COVID-19: Province announces Back-to-School plan
HALIFAX: Core public health measures will be in place as students return to school on Sept. 7 with a return to a more familiar routine, the province announced at a…
COVID-19: Sept. 15 set as target date for Phase 5 of reopening plan
MAIN PHOTO: Premier-designate Tim Houston and Dr. Robert Strang. (Communications N.S. Photo) HALIFAX: Nova Scotia is targeting Sept. 15 as the start of the next phase of its reopening plan.…
ELECTION21: Houston talks respect; following Public Health’s advice on Safe Return to School; education
FALL RIVER: If a PC government is elected on Aug. 17, Nova Scotia parents and educators won’t have to wait long before hearing of what the safe back to school…
N.S. begins third phase of reopening; borders open to Canada
HALIFAX: The province is beginning it’s third phase of its five phase reopening plan today, June 30, which includes the opening of the border to all Canadians. Premier Iain Rankin…
Vaccine rollout ramping up in N.S.; clinic hours extending; more clinics set to open
EAST HANTS/FALL RIVER: Nova Scotia announced June 22 that it’s extending clinic hours and opening more clinics as part of its efforts to ramp up the COVID-19 vaccine rollout so…
“It made me feel like I was doing my part in the fight against COVID-19.” Local youths urge peers to get vaccinated
MAIN PHOTO: Siblings Camryn n Tristan Giddens were eager to get their vaccine shots, even if Camryn doesn’t like needles. (Healey photo) WINDSOR JUNCTION/EAST HANTS: Youth from the Fall River…
N.S. begins Phase 2 of reopening
HALIFAX: Premier Iain Rankin and Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health, announced today, June 15, that Nova Scotia will start the second phase of its reopening…
No plans to hold vaccinations in N.S. schools, top doc says
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia has no plans to follow in the footsteps that neighbouring New Brunswick is doing by holding COVID-19 vaccination clinics in schools. At a recent COVID-19 briefing, Dr.…
Further answers to questions sent to us to ask at COVID19 briefings
EAST HANTS/FALL RIVER: Here are some answers to questions the community submitted to us at The Laker to ask regarding COVID-19. While we didn’t get a chance to ask these…
Couples planning to wed encouraged to checkout province’s reopening plan
HALIFAX: If couples are looking to get hitched during the next month or so, they should check out Nova Scotia’s five-phase reopening plan to see what the guidelines for gathering…