Irving Shipbuilding invites international staff to Halifax for its latest ship test
Employees and contractors of Irving Shipbuilding are arriving from around the world in Halifax which lies in the epicentre of the current outbreak for the company s latest round of at-sea testing.
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Trial will send 78 employees visiting from various countries out to sea for up to 4 days
Posted: May 05, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: May 5
The future HMCS Margaret Brooke floats alongside the Irving Shipbuilding yard, awaiting its first sea trial, starting this week.(Brett Ruskin/CBC)
Nova Scotians under lockdown face fines for leaving their own communities as the province battles an aggressive third wave of COVID-19 that has shuttered schools and businesses while new case numbers reach unprecedented highs.
Posted: May 04, 2021 2:37 PM AT | Last Updated: May 4
A person gets the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination at a mobile clinic in Montreal.(Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)
As cancer patients, organ transplant recipients, and other vulnerable populations start to receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, some are turning their minds to the next one.
Those with a lowered immune system are wondering whether Nova Scotia s firm commitment to an age-based rollout will extend to the second dose. If they are going to go that [age-based] route, I understand it, said Karen Chiasson, who was raised in Cape Breton and now lives in Calgary.
HALIFAX Nova Scotia s freedom of information system stands out for fee estimates dwarfing those asked by larger provinces, says a group studying prison responses to COVID-19. Kevin Walby, a University of Winnipeg researcher, said in a recent interview that his queries to Nova Scotia have been met with projected costs that are so far more than 20 times higher than Ontario s. Meanwhile, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador are offering the information with no fees, though after delays, he added. It makes no sense, given they (Nova Scotia) are dealing with 10 times fewer jails and prisoners, Walby, the author of four books on the country s freedom of information laws, said last week.
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Posted: Feb 03, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 3
Nova Scotia RCMP Commanding Officer and Assistant Commissioner Lee Bergerman reads an statement at the start of a news conference on April 22, 2020. (Tim Krochak/The Canadian Press)
Seventy Mounties took sick leave in the wake of April s mass killings in Nova Scotia and the province s justice minister agreed to pay for out-of-province officers to backfill, but only until the end of August, newly released documents show.
Assistant Commissioner Lee Bergerman, commanding officer for Nova Scotia RCMP, first requested approval for the extra help on April 27, eight days after a gunman disguised as an RCMP officer killed 22 people, leaving 16 crime scenes in several rural communities.