Tag Archives: Nova Scotia
Mobile COVID-19 testing available in all four zones this week
Public Health's Mobile Units will be offering drop-in COVID-19 testing in all four zones this week. Health officials say testing people who show no symptoms of the virus has been one of the main tools...
Aug 03, 2021 Chris Yarzab / CC
Frozen Mango Recall Linked To Hepatitis A Outbreak
An investigation is ongoing by The Public Health Agency of Canada, provincial public health partners, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Health Canada after an outbreak of Hepatitis A infections ...
Aug 03, 2021
Another tornado touches down in Nova Scotia
Researchers confirming Nova Scotia has been hit by another twister thanks to some help from a seasoned storm chaser. The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University in Ontario says the tornado to...
Jul 30, 2021 Credit: Michelle Anthony Facebook
Driver doing 70 km/h over the speed limit on Barrington in Halifax
A 33 year-old was pulled over going nearly 70 kilometres per hour over the speed limit on Barrington Street in Halifax. Police say they caught the guy over the lunch hour doing 117 in a 50 zone. His v...
Jul 29, 2021 siddhu2020 / CC
Earwigs A Common Sight This Summer
If you have spent anytime in your backyard this summer, you may have found uninvited guests, that have you earwigged out. Assistant Professor of Agriculture at Dalhousie University Paul Manning says t...
Jul 28, 2021
Wildfire smoke continuing to impact Nova Scotia's air quality
Another hazy day is expected in Halifax on Wednesday. The special air quality statement remains in effect for all of Nova Scotia. Environment Canada says smoke from the wildfires burning out west has ...
Jul 28, 2021 BLMIdaho / CC
Potential COVID-19 exposure list (July 27)
Public Health is advising of potential COVID-19 exposures at one location in the Eastern Zone and on one Air Canada flight. Anyone who worked at or visited the following location on the specified date...
Jul 28, 2021 sergio santos / CC
Report: Prisoners concerned over time spent in lockdown
Prisoners in Nova Scotia say they're spending too much time in lockdown. The East Coast Prison Justice Society has released a new report on conditions at provincial jails following talks with incarcer...
Jul 27, 2021 Jail Cell. (CREDIT: Pexels)
Halifax hit with special air quality statement due to wildfire smoke
Environment Canada is out with a special air quality statement for the Halifax area along with the rest of Nova Scotia. The national weather forecaster says smoke from forest fires in Western Canada m...
Jul 27, 2021 BLMIdaho / CC
Black candidate's campaign sign set on fire in Truro
Campaign signs for a Liberal candidate running in rural Nova Scotia have been vandalized, including one that was chopped up and burned. Tamara Powell, the first Black candidate to run for MLA in Truro...
Jul 26, 2021 Liberal Candidate Tamara Powell's vandalized signs. (CREDIT: Lenore Zann via Facebook)
