNeil went to the provincial legislature on Friday for the first time since last spring - but only to officially shut down the fall session. ...
Dec 21, 2020
Search For Missing Fishermen Continues : RCMP
RCMP say still no trace of debris or any of the five missing fishermen following search efforts on Sunday. RCMP Air Services did an aerial search of the coastline between Digby Gut and Harbourville vi...
Dec 21, 2020 Map identifying search location. Image c/o Google maps
Canada Temporarily Suspends Passenger Flights From U.K.
Canada has temporarily suspended all commercial and private passenger flights from the United Kingdom. It comes in response to a new strain of COVID-19 identified in the U.K. which officials say may b...
Dec 21, 2020
Canada Proposes Lower Nicotine Limits For Vaping
Some controversial changes proposed for vaping products hope to cut down on vaping among youth.. The federal government is looking at lowering the nicotine concentration limit to 20 milligrams of nico...
Dec 21, 2020
Trudeau Addresses CERB Repayment
There’s some reassurance if you got extra CERB or weren’t qualified for the payments you received. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed the topic after some Canadians got letters from t...
Dec 21, 2020
U-S Lawmakers Get Deal Done On COVID Relief
It’s a deal that many have been waiting for. Capitol Hill negotiators sealed the deal on an almost $1 trillion US COVID-19 economic relief package. “There will be another major rescue pack...
Dec 20, 2020
