Category Archives: News
Halifax Fire handing out bottled water in Wellington and Grand Lake
Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency will provide bottled water to residents who draw water from the Grand Lake area and are impacted by the water quality issue. Bottled water can be picked up at the...
Jun 11, 2021 Halifax Fire logo
Blue-green algae likely cause of illness and death from Halifax lake
Provincial officials have announced a blue-green algae bloom is the likely cause of illnesses and deaths in a Halifax-area lake. Deputy Environment Minister Julie Towers says a bloom was observed in G...
Jun 11, 2021 Officials take samples of water at Grand Lake. Photo: Communications Nova Scotia
Police issue 154 speeding, distracted driving, and other vehicle offense tickets this week
Halifax Regional Police officers gave out 154 motor vehicle-related offences between Monday and Thursday. Cst. John MacLeod says 30 were for speeding, one was for stunting, 35 were for using a cell ph...
Jun 11, 2021
Woman arrested for impaired diving with child in the car
Police have charged a 38-year-old woman with impaired driving offenses after a single vehicle crash near Windsor. West Hants RCMP say officers responded to the accident on Highway 1 in Garlands Crossi...
Jun 11, 2021
UPDATE: Crews quickly contain fire at Larry Uteck high-rise
No injuries have been reported after a fire at a high-rise building in Larry Uteck Friday morning. Emergency crews were called to the building's rooftop in the 300 block shortly after 9:30 a.m. The si...
Jun 11, 2021 (Credit: Steve MacArthur)
Police charge man with stunting on Main Street
Halifax Regional Police have handed a man a hefty fine for stunting in Dartmouth. Police say an officer spotted the vehicle on Main Street shortly before 3 p.m. on Tuesday, and its speed was clocked t...
Jun 11, 2021
Green MP Jenica Atwin Joins the Liberals
Fredericton Green MP Jenica Atwin is crossing the floor to join the Liberal Party of Canada. Atwin made the announcement during a Thursday afternoon news conference with Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc. "T...
Jun 11, 2021 Fredericton MP Jenica Atwin is joined by Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc as she announces her decision to cross the floor from the Green Party to the Liberal Party. (Image: Dominic LeBlanc/Facebook video capture)
Vaccine clinic for newcomers to be held at Halifax mosque
The province is opening a special COVID-19 vaccine clinic for newcomers at a Halifax mosque. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang says the clinic at the Ummah Masjid and Community Centre ...
Jun 11, 2021 NIAID / CC
Gas, diesel prices up in Halifax
It's going to cost you a little more to fill up at the fuel pumps in Nova Scotia on Friday morning. In the Halifax area, the minimum price of regular self-serve gas is now $1.298. That's an increase o...
Jun 11, 2021 Jeena Paradies / CC
Potential COVID-19 exposure list (June 10)
Public Health is advising of potential exposure to COVID-19 at various locations in the Central Zone as well as on several Halifax Transit routes. Anyone who worked at or visited the following locatio...
Jun 11, 2021 Kanijoman / CC
