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Nova Scotia is reporting 2,513 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19, 59 hospitalizations and 24 deaths during the seven-day period ending May 16. The province noted that the number of new cases, including those linked to long-care…

Nova Scotia is extending its paid sick leave program by more than a month, as COVID-19 cases continue to climb in the province. The program, which offers a maximum payment of $640 per worker, was scheduled to end March 31. It will now…

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says it was the Speaker’s office, not him, that decided to change the COVID-19 rules at Province House. The move had been described as a “double standard” on social media and by the province’s…

Nova Scotia has officially ended its state of emergency  — two years after it was declared — and lifted most COVID-19 restrictions. During an interview with Global News Morning on Monday, Dr. Robert Strang, the chief medical officer…

At the height of the pandemic, Dr. Christy Bussey had to rent out an apartment just so she could be closer to the hospital. “It was a very stressful time,” said Dr. Bussey, head of Halifax’s COVID-19 Inpatient Unit. “That was a very…

Nova Scotia’s health-care system is reaching critical levels as hundreds of workers across the province remain in isolation due to COVID-19. According to Dr. Nicole Boutilier, vice-president of medicine with Nova Scotia Health,…

Through most of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlantic Canada won international praise for the region’s largely successful efforts to keep infection rates low – but the arrival of Omicron has upended its vaunted COVID-Zero strategy.…

The return to school after an already extended winter break is imminent for Nova Scotia students. And as it stands, public schools will open to in-class learning on Monday, Jan. 10. Read more: COVID-19 - No new…

Nova Scotia is reporting 99 cases of COVID-19 and three deaths related to the virus over a three-day period. The province has also recorded 109 recoveries since its last update on Friday.The deaths involve a man and woman in…

Families of residents at East Cumberland Lodge in Pugwash, N.S., say they’re worried and concerned as an outbreak of COVID-19 at the long-term care home grows. On Thursday, it was confirmed another resident at the home had…