Category Archives: News
Federal Border Restrictions Extended
The federal government is extending the current international border measures for travellers entering Canada until June 30. All travellers must continue to submit information through the ArriveCAN app...
May 31, 2022
Province Announces Sites For Housing Development
The province is looking to build more housing across Nova Scotia. To address the housing crisis, they have identified 37 sites from the provincial land inventory that could be used to build housing. F...
May 31, 2022
Twenty-Five Years For Confederation Bridge
History was made 25 years ago. The Confederation Bridge was officially opened to traffic on May 31, 1997. The 12.9 kilometre link officially joined New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island and eliminate...
May 31, 2022
Changes coming to ERs to help get paramedics back on roads sooner
The province has announced changes are coming to hospital emergency rooms to help get paramedics back on the roads faster in Nova Scotia. Paramedics will be able to take patients deemed “low-ris...
May 31, 2022
Community Centre in Herring Cove gets new life; feds commit $2M to re-open it
Residents of the Spryfield area will soon have a modern community centre after years of dedication and hard work. During a celebration on Monday, Halifax MP Andy Fillmore announced over $2 million to ...
May 31, 2022
Toughest Gun Control Measures In Over Forty Years Introduced
New legislation to further strengthen gun control in Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Bill C-21 on Monday, with some of the strongest measures in over 40 years. This includes new rules ...
May 31, 2022
Dental Association hopes federal dental funding will beef up provincial programs
The Nova Scotia Dental Association wants the recently announced money earmarked for a federal dental plan to instead be assigned to provincial programs. With the federal Liberal Party's November budge...
May 30, 2022
New report wants military to give up control over sexual assault cases
The much-anticipated report on sexual misconduct in the Candian military was released on Monday, and it includes 48 recommendations. Former Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour oversaw the report and p...
May 30, 2022
May 30 Marks World MS Day
May 30 marks World Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Day and research shows that Canada has one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis diagnosis globally. According to the MS Society of Canada, more than 90...
May 30, 2022
Suspect charged with firearms offences after Halifax assault
A 54-year-old man is facing firearms offences after an assault in the city on the weekend Halifax Regional Police were called to a home on Castle Hill Drive, off Kearney Lake Road, at around 2:30 a.m....
May 30, 2022
