SHERBROOKE: The leading voice in
the conservation and protection of Nova Scotia’s longest river has launched a
new Web site to inform citizens about the threat of gold mining to the
watershed.
The St. Mary’s River Association
(SMRA)...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Despite an increase in panic-buying in
recent weeks - due to concerns around the spread of novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) - grocers are assuring their customers there is enough to go around,
for everyone.
Michael Doucette,...
ANTIGONISH: After receiving a generous donation from a
customer on March 30, staff at the Atlantic
Superstore decided to “pay it forward” by purchasing groceries for
four local seniors.
Patti Hilton, manager of the Antigonish supermarket,
says a...
HALIFAX: The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases
in the Eastern Zone has increased by three since yesterday to 30.
As of today, April 7, Nova Scotia has 310 confirmed
cases of COVID-19. Seventeen new cases...
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia has recorded its first death
related to COVID-19.
On April 6, a woman in her 70s with underlying medical
conditions died in hospital in the Eastern Zone as a result of complications
related...
WAYCOBAH
FIRST NATION: The RCMP's Provincial Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit, has
charged a Waycobah man for child pornography offences.
On
April 5, the RCMP's ICE Unit along with members of the Inverness/ Richmond Street
Crime Enforcement Unit,...
HALIFAX: Unions representing health care workers want
the province to find ways to better protect their members now that the
community spread of COVID-19 has taken place and more cases are confirmed.
Five unions representing health...
HALIFAX: As students start learning from home, the
province has made available a breakdown of COVID-19 cases in each part of the
province and is taking steps to do more testing and enforcement.
Accounting for approximately...
HALIFAX: As Nova Scotia extends the state of emergency,
financial assistance will be made available to small business owners and those
who work for small businesses, in addition to food banks.
The provincial cabinet met on...
HALIFAX: The number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
cases in the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s Eastern Zone has increased by
three.
In the area covering eastern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, there have been 27 total cases...