The chief of pediatrics at Atlantic Canada’s largest children’s hospital warned Thursday that his facility is already stretched to its limits as the Nova Scotia government announced masks would no longer be required inside schools... Read more »
Nova Scotia’s Education Department is removing the requirement for people to wear masks inside schools beginning next week. A news release from the provincial government says the mask mandate will end on... Read more »
The union that represents paramedics in Nova Scotia wants the provincial government to give its members what it handed continuing care assistants last February — an immediate and substantial raise. Kevin MacMullin, business manager... Read more »
When Rev. Dianne Parker is out and about and spots a person under 50 wearing a mask, she often strikes up a conversation. “I thank them for helping to protect the older... Read more »
For the last three weeks, Lindsey Northrup has been receiving half of her parental leave benefits, which were already about half of what she makes when she’s working. “Some of my bills... Read more »
Nova Scotia continues to report a high number of COVID-19 deaths in its latest weekly report released Thursday. While COVID cases appear to be decreasing, data for the latest seven-day period shows the... Read more »
The leaders of Nova Scotia’s main health unions are feeling optimism, but also disappointment and trepidation in reaction to the health plan the Houston government unveiled on Friday. “I think it’s a... Read more »
Nova Scotia’s past success at managing the COVID-19 pandemic is also one of the reasons why its daily case counts have never been worse, say two infectious disease experts. The province has... Read more »
Nova Scotia has no plans to reintroduce public health restrictions even as COVID-19 cases hit an all-time high in the province on Thursday. In a livestreamed briefing, Dr. Robert Strang, the province’s chief medical... Read more »