Category Archives: News
NSLC store in Lower Sackville closed due to COVID exposure
The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation says it's temporarily closing one of its stores in Lower Sackville due to a COVID-19 exposure. The NSLC has been notified of a low-risk exposure at its Downsview Pla...
Jun 18, 2021 (Credit: NSLC)
Schools have faced a dozen closures since reopening
Two weeks after students returned to class following the third wave, there have been a dozen additional closures due to COVID-19 cases connected to schools. Schools across the province reopened June 3...
Jun 18, 2021 Alan Levine / CC
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
