Author Archives: Skye Bryden-Blom
NSCAD requiring students to get double vaxxed
You'll need to be double vaxxed if you're heading to NSCAD this fall. It's the latest school in Halifax to require students to have rolled up their sleeves twice before heading to class. NSCAD says it...
Aug 31, 2021 NSCAD Fountain Campus on Duke Street Street in Halifax. (CREDIT: NSCAD)
Man escapes police custody in Dartmouth
A man wanted in connection with a federal police investigation has escaped from custody in Dartmouth. The Mounties say Karin Marley Simons was arrested Monday morning as part of an investigation being...
Aug 31, 2021 Karin Marley Simons. (CREDIT: RCMP)
Potential COVID-19 exposure list (August 30)
Public Health is warning of potential COVID-19 exposures at four locations in Halifax and on one West Jet flight. Anyone who worked at or visited the following locations on the specified dates and tim...
Aug 31, 2021 Kanijoman / CC
Dartmouth Conservative candidate resigns amid sexual assault allegations
The Dartmouth Cole Harbour candidate for the federal Conservative Party has resigned amid reports of inappropriate sexual contact. Troy Myers has stepped down after serious allegations of sexual assau...
Aug 30, 2021 Troy Myers. (CREDIT: Facebook)
MLA swearing-in ceremony at Province House Monday
Nova Scotia's MLAs are getting ready to take their seats. They'll be sworn in at Province House starting at 1 p.m. on Monday. Due to public health measures, the occasion will be divided into smaller c...
Aug 30, 2021 Province House. (CREDIT: novascotia.com)
Monster storm Ida hammers Louisiana, 16 years after Katrina
You might be waking up with your thoughts down south on Monday morning. Hurricane Ida hammering Louisiana Sunday, on the same date Katrina ravaged the region 16 years ago. The National Hurricane Centr...
Aug 30, 2021
Potential COVID-19 exposure list (August 29)
Public Health is advising of a potential exposure to COVID-19 at several locations in the Halifax area and on two Air Canada flights. Anyone who worked at or visited the following locations on the spe...
Aug 30, 2021 Kanijoman / CC
Missing woman charged in connection with Millbrook murder
A woman who has been missing since a murder in Millbrook has now been arrested in connection with the homicide. Investigators determined a 42-year-old Sipekne'katik man had been killed at a home on Gl...
Aug 27, 2021
Potential COVID exposure list (August 26)
Public Health is warning of potential exposures to COVID-19 in the Northern Zone and on several flights. Anyone who worked at or visited the following location on the specified date and times should b...
Aug 27, 2021 Kanijoman / CC
No change in Halifax gas prices
No change at the gas pumps in Halifax on Friday. The minimum price of regular self-serve remains at $1.317 cents per litre. It will still cost you $1.207 per litre for Diesel.
Aug 27, 2021 (CREDIT: Pixabay)
