COVID-19 community spread in Amherst area: residents encouraged to stay home when sick, get tested, and get vaccinated

Friday, November 5, 2021

There are signs of COVID-19 community spread in the Amherst and Cumberland County area as a result of the clusters in Nova Scotia Health’s Northern Zone. Public Health is asking you to follow these measures to protect your community and yourself from further spread of the virus:

1.     Stay home if you’re sick.

            If you or your family members have symptoms, keep them home. COVID-19 symptoms are:

·      A new or worsening cough

            OR two or more of the following: 

·      Fever (chills, sweats)

·      Runny nose/nasal congestion 

·      Sore throat

·      Headache

·      Shortness of breath (difficulty breathing)

2.     Get tested.

PCR Testing

If you have symptoms, get a PCR test, even if you are fully vaccinated. Stay isolated until you receive a negative test result. Visit https://covid-self-assessment.novascotia.ca/en or call 811 to book an appointment at:

Amherst COVID-19 Testing Centre

34 Prince Arthur Street

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week

Appointments recommended, limited drop-ins available. 

New Glasgow COVID-19 Testing Centre 

678 East River Road, New Glasgow

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week

Truro COVID-19 Testing Centre (Rath Eastlink Community Centre, Seniors’ Clinic Entrance)

524 Abenaki Road, Truro

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week

Rapid Testing

If you don’t have symptoms and haven’t been exposed to COVID-19, you can access rapid testing at:

Maggie's Place

11 Elmwood Drive, Amherst 

·     Friday, November 5 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

·     Saturday, November 6 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

·     Sunday, November 7 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Test-to-protect take-home rapid testing (through public schools)

If you have children in school, use the test-to-protect take-home rapid tests, even if your child has only one symptom.

3.     Get vaccinated and encourage loved ones to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

We encourage all eligible Nova Scotians to get fully vaccinated as soon as possible.

Drop in to:

·     any NS Health drop-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic, listed at: https://www.nshealth.ca/drop-in-vaccine-clinics

·     a Pharmacy Association of NS COVID-19 vaccine walk-in clinic, listed at https://pans.ns.ca/walk-covid-19-vaccine-clinics

Or book an appointment:

·     online at https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus/book-your-vaccination-appointment/

·     or call 1-833-797-7772.

Thank you for your help to protect your community by preventing further spread of COVID-19 in the Amherst and Cumberland County area!

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About Nova Scotia Health 

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Now accepting applications for the 2022 spring session!

Deadline: December 15, 2021

For more information contact "H" Division RCMP Recruiting at HdivRecruiting@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Millbrook Students and Parents

On-Reserve lunch cheques will be available Friday, November 5th 21, 9-12 noon and Monday, November 8th 21, 9 to 430pm. After 4:30pm, any leftover cheques will be put in the mail.

Off-Reserve lunch cheques will be going out in the mail today.

The SPCA will be at the Millbrook Gym at 852 Willow St in Millbrook on Monday, November 8th, 2021. On a first come first serve basis, Millbrook community members can bring their dog or cat for:

·      Wellness exam

·      Flea/Parasite treatment

·      Vaccination

Participants bringing their pet for wellness checkups and vaccines, MUST NOT currently have an established relationship with a local veterinarian. If you have taken your pet to see a vet in the past 12 months for the following you would not be eligible:

*Vaccines and booster vaccines

*Medical reasons- illnesses/ injuries

*Additional wellness examinations/check-ups

SPCA staff will be asking this question when you arrive.  

There is no charge for pet owners for this service.

When: Monday, November 8th, 2021

Where: Millbrook Gym, 852 Willow St, Millbrook

Time: 9:30 am to 3 pm ( we will take a ½hour lunch at 12:30 ) 

Please have your dogs on a leash and cats in a carrier or a leash, if your dog is nervous around strangers, you may be asked to place a muzzle on your pet for the safety of everyone.

Please wear your mask!

Attention Millbrook band members that require a confirmation for your November 2021 Millbrook Enterprise Credit (MEC) application.  Please contact Jay Martin or Theresa Leblanc at the Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq, 902-895-6385, toll free 1-877-892-2424 or by email: membership@cmmns.com (shared email);   We will need your full legal name, date of birth, band registration number and your permission to share this information with the Millbrook band.

Membership delivers confirmation letters to the Millbrook band office once a week.  This week’s delivery date is Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 (Note: this is the deadline for direct deposit – if you want your confirmation letter delivered to Millbrook in order to meet the direct deposit deadline, contact us no later than 2pm on November 3rd, 2021.)

Jay Martin & Theresa Leblanc

Band  Membership Department

The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq

PO Box 1590

Truro NS   B2N 5V3

Toll free:  1-877-892-2424

November Newsletter available here

Public Service Advisory

Nova Scotia Health Vaccine Outreach Clinics offering drop-ins for Pfizer in Amherst, Wallace and Elmsdale next week

October 27, 2021

Nova Scotia Health’s COVID-19 vaccine outreach clinics will be offering drop-ins for the Pfizer vaccine in Amherst, Wallace and Elmsdale next week to help support vaccine accessibility for residents and nearby community members. 

The clinics are open to anyone age 12+ for their first or second dose* at the following locations, at the following times:

Amherst Youth Centre (17 Lawrence St.)

Monday, Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Drop-ins only.

Wallace Community Centre, (13938 Rte. 6)

Tuesday, Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Drop-ins only.

Lloyd E. Matheson Centre (15 Commerce St., Elmsdale)

Wednesday, Nov. 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Drop-ins only.

*To be eligible for a second dose, it must be 28 days or more since the first dose, or 21 days or more if the first dose was Pfizer.

Community members will be asked to provide their health card number (if they have one) and ID at the vaccine clinic.

For those with mobility challenges, special needs, and/or have significant anxiety about needles, please notify clinic team members on site. Having this information helps the clinic team better offer support. 

All eligible Nova Scotians are encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible. 

For a list of other drop-in vaccine clinics available across the province, please visit https://www.nshealth.ca/drop-in-vaccine-clinics.

Up-to-date information around COVID-19 cases and resources can be found at www.novascotia.ca/coronavirus. 

The Millbrook Election Committee (MEC) is seeking input to help in the drafting of Millbrook's Custom Election Code.

The MEC is a community-based group of band members, with diverse backgrounds, tasked with developing a custom leadership selection process that will replace the Indian Act election process.

The group has been meeting since January of 2021 and is nearing completion. Please answer the following questions to help the MEC with their policy development.

Responses will be kept completely anonymous and confidential.

LINK: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DGVHPNK

With the 1919 land claim settled, Millbrook is committed to being strategic in its expenditures and investments. The trust agreement outlines several ways in which funding can be spent: (1) Economic Development, (2) Purchase of new lands, and (3) Community infrastructure/betterment.

Millbrook Chief and Council would like your input to help guide the decision-making process, as it applies to spending the 1919 land claim settlement dollars.

Follow the link below to the Land Claim Expenditure Survey and share your thoughts.

The purpose of the survey is to identify and rank community priorities, as they apply to how Chief and council invest the land claim trust funds.

The polls close on November 12th at 4:00.

October 20, 2021

Nova Scotia Health’s COVID-19 vaccine outreach clinics will be offering drop-ins for the Pfizer vaccine in Upper Stewiacke, Merigomish and Masstown next week to help support vaccine accessibility for Nova Scotians.

The clinics are open to anyone age 12+ for their first or second dose* at the following locations, at the following times:

Upper Stewiacke Fire Hall (5336 Hwy. 289)

Tuesday, Oct. 26 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Drop-in only

Merigomish School House Community Hall (1682 Shore Rd, Merigomish)

Wednesday, Oct. 27 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Drop-in only

The Peg (across from Masstown Market - Exit 12, Trans Canada Hwy, Masstown)

Friday, Oct. 29 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Drop-in only

*To be eligible for a second dose, it must be 28 days or more since the first dose, or 21 days or more if the first dose was Pfizer.

Community members will be asked to provide their health card number (if they have one) and ID at the vaccine clinic.

For those with mobility challenges, special needs, and/or have significant anxiety about needles, please notify clinic team members on site. Having this information helps the clinic team better offer support. 



All eligible Nova Scotians are encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible. 

For a list of other drop-in vaccine clinics available across the province, please visit https://www.nshealth.ca/drop-in-vaccine-clinics.

Up-to-date information around COVID-19 cases and resources can be found at www.novascotia.ca/coronavirus

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The RJ MacIsaac engagement session scheduled for Oct. 21st is being postponed out of respect for the late John (Jock) Asprey and his family.

New data TBD.

The Millbrook Health Centre in Partnership with Community Resource Centre is now accepting names from young women in Grades 7 & 8.

Program is for 6 weeks on Thursday After school (3:30-5:15pm) with Facilitators Gudd Tomer (Community Resource Worker) & Tammy Bernard (Life coach & Wellness Counsellor).Transportation and snacks will be provided.Every participant will receive a gift at the completion of the program.

To sign up please call the Millbrook Health Centre at 902-895-9468 or Colin Bernard at 902-890-4365 to Register.

• Grant application -- https://www.millbrookband.com/forms-policies-bylaws, scroll down to FORMS, Administration and select the current Millbrook Treaty Credit Application form.

• Band members LINK to access the monthly and mid-month newsletter/bulletin.
  https://www.millbrookband.com/news

Public Service Advisory

Nova Scotia Health offering drop-in vaccine clinic at locations in Northern Zone next week

October 13, 2021

Nova Scotia Health’s COVID-19 vaccine outreach clinics will be offering drop-ins for the Pfizer vaccine in Pugwash, Stewiacke, Advocate Harbour and Truro next week to help support vaccine accessibility for residents and nearby community members. 

The clinics are open to anyone age 12+ for their first or second dose* at the following locations, at the following times:

Pugwash Fire Hall (11057 Highway 6, Pugwash)

Monday, Oct. 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Drop-in only

Stewiacke Community Centre (111 Highway 2, Stewiacke)

Tuesday, Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Drop-in only

Advocate Fire Hall (4176 Highway 209, Advocate Harbour)

Wednesday, Oct. 20 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Drop-in only 

Dalhousie Agricultural College - MacRae Building (135 College Rd., Truro)

Thursday, Oct. 21 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Drop-in only

*To be eligible for a second dose, it must be 28 days or more since the first dose, or 21 days or more if the first dose was Pfizer.

Community members will be asked to provide their health card number (if they have one) and ID at the vaccine clinic.

For those with mobility challenges, special needs, and/or have significant anxiety about needles, please notify clinic team members on site. Having this information helps the clinic team better offer support. 

All eligible Nova Scotians are encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible. 

For a list of other drop-in vaccine clinics available across the province, please visit https://www.nshealth.ca/drop-in-vaccine-clinics.

Up-to-date information around COVID-19 cases and resources can be found at www.novascotia.ca/coronavirus

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Public Service Advisory

Nova Scotia Health and Halifax Public Libraries partner to host vaccine outreach clinics

October 13, 2021

Nova Scotia Health is partnering with Halifax Public Libraries to offer drop-in vaccine clinics at several library locations in the Central Zone to help support vaccine accessibility.

The clinics will be open to drop-ins for the Pfizer vaccine to anyone age 12+ for their first or second dose* at the following locations, at the following times:

Keshen Goodman Public Library

330 Lacewood Drive, Halifax 

Arabic interpreter on-site, free parking available.

Wednesday, Oct. 13 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Captain William Spry Public Library

16 Sussex Street, Halifax

Arabic interpreter on-site, free parking available.

Monday, October 18 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Tantallon Public Library 

3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon

Free parking available.

Monday, October 18 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Halifax Central Library

5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax 

Paid underground parking or street parking.

Tuesday, October 19 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Sackville Public Library

636 Sackville Drive, Lower Sackville

Free parking available.

Tuesday, October 19 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

JD Shatford Public Library

10353 St. Margaret’s Bay Road, Hubbards

Free parking available.

Monday, October 25 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Woodlawn Public Library

32 Eisener Boulevard, Dartmouth

Free parking available.

Wednesday, October 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Halifax North Memorial Library

2285 Gottingen Street, Halifax

Street parking.

Wednesday, October 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

*To be eligible for a second dose, it must be 28 days or more since the first dose, or 21 days or more if the first dose was Pfizer.

Community members will be asked to provide their health card number and ID at the vaccine clinic.

For those with mobility challenges, special needs, and/or have significant anxiety about needles, please notify clinic team members on site. Having this information helps the clinic team better prepare to offer support. These sites are wheelchair accessible.

All eligible Nova Scotians are encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible. 

For a list of other drop-in vaccine clinics available across the province, please visit https://www.nshealth.ca/drop-in-vaccine-clinics.

Up-to-date information around COVID-19 cases and resources can be found at www.novascotia.ca/coronavirus

Saturday Morning October 16th, 2021

Between 9:00 am and 11:00 am

The Intersection at exit 13A Southbound will be temporarily re-routed through the power centre via Treaty Trail and through our residential area including Tower Road, Glooscap Drive, Clinton Drive, and Truro Heights Road while the building is being moved.

For more information, please contact James Stevens at 1(902)890-1840.

Public Service Advisory

Nova Scotia Health Vaccine Outreach offering drop-in clinics at the Halifax Convention Centre 

Nova Scotia Health’s COVID-19 Vaccine Outreach clinic is set up at the Halifax Convention Centre this week to help support vaccine accessibility for Nova Scotians.

The clinics will be open to drop-ins for the Pfizer vaccine to anyone age 12+ for their first or second dose* at the following location, at the following times:

Halifax Convention Centre (Pfizer)

1650 Argyle St.

Thursday, Oct 7 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 8 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

Drop-ins only

*To be eligible for a second dose, it must be 28 days or more since the first dose, or 21 days or more if the first dose was Pfizer.

Community members will be asked to provide their health card number and ID at the vaccine clinic.

For those with mobility challenges, special needs, and/or have significant anxiety about needles, please notify clinic team members on site. Having this information helps the clinic team better prepare to offer support. These sites are wheelchair accessible.

All eligible Nova Scotians are encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible. 

For a list of other drop-in vaccine clinics available across the province, please visit https://www.nshealth.ca/drop-in-vaccine-clinics.

Up-to-date information around COVID-19 cases and resources can be found at www.novascotia.ca/coronavirus 

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