Category Archives: Acadia Nova Scotia (CKBW)
School Board’s Instruction on Back To School Concerns Raises Questions From Teachers, MLAs
An email sent out by the human resources department of the Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education is causing a stir on social media. The email says that teachers should not reach out to their...
Aug 26, 2020
No new cases, three recoveries
The Nova Scotia Health Authority is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday. It’s the second day without a new case. The province reports only four active infections are left provincewide, th...
Aug 25, 2020
No new COVID-19 cases
No new COVID-19 cases were announced in the province Monday. There are seven active infections provincewide. The cases have come up since since Aug. 14, with a cluster of infections in the northern zo...
Aug 24, 2020
RCMP Air Services locate missing teen
The 14-year-old girl who was reported missing from Eskasoni has been located by police and is safe. RCMP say on Friday night at 11:30 their air services team reported a fire in an isolated location in...
Aug 22, 2020
Nova Scotia Funding Equal Pay For LPNs
The province has announced it will fund health authorities and medical institutions throughout Nova Scotia to pay their LPNs the same rate. A 12 per cent rate increase is being rolled out to around 2,...
Aug 19, 2020
Province Expands Mask Requirements, Commits Additional $40 Million To School Re-opening
Masks will now be mandatory for students in grades four and up when students head back to school in September. The province announced today students aged 10 and over will wear masks on buses and in sc...
Aug 14, 2020
Province to Release More Details on Back to School Plan Friday
The province is expected to announce more details of their Back to School Plan on Friday. Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Zach Churchill and Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s c...
Aug 13, 2020
Province Now Down To One Active Case, No New Cases
Nova Scotia now has only one active case of COVID-19. No new cases were identified Saturday. There are now eight active cases in the Atlantic Bubble, six in New Brunswick,one in Nova Scotia and one in...
Aug 09, 2020
State of Emergency Extended, No New Cases Of COVID-19
No new cases of COVID-19 today for the province, however the State of Emergency has been extended. The order takes effect at noon on Sunday, Aug. 9, and extends to noon on Sunday, Aug. 23, unless the ...
Aug 08, 2020
Nova Scotia pledges $1.5 million to the Lebanese Red Cross After Explosion
The province has committed $1.5 million to the Lebanese Red Cross to help those affected by the devastating explosion in Beirut. The explosion, which occurred in a warehouse at the sea port on August ...
Aug 07, 2020
