Author Archives: Skye Bryden-Blom
Potential COVID-19 exposure list (November 24th)
Health officials are out with their latest potential COVID-19 exposure list, which includes several locations in the Halifax area. Public Health provides COVID precaution notifications and COVID expos...
Nov 25, 2021 (CREDIT: Pixabay)
Rare sighting of mandarin duck in Dartmouth lake
Bird watchers and wildlife photographers have been flocking to Dartmouth to grab snapshots of a rare sighting. Residents have been sharing their photos online of a mandarin duck, which has been swimmi...
Nov 24, 2021 Mandarin Duck. (Jane Brown via Nova Scotia Wildlife Photography Facebook page)
Special weather statement issued for Halifax amid light snowfall
A light blanket of snow has fallen over Halifax on Wednesday. Environment Canada is out with a special weather statement calling for up to 5 cm in Halifax county. It's predicting the flurries will con...
Nov 24, 2021 Aaron Burden / Unsplash
UPD: Woman struck is Dartmouth crosswalk dies
A 27-year-old woman who was struck in a crosswalk Wednesday morning has died. She was rushed to the hospital after getting hit in the 300 block of Pleasant Street at around 8:15 a.m. The driver, a 41-...
Nov 24, 2021 Police lights. (CREDIT: PIXABAY)
Fall storm washes out roads, floods communities in eastern N.S.
While Haligonians wake up to sweep flurries from their cars on Wednesday, a very different scene is greeting neighbours in other parts of the province. A late-night emergency alert was issued to resid...
Nov 24, 2021 Main Street from the Maritime Inn to St. Andrews Street will be closed to motorists. Photo Courtesy: Town of Antigonish
Potential COVID-19 exposure list (November 23rd)
Health officials are out with their latest potential COVID-19 exposure list, which includes several locations in the Halifax area. Public Health provides COVID precaution notifications and COVID expos...
Nov 24, 2021 Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
Drug alert issued for fake cocaine being sold in Dartmouth
A warning from health officials to be on the lookout for a drug being sold as cocaine in the Dartmouth area. Public Health has issued an alert after receiving word from a community-based organization ...
Nov 23, 2021 Nova Scotia Health Drug Alert.
NS Power Crews Continue Work To Restore Outages
Power outages throughout Central Nova Scotia toward Cape Breton this morning. Thousands of Nova Scotia Power customers woke up with no electricity as a fall storm continues to sweep through the region...
Nov 23, 2021
Weather warnings remain in place as messy fall storm sweeps through N.S.
The wet and windy weather continues on Tuesday morning as much of Nova Scotia remains under rainfall and wind warnings. Environment Canada is predicting the Halifax area will see another 15 to 40 mm o...
Nov 23, 2021
Potential COVID-19 exposure list (November 22nd)
Health officials are out with their latest potential COVID-19 exposure list, which includes several locations in the Halifax area. Public Health provides COVID precaution notifications and COVID expos...
Nov 23, 2021 Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
