Category Archives: News
COVID-19 Death Toll Still High Despite Case Decline
While COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations continue to decline, the death toll is still high. The province is out with their weekly COVID-19 data report for the seven day period ending May 16th. T...
May 19, 2022
Nova Scotia-to-Maine Ferry Resumes Today
The CAT sailed out of Yarmouth Harbour this morning with passengers aboard. The vessel resumed the service for the first time since 2018 due to the pandemic and renovations to the terminal in Bar Harb...
May 19, 2022
Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre to get federal funding for new facility
The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre in Halifax is getting some federal funding for a new facility and programs. The feds are putting up nearly $5 million in funding for the Centre to design and...
May 19, 2022
Nova Scotia Removes Mask Mandate For Public Schools
The province will remove the mask requirement in public schools starting next Tuesday, May 24. Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, Becky Druhan, says masks will continue to be recom...
May 19, 2022
Industry expert feels N.S. nearing plateau of record high prices
An industry expert feels we are nearing the peak when it comes to record high gas prices. Dan McTeague feels it could top out at $2.15 per litre for regular but notes other factors are in play. “...
May 19, 2022
Huge drop in diesel, price drops 30 cents this week
Diesel took a steep drop overnight. It’s down about a quarter and is selling for about $2.15 per litre across the province. Diesel has gone down about over 30 cents this week. Gas remains up aro...
May 19, 2022
CFL Owners/Players Agree To New CBA
It looks like the Canadian Football League will start on time after all. A brief strike is over after the players reached an agreement overnight with the owners on a new collective bargaining agreemen...
May 19, 2022
Why Beth Mason Says Cape Breton Is A 'Magical' Place With Great Innovative Potential
On the latest episode of the "Insights" podcast, Don Mills and David Campbell are continuing their series of conversations with organizations helping to foster innovation in Atlantic Canada. Don and D...
May 19, 2022
UPD: Police release name of woman, 37, killed in Spryfield stabbing
Halifax Regional Police have released the name of the 37-year-old woman killed in a stabbing in Spryfield on Tuesday. Police were called to a report of an injured person in the area of Sylvia Avenue a...
May 18, 2022
Spryfield's "rocking stone" gets heritage status
A granite boulder at Kidston Lake Park in Spryfield has been given heritage status. At a regular council meeting on Tuesday, council voted unanimously to give Kidston Lake Park and the famous "rocking...
May 18, 2022
