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Nova Scotia reports 14 new COVID-19 cases Thursday; moves up second doses

Nova Scotia is reporting 14 new COVID-19 cases and nine recoveries on Thursday, as the province announces plans to move up second doses.

Public Health says there is now “limited community spread” in the Central zone. The Eastern, Northern and Western zones continue to be closely monitored for community spread. (Photo courtesy: Communications Nova Scotia)

New Brunswick speeding up appointments for second doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Anyone in New Brunswick who received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine before May 1 can now book an appointment for their second dose.

Earlier Wednesday, Health Canada declared the new inoculation from U.S. biotech firm Moderna safe for use. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Halifax lands funding for new zero emission transit ferry route

The Halifax Regional Municipality is getting a new ferry route that will run from Bedford, N.S. to downtown Halifax and will be in the first zero-emission ferry in Nova Scotia.

Family of Halifax area teen who died of meningitis deserves answers: minister

Nova Scotia's health minister says the Halifax-area family of a 19-year-old who recently died of meningitis has a right to answers about the treatment their son received from the health system.

Interim report demands more crisis training, education and treatment, following suicide of Fredericton teen

The child and youth advocate office in New Brunswick has released an interim report that looks into youth mental health services in the province following the suicide of Fredericton teen Lexi Daken.

People who live near Grand Lake, N.S. want answers on safety of water

People who live on Grand Lake outside Halifax want more information from the province about the blue-green algae contamination in the water and the health risks associated with it.

mRNA vaccine now preferred as second dose following AstraZeneca shot: NACI

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is now recommending that people who received a first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine receive a second dose of an mRNA vaccine, such as Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna.

Bridgewater, N.S. to change street name, citing slaughter of Indigenous people

The town of Bridgewater in southwestern Nova Scotia has joined the growing list of communities that have dropped the name Cornwallis from its street signs, saying the name of the former colonial governor is too closely associated with the slaughter of Indigenous people.

Things are complicated at the N.S.-N.B. border because of varying pandemic restrictions

It's been a while since people have been able to travel between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick under the same set of COVID-19 rules.

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mRNA vaccine now preferred as second dose following AstraZeneca shot: NACI

FILE - A health worker prepares a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination campaign of members of the Emergency Medical Services of Madrid in Madrid on January 12. (Oscar del Pozo/AFP/Getty Images via CNN)

'Taunted and harassed' as a youth, judge Mahmud Jamal receives historic Supreme Court nomination

The judge poised to be the first person of colour on the Supreme Court of Canada says he experienced discrimination 'as a fact of daily life' while growing up. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau nominated Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Mahmud Jamal to the top court Thursday to replace retiring member Rosalie Abella.

As the U.S. sends more Moderna doses to Canada, calls ramp up to reopen border

The U.S. is gearing up to send one million additional doses of the Moderna vaccine to Canada at the same time calls mount on both sides of the border to ease travel and quarantine measures.

B.C. man describes bear attack: 'I'll never forget the clamping force of the bear's jaw'

A Metro Vancouver man survived a terrifying bear attack at a remote mining exploration camp in Northern B.C.

'I don’t want to carry it anymore': Que. residential school survivors try to find peace on land of their ancestors

Indigenous leaders of Algonquins of Barriere Lake First Nation in Quebec are returning to the land of their ancestors, their native language, and traditions as way to heal from the generational trauma caused by residential schools.