Category Archives: Acadia Bridgewater-Yarmouth (CKBW)
Good News Is Rolling Your Way
Isolating at home has some people feeling a little blue so one business owner has hit on an idea to spread some cheer. Nancy Rogers, owner of Seaweed Tours in Lunenburg, normally uses her 8-person bus...
Apr 21, 2020
Crisis Support Lines Made Available In Wake Of Shooting
Morneau Sheppel has announced that in the wake of the weekend's tragic shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 17 lives they have set up a 24/7 bilingual crisis support line. According to a company relea...
Apr 20, 2020
State of Emergency Extended Until May 3
The State of Emergency for Nova Scotia has been extended under the authority of the Emergency Management Act. Cabinet met by teleconference on Thursday to discuss extending it for a further two...
Apr 17, 2020
Shelburne RCMP Recover Kayakers Body
Shelburne RCMP announced today that they had assisted the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre with the recovery of the body of a missing man on Tuesday night. At 7:43 p.m. the RCMP were alerted to a miss...
Apr 15, 2020
RCMP Have Issued 154 COVID-19 Related Charges
Nova Scotias RCMP released the latest numbers on COVID-19 related charges today. Since April 9 they have charged 38 people for offences under the Nova Scotia Health Protection and Emergency Management...
Apr 14, 2020
Cell Phone Tracking Being Discussed For COVID-19
Knowing who has COVID-19 and who they’ve come in contact is an important part of flattening the curve and cellphones could offer a solution. Dr. Robert Strang Nova Scotia’s Cheif Medical O...
Apr 14, 2020
Conservatives Call For Charity Support
The federal Conservatives want to see help for local charities and churches during the COVID-19 pandemic. Outgoing leader Andrew Scheer says charities are hurting for donations when many are strugglin...
Apr 06, 2020
Diabetes Canada Pleads For Drop Offs To Stop
Diabetes Canada announced on March 23 that they would no longer be accepting donations at their collection bins nationwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now they are calling on local politicians to he...
Apr 06, 2020
Premier McNeil Debunks April Fools Joke
Premier Stephen McNeil had to take to social media to debunk an April Fool’s joke doing the rounds. A post was circulating that appeared to be from Education and Early Childhood Development Mini...
Apr 01, 2020
Antigonish nursing home employee tests positive for COVID-19
More cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Nova Scotia. In a press release on Saturday the provincial government identified 20 new cases. That brings the total across the province to 110. One of th...
Mar 28, 2020
