Nova Scotia extends mask mandate in schools until at least May long weekend
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The Nova Scotia government has decided to maintain the mask requirement in the province’s schools until at least the May long weekend. Students, staff and visitors must continue to wear masks during school hours and on school buses. The Education Minister says mask use has allowed for schools to remain open for most of the year, and the decision on masks will be reassessed closer to May 20th. More information about the updated guidance in the Back to School Plan is available at: https://backtoschool.ednet.ns.ca/learning-from-home
There’s a significant increase in the number of long term care facilities in Nova Scotia with COVID-19 outbreaks. Barbara Adams, the Minister for Seniors and Long-term Care confirmed on Wednesday that there are 39 long-term care facilities in the province with COVID-19 outbreaks — which is double what we saw in January. Adams says that more than a dozen facilities are closed to new admissions because of staff shortages, due in part to COVID-19 infections. Assistance is being brought in from Ontario to help alleviate the situation.
Victim feared N.S. mass killer might come to her house, an hour before he arrived
A memorial pays tribute to Gina Goulet outside her residence in Shubenacadie, N.S. on Thursday, May 14, 2020.The summary released Wednesday by a public inquiry says Gina Goulet was shot at about 11 a.m. at her home in Shubenacadie, about 60 kilometres north of Halifax, roughly 10 minutes after a final text to her daughter Amelia Butler.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
The final victim in Nova Scotia’s mass shooting told her daughter she was afraid the killer could be headed for her home an hour before he arrived at her doorstep. A summary document released Wednesday by the public inquiry into the killings says Gina Goulet was shot at about 11 a-m in her house in the Shubenacadie area on April 19th, 2020. The mass killing of 22 people began the night before in Portapique at about 9:59 a.m.
Halifax police say 11-year-old girl recovering after being hit by bullet in home
A shooting incident in Halifax has left an 11-year-old girl in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police got the call shortly after 9 p-m Tuesday and found the girl inside a home who had been struck by a bullet. The home and an unoccupied parked vehicle were also struck. Police say there is no suspect information so far and there is no indication to suggest the youth was targeted. (The Canadian Press)
Bank of Canada raises key interest rate by 0.5%, will further ease pandemic stimulus
The Bank of Canada is raising its key interest rate by the highest amount in more than 20 years in the face of rising inflation. The central bank is increasing its policy rate by half a percentage point to one per cent and warning that rates will need to rise further. In making its interest rate decision, the Bank of Canada says the spike in energy and other commodity prices in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are driving inflation higher than its earlier expectations. It now says the annual inflation rate will average almost six per cent in the first half of this year compared with its January forecast of close to five per cent. (The Canadian Press)
Big drop in diesel prices in N.B.
Diesel prices dropped sixteen cents per litre in New Brunswick overnight. Gas prices fell three-tenths of a cent. Nova Scotia sets its fuel prices at midnight tonight.
Settlement services offered to Ukrainians arriving at three airports in Canada
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser speaks during a news conference on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 in Ottawa. Canada’s immigration minister says settlement agencies across the country have joined forces to support Ukrainians arriving through an emergency program at three airports. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says Settlement agencies across the country have joined forces to support Ukrainians arriving through a federal emergency program at three airports – Toronto, Edmonton and Vancouver. Fraser says 41,000 people have been approved through an emergency travel initiative launched last month to help people resettle after many fled to Europe to escape Russia’s war on Ukraine. He says most of the applicants are now in Warsaw or Berlin.
