Tag Archives: Nova Scotia
Big change in gas prices coming Tuesday night
Expect a significant swing in gas prices Tuesday at midnight. The province's gas regulator will use its interrupter clause - which means a change of at least six cents per litre. The clause is used wh...
Nov 30, 2021
Many unhoused in Halifax will not be out of the cold by Christmas
Residents in Halifax who have been living in tent cities will not be brought out of the cold for the holidays. The latest update from the municipality says the nine modular units being brought in to h...
Nov 30, 2021 Temporary homesless shelter. (CREDIT: Halifax Mutual Aid via Twitter)
Potential COVID-19 exposure list (November 29th)
Health officials are out with their latest potential COVID-19 exposure list. Public Health provides COVID precaution notifications and COVID exposure notifications, where your self-isolation and testi...
Nov 30, 2021 Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
Volunteers needed to assemble rapid COVID-19 test kits for kids
Some peace of mind if your kids have been waking up with the sniffles. The province is expanding its "Test to Protect" program to help increase access to COVID-19 testing for kids and detect new cases...
Nov 29, 2021 Lucia Macedo / Unsplash
Wet weather to hit Halifax and flood-stricken parts of N.S.
A messy system is going to drench our province with more rain. Environment Canada is out with a special weather statement for most of Nova Scotia, including the Halifax area. The rain will begin on Mo...
Nov 29, 2021 Cape Breton Highlands National Park. (CREDIT: Communications Nova Scotia)
Potential COVID-19 exposure list (November 28th)
Health officials are out with their latest potential COVID-19 exposure list. Public Health provides COVID precaution notifications and COVID exposure notifications, where your self-isolation and testi...
Nov 29, 2021 Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
Stakeholders Share Thoughts On Potential Price of Lobster
As fishers in Nova Scotia prepare for the upcoming season, the opening price of lobster is a major question. So far the window for the season to open early in LFA 33 and 34 has closed, they’re r...
Nov 26, 2021
You can now book a COVID-19 shot for your kids
You can now book an appointment for your kids to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Appointments are available on Nova Scotia Health's booking site as of Friday morning for children between the ages of five an...
Nov 26, 2021 NIAID / CC
N.S. mass shooting drives 30-year spike in murders in Canada
Murders in Canada spiked to a 30-year high last year, which was driven in part by the Nova Scotia mass shooting. New data from Statistics Canada shows there were 743 murders last year, which is the hi...
Nov 26, 2021
Slight drop in Halifax gas prices
You'll notice a small drop in the price of gas at the fuel pumps in Halifax on Friday morning. The price of regular self-serve gas has dropped nearly 1 cent per litre to $1.39. Diesel now costs $1.38 ...
Nov 26, 2021 (CREDIT: andreas160578 from Pixabay)
