COVID19: 12 new cases, 32 recoveries on June 6
HALIFAX: Today, June 6, Nova Scotia is reporting 12 new cases of COVID-19 and 32 recoveries. There are seven new cases in Central Zone. Six of the cases are close…
Lifting of restriction on youth sports coming, Dr. Strang assures NSians
FALL RIVER/EAST HANTS: Getting kids back in schools has taken priority over the resumption of youth sports at full capacity, said the chief medical officer of health. The Laker News…
Details to come soon on COVID-19 airport testing, says Dr. Strang
HALIFAX STANFIELD AIRPORT: Nova Scotia’s top doc said further details will be forthcoming on what testing at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, set to start June 14, will look like.…
COVID19: Two deaths; 17 new cases; 72 recoveries; confirmed vaccine-related thrombosis
HALIFAX: The province is reporting two deaths related to COVID-19. Two men, both in their 60s, have died in Central Zone on June 2. Nova Scotia is also reporting 17…
COVID19: 17 new cases, 74 recoveries reported on May 31
EAST HANTS/FALL RIVER: Nova Scotia is reporting 17 new cases of COVID-19 and 74 recoveries. All the new cases are in Central Zone. There is limited community spread in Central…
N.S. announces funding for permanent supportive, transition housing in Halifax, Valley
HALIFAX: The government of Nova Scotia is providing $6.4 million to create permanent supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness in Halifax and the Annapolis Valley. This is in addition to…
Affordable Housing Commission presents recommendations
NOTE: The following is a news release on behalf of the Nova Scotia Affordable Housing Commission. HALIFAX: A new report prepared by the Nova Scotia Affordable Housing Commission details the…
Province to evaluate Affordable Housing Commission report, recommendations
HALIFAX: The provincial government will begin evaluating the final report of the Nova Scotia Affordable Housing Commission and discuss next steps with partners in the affordable housing sector and other…
N.S. school flags to be at half-mast in tribute of residential school students; recommit to Treaty education
HALIFAX: Flags at schools province-wide will be lowered to half mast for nine days to honour the lives and memories of the 215 children whose remains were found buried at…
COVID19: One death; 20 new cases, and 80 recoveries on May 30
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia is reporting 20 new cases of COVID-19, 80 recoveries, and one death, a woman in her 80s in the Central Zone. There are 14 new cases in…