Category Archives: News
Price of gas down slightly in Halifax
A small drop in the price of gas in Nova Scotia overnight. The minimum price of regular self-serve gas is down seven-tenths of a cent per litre to $1.291 in the Halifax area. The price of Diesel saw a...
Jun 18, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC
Potential exposure list includes six Central Zone locations
Public Health is advising of a potential exposure to COVID-19 at six locations in Central Zone. Anyone who worked at or visited the following locations on the specified dates and times should book a C...
Jun 18, 2021 Kanijoman / CC
Halifax company running Harbour Hopper loses $4M in pandemic
The CEO of Ambassatours Gray Line, Dennis Campbell, says the tourism company lost $4-million since the Covid-19 pandemic started in 2020. The Halifax-based business, famous for such attractions as the...
Jun 17, 2021 Derek Hatfield / CC
New commuter ferry announced for Bedford-Halifax
The province is unveiling a new commuter ferry route for Bedford and Halifax through a $3.3 million joint investment with the municipal and federal governments. Nova Scotia will invest over $1.1 milli...
Jun 17, 2021 David Lee / CC
Vehicles being targeted in Sackville, Tantallon & Cole Harbour
RCMP say they are getting many calls about thefts from unlocked vehicles in Cole Harbour, Sackville and Tantallon. Between June 1 and June 14, Halifax RCMP received 18 complaints of thefts. A total of...
Jun 17, 2021
Grand Lake blue-green algae advisory expected throughout summer
An advisory is expected to remain in effect for Shubenacadie-Grand Lake throughout the summer. The Department of Environment and Climate Change has issued the blue-green algae advisory after testing c...
Jun 17, 2021 Officials take samples of water at Grand Lake. Photo: Communications Nova Scotia
Expanded free parking hours take effect
The city is expanding free parking hours in a bid to help downtown businesses. Starting Thursday, there's free parking in paid zones after 4 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays until September 10. They're a...
Jun 17, 2021 Parking kiosk in Halifax (Photo: Steve MacArthur)
No Central Zone locations on potential COVID exposure list
Public Health is advising of a potential exposure to COVID-19 at a location in Eastern Zone and two Transit Cape Breton routes. Anyone who worked at or visited the following location on the specified ...
Jun 17, 2021 Kanijoman / CC
Scott Brison On How Nova Scotia Can Grow its Economy Outside of Halifax
Don Mills and David Campbell look at the economic challenges and opportunities in Nova Scotia in the third of a four-part series on provincial economies in Atlantic Canada. This episode features an in...
Jun 17, 2021
New COVID-19 case at Halifax school
Nova Scotia is reporting one COVID-19 case connected to Prospect Road Elementary, Hatchet Lake, in Central Zone. The school will be closed to students until Monday to allow for testing of close contac...
Jun 16, 2021 sergio santos / CC
