Category Archives: Acadia Nova Scotia (CKBW)
COVID-19 Death Toll Still High Despite Case Decline
While COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations continue to decline, the death toll is still high. The province is out with their weekly COVID-19 data report for the seven day period ending May 16th. T...
May 19, 2022
Nova Scotia-to-Maine Ferry Resumes Today
The CAT sailed out of Yarmouth Harbour this morning with passengers aboard. The vessel resumed the service for the first time since 2018 due to the pandemic and renovations to the terminal in Bar Harb...
May 19, 2022
Nova Scotia Removes Mask Mandate For Public Schools
The province will remove the mask requirement in public schools starting next Tuesday, May 24. Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, Becky Druhan, says masks will continue to be recom...
May 19, 2022
Industry expert feels N.S. nearing plateau of record high prices
An industry expert feels we are nearing the peak when it comes to record high gas prices. Dan McTeague feels it could top out at $2.15 per litre for regular but notes other factors are in play. “...
May 19, 2022
Huge drop in diesel, price drops 30 cents this week
Diesel took a steep drop overnight. It’s down about a quarter and is selling for about $2.15 per litre across the province. Diesel has gone down about over 30 cents this week. Gas remains up aro...
May 19, 2022
Diesel Prices To Be Adjusted At Midnight
The province is bringing in the interrupter clause again tonight. For the second time this week the price of diesel will change at midnight. It could be a welcome sight. Reports suggest the price will...
May 18, 2022
Paramedics Union Seeking Raise From Province
Underpaid and overworked. That was the message from members of the Nova Scotia Paramedics Union to the provincial government yesterday during a Standing Committee on Health session at the legislature....
May 18, 2022
Diesel drops 10 cents, no change for regular
It’s a little bit of a break if you drive a diesel. It went down 10 cents overnight and depending on where you live, it is now selling between $2.35 and $2.40. Regular did not change in the late...
May 18, 2022
Price of diesel will change in N.S. overnight
Gear up for another change at the fuel pumps in Nova Scotia on Tuesday. The province’s gas regulator has announced it’s invoking the interrupter clause at midnight to change the price of d...
May 17, 2022
Hirtle’s Beach painting presented to Canadian Embassy in France
‘Coming Through, A Sign of Hope, Hirtle’s Beach, NS’. Photo: Paulette Melanson. A little piece of Nova Scotia will now become part of the permanent display at the Canadian embassy in...
May 17, 2022
