As of today, Nova Scotia has six active cases of COVID-19 doubling the count from Friday. 

The Nova Scotia Health Authority issued a COVID-19 alert for people who flew West Jet flight 254 on October 17th from Toronto to Halifax.

The long-delayed public inquiry in response to the April tragedy in Nova Scotia is preparing to start its work.

The fate of community arenas appeared on the agenda of Oxford Town Council last evening. Councillors received a letter from the Municipality of Pictou County—the original was sent to Premier Stephen McNeil.

Outgoing Oxford Mayor Trish Stewart presided over her last Town Council meeting this evening. 

Three new commissioners will be sworn in tonight at the monthly meeting of the Pugwash Village Commission.

Oxford Town Council meets tonight but the new mayor will be sitting in the online gallery.

Nova Scotia Health has issued a potential COVID-19 exposure alert for passengers on two Toronto to Halifax flights:

The community events listings here at Six Rivers News are out of whack. Most are recurring events that happened every week or on a regular rotation. All were thrown out of sync with COVID-19.

Health Canada's free COVID Alert App is now available in Nova Scotia. The smartphone app provides alerts when exposed to the coronavirus among app users.