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06.05.2021 / 21:05

Nova Scotia sets another daily COVID-19 record with 182 cases

Nova Scotia sets new daily record with 175 COVID-19 casesRankin said the restrictions imposed last week when the province went into a two-week lockdown were harsher than the measures taken during the first wave of the pandemic last year.On April 27, the province ordered the closure of schools, malls, gyms, bars, restaurants and most retail stores – and it closed its borders to all non-essential travel.Rankin also doubled the maximum fine for those caught violating the province’s public health rules, including a ban on travel between municipalities.Earlier Thursday, police in two Nova Scotia communities confirmed they had laid charges in connection with COVID-19 restrictions.Health and Wellness Minister Zach Churchill also confirmed that to

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Early childhood educators in Nova Scotia renew annual call for equal pay

“economic security” campaign calling on Education Minister Zach Churchill to commit to a province-wide salary scale for ECEs, along with improved — and guaranteed — benefit and pension packages for all.Churchill was not immediately available to comment on this story, but Nickerson said he has acknowledged ECEs’ calls for equal compensation.Over the past two years, a group of eight people representing the sector has been making recommendations to his department, some of which were posted on the government’s website.Discussions on sector-wide pensions in particular, however, were stymied by the COVID-19 pandemic.“They say they had the intention to start actually realizing some of those things, wages, pensions, benefits, anyway COVID put a

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Nova Scotia education minister under pressure to release school ventilation test results

promised inspections, repairs and upgrades would be completed on those systems as part of the plan to make schools safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.The education department assures the work has been done, but without the results in front of them, Nova Scotia Parents for Public Education — an online advocacy group with more than 17,000 members — says families are being left in the dark.“We want to know that there are measures in place, we want to know that if we were to come across some outbreaks, there is some sense of security in the schools,” said Stacey Rudderham, co-chair of the group and a mother of two junior high school students in Fall River, N.S.“It is concerning, especially because this is the time of year where they expect more

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N.S. Education under pressure to release school air quality data

Nova Scotia’s education minister is under pressure to release the results from ventilation inspections in schools across the province. Zach Churchill promised the inspections, repairs and upgrades as part of the plan to make schools safe during COVID-19.

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Spike in COVID-19 cases renews parent concerns about keeping Halifax-area schools open

COVID-19 case numbers continue to rise in the Halifax area, some parents say the provincial government should shut down local schools until the worst of the second wave passes.More than 150 people responded to the question from Global News on the Facebook page, Nova Scotia Parents for Public Education. Many said the education department should close schools in the province’s epicentre of the pandemic — the Halifax Regional Municipality — until Christmas or later.Others, however, argued facilities should remain open for children’s mental health, and some called for additional online learning resources that give children the option of staying home.

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Nova Scotia to spend $21M on new laptops for school students learning from home

‘It’s how the premier rolls,’ NSTU leader says after premier downplays concerns in schools Last week, two schools in the HRM reported the province’s first cases of COVID-19 in the education systems which promoted Public Health to close both Auburn Drive High in Cole Harbour and Graham Creighton Junior High in Cherry Brook for two weeks.“They are day one of learning from home and teaching from home,” said Wozney, “and they are making it up as they go.”At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 26 per cent of families in Nova Scotia said they had technology challenges with at-home learning.Black and Indigenous families were more likely to face these challenges, the province said. N.S.

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Nova Scotia puts response plan in place for potential COVID-19 exposures in schools

COVID-19 exposures in school. Nova Scotia reports no new coronavirus cases Wednesday, 6 active cases remain “I want to welcome our new and returning students and staff back to school in what will be a year to remember,” said Zach Churchill, minister of education and early childhood development, said at a briefing alongside Dr.

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Nova Scotia group demanding better back-to-school plan from province

NS Families for Public Education launched a petition Saturday to demand a better back-to-school plan from the province before kids start classes on Sept. 8.The group has more than 17,000 members on Facebook, and it welcomes “everyone who wishes to improve public education in Nova Scotia.”“As families and parents, students, and concerned citizens, we demand a clear and concise back-to-school plan that meets all federal public health guidelines.

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Parents call on Nova Scotia business community to support action on back-to-school concerns

Students coming to Nova Scotia from outside Atlantic bubble to receive mandatory coronavirus tests The current plan has students and staff returning to full capacity on Sept.

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Parents, educators rally in Halifax seeking clarity on Nova Scotia’s back-to-school plan

coronavirus pandemic.They also lined up in single file to show much space is required to walk students from one classroom to another while keeping six feet between them.

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‘Irresponsible and blatantly false’: N.S. premier calls out April Fool’s Day prankster

Nova Scotia’s premier is calling on residents to be wary of misinformation floating around online on April Fool’s Day.

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