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SHEET HARBOUR: Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital and Harborview Lodge long term care facility in Sheet Harbour are among healthcare facilities closed to patient visitors as directed by Nova Scotia Health Authority.

Women are on the financial frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic as it wipes out service industry jobs and school closures limit child care options and women’s ability to keep working. This is uncharted territory.

Some time in the distant past, a strange new creature poked its head out of a tidal estuary and made the first steps from murky water to muddy shore to become the progenitor of everything on Earth with four limbs.

SHEET HARBOUR: The number of emergency calls are up on the Eastern Shore but the number of residents signing up to become volunteer firefighters is down.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Townships in the county are closing municipal buildings and cancelling meetings as a precautionary measure to the COVID-19 situation.

ELORA – The village normally bustling with activity from tourists and locals was quiet after the province mandated restaurants and bars to close their doors to the public on Tuesday.

People showing up in North Battleford Provincial Court March 19 were told by security staff they weren’t required to attend today and to return in about 10 weeks. In response to COVID-19, Saskatchewan Courts have reduced court operations.

OTTAWA — The federal government is rolling out $27 billion in new spending and $55 billion in credit to help families and businesses get past the COVID-19 pandemic, which has reduced consumer spending, interrupted work life and caused financial pain.

TORONTO — Hundreds of doctors, nurses and activists are calling on provincial governments to ensure immediate access to free health care for new arrivals in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

February 29 only comes by every four years and Mother Nature decided to make it memorable. For the organizers of the Pyrogy Supper and Kaiser Tournament that was scheduled for that evening at the St.