COVID19: 126 new cases reported May 16; 103 recoveries
HALIFAX: Today, May 16, Nova Scotia is reporting 126 new cases of COVID-19 and 103 recoveries. There are 106 cases in Central Zone, nine in Eastern Zone, nine in Western…
Braden Marshall turns lockdown blues into Essay Competition award
MAIN PHOTO: Fall River’s Braden Marshall won the Senior Gold Award for the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay competition. He was presented the award by N.S. Lt. Governor the Honourable Arthur LeBlanc…
NSians unlikely to indicate if they have good or excellent mental health: study
HALIFAX: Nova Scotians are among the least likely in Canada to report they have good or excellent mental health, the people behind a new study says. The study, by Canada…
COVID19: 86 new cases, 115 recoveries announced May 15
HALIFAX: The province has reported 86 new cases of COVID-19, while also seeing 115 recoveries of those suffering from the virus. There are 66 cases in Central Zone, 11 in…
Frustration mounts for Mrs. Robinson’s Childcare Centre with no news on funding
FALL RIVER: The frustration that childcare operators across N.S. are experiencing during the current COVID19 shutdown is evident in one line from a letter sent to the province and media…
Answers to further questions we had from the May 12 COVID-19 briefings
EAST HANTS/FALLRIVER: The Laker News received several queries on a few topics for questions to ask Premier Iain Rankin and Dr. Robert Strang. While we can’t ask all of them,…
COVID19: N.S. hits 400,000 vaccine doses administered mark
CAPE BRETON/HALIFAX: The province reached 400,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in arms today, May 13. That’s a doubling of the amount of vaccinations in less than a month, after celebrating…
COVID19: 155 recoveries; 110 new cases reported May 13
HALIFAX: The province announced there were 110 new cases of COVID-19, with 155 recoveries as well on May 13. There are 83 cases in Central Zone, 12 in Eastern Zone,…
Elmsdale Sobeys, Superstore, Dollarama on May 12 potential COVID-19 exposure list
ELMSDALE: Two grocery stores and a dollar store were among those on the potential COVID-19 exposure list released May 12 by N.S. Health. Anyone who worked at or visited the…
COVID19: Province presses pause on AstraZeneca vaccine use
HALIFAX/EAST HANTS: The province has officially pressed pause on the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as the first dose effective May 12. The decision is based on an abundance of…