Author Archives: Skye Bryden-Blom

If you have plans to hit the beach you may want to avoid Lake Banook. Halifax Regional Municipality is out with a risk advisory for Birch Cove Beach due to a possible blue-green algae bloom. Residents...

RCMP say a senior has been charged with assault and other offences after a man was threatened with a gun in Upper Tantallon. Police received a report of an argument at a home on St. Margaret's Bay Roa...

The union representing city workers who were caught up in Wednesday's violent protest says they were not on board with the removal of the temporary homeless shelters. The scene quickly erupted into ch...

Nova Scotia could see the impacts of Tropical Storm Henri next week. Environment Canada is out with a tropical cyclone information statement for the province ahead of the storm, which is currently chu...

Gas prices have taken a small drop at the pumps in Halifax overnight. The minimum price of regular self-serve gas fell 2.8 cents per litre to $1.317. Diesel is down 1.1 cents. It now costs a minimum o...

Public Health is advising of potential exposures to COVID-19 at several locations in the Halifax area and the province's Northern Zone. The possible exposures also include one Air Canada flight and th...

Nova Scotia's community law clinic is condemning the actions taken by the city on Wednesday to tear down temporary crisis shelters for the homeless. Dalhousie Legal Aid Service says efforts to remove ...

Halifax Regional Police have issued a statement to say their actions on Wednesday were made in the interest of public safety. Police say municipal staff and officers were on-site to ensure the safe re...

Public Health is warning of potential exposures to COVID-19 in the Central and Western Zones. Anyone who worked at or visited the following locations on the specified dates and times should book a COV...

Multiple arrests, police in riot gear, and chaos in downtown Halifax. Protests started soon after the city announced on Wednesday they were going to dismantle all tents and crisis shelters on municipa...