New Brunswick became the latest Atlantic province to roll out an aid program targeting the rising cost of living with a $20-million package announced Wednesday.
New Brunswick became the latest Atlantic province to roll out an aid program targeting the rising cost of living with a $13.2-million package announced Wednesday.
The union representing teachers in Nova Scotia (NSTU) is lashing out over the provinces decision to send most students back to class on Wednesday. Pre.
HALIFAX Nova Scotia health officials announced the province s COVID-19 reopening plan on Friday, which involves a five-phase process. “Our phased plan will allow us to safely enjoy summer with public health measures in place while we work at getting most of our population fully vaccinated,” said Premier Iain Rankin. “Then we should be able to further ease restrictions in the fall and ease in to a new normal of living with COVID-19.” The province says each of the phases, which are expected to last between two to four weeks long, depends on COVID-19 activity in the province, public health and testing capacity, hospitalizations and vaccination rates.
Uniacke District School, Mount Uniacke.
In addition to the school closures in the Halifax area, one school in Truro has closed, as well as three in the Sydney area. Those schools are closed until later this week for deep cleaning and contract tracing.
Premier Iain Rankin said no students in Cape Breton have tested positive, and there s no evidence of community spread. But I want to assure all parents and teachers and staff and students that we are watching this very carefully. We ve added testing sites in the community, and we encourage everyone to get tested, including students, he said during Monday s briefing.