Family Feud Canada seeking N.S. families to be contestants
HALIFAX: Are you a family of five that has personality, energy, enthusiasm, a competitive spirit? Then Family Feud Canada wants you to apply for their Nova Scotia tapings, expected to…
A first in Canada: NSCN announces Licensure Process for Nurses Coming to Nova Scotia
HALIFAX: As Nova Scotia’s nursing regulator, the Nova Scotia College of Nursing’s (NSCN) role is to ensure that all nurses providing nursing services for Nova Scotians are qualified to do…
Funding for community projects to assist seniors stay active, healthy
HALIFAX: Older Nova Scotians will have more options to help them stay healthy, active and socially connected in their communities with an investment by Nova Scotia. Thirty-seven groups across Nova…
Mobile units providing additional COVID-19 testing across N.S.
LOWER SACKVILLE: In an effort to ensure all Nova Scotians have access to COVID-19 testing as needed, the Public Health Mobile Units (PHMU) will be offering testing in the communities…
N.S. launches new marketing campaign aimed at building on tourism recovery
From a press release HALIFAX: A new marketing campaign launched March 6, will encourage people to spend their vacation time and money in Nova Scotia and build on the tourism…
RCMP say Nova Scotians lost $3.6m last year in scams
DARTMOUTH: Residents in N.S. lost a record $3.6 million to scammers, up near $1.1 m from 2021, Noav Scotia RCMP say. “Fraudsters continue to steal heard-earned money from people in…
NDP to introduce wintertime eviction ban legislation
From an NS NDP release HALIFAX – Families continue to struggle with the cost of housing and the number of Nova Scotians who find themselves unhoused continues to grow. That’s…
New social work cohort for Black/African Nova Scotian Students
FALL RIVER: N.S. is investing in training to help address under-representation of Black/African Nova Scotians in the social work field and ease pressures on the healthcare and social service systems.…
N.S. releases highway plan with $450 million investment planned
HALIFAX: The province is investing in provincial highways, bridges and ferry infrastructure to make them safer for Nova Scotians. The Five-Year Highway Improvement Plan released today, January 6, will see…
Fall Legislative session modernizes government, protects NSians, says Premier Houston
From a release HALIFAX: Modernizing government and protecting Nova Scotians from large power rate increases were the focus of the fall legislative session, which ended November 9. The government introduced…