Category Archives: News

New COVID Variant Detected in UK
A new variant of COVID-19 is being reported out of the United Kingdom dubbed Omicron XE. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) believes the variant is a variation of the Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 variants...
Evan Taylor Apr 06, 2022

Tories respond to growing COVID-19 criticism
The Tory government is responding to growing criticism about its recent handling of COVID-19. The opposition parties, and some members of the public, have been battering the provincial government over...
B. Jack Morse Apr 06, 2022

Churchill Presses Province On COVID-19 Reporting
A back-and-forth in Question Period yesterday in the Nova Scotia Legislature between the current and former health minister. Yarmouth MLA and Liberal leadership candidate Zach Churchill pressed curren...
Kevin Northup Apr 06, 2022

South Shore school bolsters student safety on bus routes
Hebbville Academy, in Bridgewater, is the first school in Atlantic Canada to debut an extended stop arm on a school bus. The move comes after the South Shore Regional Centre for Education recorded 178...
Anastasia Payne Apr 06, 2022

N.S. provincial parks see thousands of bookings opening day
Nova Scotians were quick to book their summer camping trips on the first day reservations opened. Statistics provided by the province reveal that by 2 p.m. on Tuesday 7,271 bookings had been made. Nov...
Skye Bryden-Blom Apr 06, 2022

Remembering The Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash
April 6th, 2018, a day that changed the hockey world. Wednesday marks the four year anniversary of a junior hockey team’s trip to a playoff game that ended in tragedy. Sixteen members of the Hum...
News Apr 06, 2022

Nova Scotia woman wins big on Jeopardy
A Nova Scotia woman is now a Jeopardy champion! Twenty-three-year-old Mattea Roach was the big winner on Tuesday, taking home a $32,000 prize. During the Double Jeopardy! round, one of the questions s...
Skye Bryden-Blom Apr 06, 2022

Man wanted on attempted murder charge after Spryfield stabbing
An arrest warrant is out for a man wanted on an attempted murder charge after a stabbing in Spryfield last week. Police were called to a home on Herring Cove Road at around 5 a.m. last Thursday. A 38-...
Skye Bryden-Blom Apr 06, 2022

MLA’s switch to hybrid model as COVID cases rise
The Nova Scotia Legislature will move to a hybrid model after multiple cases of COVID-19. MLA’s unanimously agreed to allow the 55 members of the legislature to attend either in person or from h...
Steve MacArthur Apr 05, 2022

$20 Internet Coming To Those In Need
Having access to the internet shouldn’t be a luxury according to the United Nations. In 2016, the UN declared the web access is a human right. Now in 2022, the Government of Canada teamed up wit...
Katie Nicholls Apr 05, 2022





