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Vaccinations open to 30+ Apparently the province has opened vaccinations up to the next-youngest age group, people ages 30 to 34. There hasnt been an official announcement, and the words on the vaccine booking website still say only people 35 years old and older can register, but The Coast is reporting that "quick-with-the-keyboards millennials discovered that appointments were open for their cohort," and the booking site will actually allow the 30-to-34 group to in. Strankin briefing at 3pm ...

17 days The province successfully applied to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia for an injunction to stop anti-vax and/or anti-mask protests. Apparently some people had been organizing a rally for Saturday—a rally doubtless intended to bring together more than a single household of idiots, who would crowd together without masks, chanting slogans demanding that chief public health doctor Robert Strang stop trying to protect the publics health. The injunction prevents t...

Updates including briefings, infections and our daily map of community COVID-19.

What happened to Nova Scotia’s COVID case count, and how it got back on track.

Updates including briefings, infections and our daily map of community COVID-19. That whole backlog situ We lived under the backlog for nearly two weeks, as wave after wave of issues hit. First the province had 45,000 too many tests to process, then it had too much testing data, and the whole time it was impossible to know how bad Nova Scotias pandemic was, exactly. Now that the backlogs finally cleared, Victoria Walton looks back to explain what was going on. Add the story to the top of ...

Ada’s new $12 million community center, library now open to the public Updated 4:19 PM; Today 4:19 PM The exterior of the new Amy Van Andel Library – Ada Community Center at 7215 Headley St. SE. (Photo provided by Bill Herbst) Facebook Share ADA TOWNSHIP, MI -- The new, $12 million Amy Van Andel Library – Ada Community Center is now open to the public. The two-story, 25,786-square-foot building near Amway headquarters received a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony Thursday morning, M...

Nova Scotia’s third wave of COVID-19 is like nothing the province has seen before. Nova Scotias pandemic started in 2020 with an intense first wave of infections, then its settled down so much that the second wave in December was more like a ripple. But things changed again, and a massive third COVID wave arrived in April. It took the disease 407 days—more than a year—to infect 2,000 Nova Scotians, and just 15 days to get 2,000 more, pushing past a milestone 4,000 cases on May 10. Th...

Royal Oak’s DDA manager to helm Birmingham Shopping District Sean Kammer is the new executive director of the Birmingham Shopping District, coming from the Downtown Development Authority in Royal Oak. Photo provided by Erika Bassett, public relations specialist for the Birmingham Shopping District Advertisement BIRMINGHAM — Last week, the Birmingham Shopping District board of directors appointed a new executive director for the organization who has plenty of downtown commerce experience....

Don’t be fooled because only buses and flights are on the warning list.

Kristin Terry, Director, Macomb Downtown Development MACOMB, IL-City of Macomb Office of Downtown Development recognizes Mr. Sweeper as a Historic Downtown Legacy Business Enterprise. Mr. Sweeper, located at 204 N. Lafayette Street, has been locally owned and operated by Lowell and Janet Armstrong since 1986. Mr. Sweeper repairs most brands, sells new and refurbished vacuums and has all the cleaning accessories and products that you need right here in Historic Downtown Macomb. “Thank you for ...