Category Archives: Acadia Nova Scotia (CKBW)
COVID-19: N.S. reports 92 in hospital, 5 deaths (Jan 22-24)
Nova Scotia is reporting 15 new hospital admissions and seven discharges. There is also reporting five deaths related to COVID-19: — a woman in her 60s in Central Zone — a man in his 70s i...
Jan 24, 2022
Conservatives Repeat Calls To Cancel CPP Increase
The federal government plans to increase premiums for the Canadian Pension Plan this month and the official opposition has once again come out against it. The Conservative Party of Canada is repeating...
Jan 24, 2022
NCC: Nature Helping Canadians During the Pandemic
Many Canadians are spending more time outdoors according to the Nature Conservancy of Canada. A national public opinion poll conducted through Ipsos Public Affairs found 82 percent of respondents are ...
Jan 24, 2022
New Scholarship For NS Francophone Health Students
Francophone health sciences students in Nova Scotia have a chance to get a new scholarship. It’s being offered by Rseau Sant - Nouvelle-cosse with support from the Office of the Minister of Acad...
Jan 24, 2022
Nova Scotia SPCA gets $78,000 from #BettyWhiteChallenge
The legacy of actress Betty White is living on at your local animal shelter. The Nova Scotia SPCA has announced they received more than $78,000 in donations through the Betty White Challenge. Animal l...
Jan 24, 2022
Truckers slow down traffic at N.S.-N.B. border to protest vaccine mandates
A major highway was brought to a crawl in Nova Scotia over the weekend as truckers protested vaccine mandates. The convoy of trucks took to the roads near Enfield and rolled to the border with New Bru...
Jan 24, 2022
85 people in hospital because of COVID-19
There are 85 patients in the hospital receiving care because of COVID-19. Eleven are in intensive care. They range in age between 23 to 100 years old. Public Health says there are two other groups of ...
Jan 24, 2022
Higher than normal absenteeism could affect students’ chance to graduate
If you’ve thought about keeping your kids home from school, you’re not alone. Premier Tim Houston estimated Wednesday as much as eight per cent of families kept their kids home in the firs...
Jan 24, 2022
Free program to help Nova Scotians ditch the darts
The Lung Association of Nova Scotia hopes their newest smoking cessation program will help remove barriers to quitting. Through the program, Quit NS, the Lung Association will mail participants four w...
Jan 23, 2022
82 people in hospital fighting COVID-19
There are 82 people in hospital COVID-19 units Saturday. The province didn’t release new hospital admission or discharges. Provincial labs confirmed another 502 new cases Saturday. There are 219...
Jan 22, 2022
