Category Archives: News
Students in Halifax returning to school Thursday
Premier Iain Rankin says schools are safe and in-person learning will resume in Halifax and Sydney on Thursday, June 3. Rankin announced last week that only schools outside Halifax and Sydney would re...
May 31, 2021
Trudeau Addresses Discovery At B.C. Residential School
The prime minister says his thoughts are with all Indigenous communities across Canada. The remains of 215 Indigenous children were found at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., last week. J...
May 31, 2021
8 Haligonians win Dr. Strang award
Twenty Nova Scotians have been named community heroes. The province has revealed the winners of the inaugural Dr. Robert Strang Community Hero Award and eight recipients are from Halifax and Dartmouth...
May 31, 2021
Gore Radar Revamp Leaves NS With Limited Coverage
As part of an ongoing initiative from the federal government to update Environment Canada's equipment work is now underway on the Gore radar station. Work has been ongoing since late April, but recent...
May 31, 2021
17 new COVID cases, 448 active (May 31)
Nova Scotia is reporting 17 new cases of COVID-19 and 74 recoveries. All of the new cases are in Halifax region. The province now has 448 active cases of the virus. As of Sunday, almost 585,000 doses ...
May 31, 2021
N.S. first nation honours 215 residential school children with flowers on sidewalks
Hundreds of flower pots now line the sidewalks of the Pictou Landing First Nation to honour the 215 children who died while attending a residential school in British Columbia. The remains were discove...
May 31, 2021
Province’s schools to lower flags in honour of 215 children found in Kamloops
Schools in Nova Scotia will lower their flags to half mast for nine days to honour the 215 children who died while attending a residential school in British Columbia. The Tk'emlps te Secwpemc First Na...
May 31, 2021
Potential COVID-19 exposure list (May 30)
Nova Scotia Public Health is advising of potential exposures to COVID-19 at two grocery stores in Central Zone and several Halifax Transit routes. Anyone who worked at or visited the following locatio...
May 31, 2021
Five COVID-19 related deaths reported over the weekend
Over the weekend Nova Scotia reported the most COVID-19 related deaths in one day since May 2020. Health officials announced on Saturday two men in their 80s and a woman in her 70s had passed away in ...
May 31, 2021
NSTU: Back to class decision creates confusion and anxiety
The union representing teachers in Nova Scotia (NSTU) is lashing out over the provinces decision to send most students back to class on Wednesday. Premier Iain Rankin announced on Friday students outs...
May 30, 2021
