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Students in Nova Scotia will learn from home for one week. Learning centres will remain open and in-person learning will resume on January 17. Premier...

Schools will still be open for the students who use learning centres

Food insecurity is on the rise across the Maritimes as the COVID-19 pandemic rolls on, making the work of food banks in the region more important than ever.

The “Pump Up The Jam” burger was the Millstone Public House’s creation for Halifax burger week. During the 10 day event, burger sales went up 60 per cent at their three locations.

  HALIFAX -- For his birthday this month, nine-year-old Dawson Horsman did what he's done of the past three years – raise money to buy food for those in need. This time, he outdid himself, gathering so much food he was running out of space for it at home. "We were having it in my room, then we brought it into the living room, and then the hallway, and then we made a giant pyramid," says Dawson. His final donation to Feed Nova Scotia was a whopping 780 kilograms of food. "Because it's more important for people to have food, than it is to have presents," he says.