Category Archives: News

Thousands without power in Bedford area (update 4:30 p.m.)
Thousands of people are without power in the Halifax area. Nova Scotia Power is reporting a large outage is impacting about 5,000 people living on Larry Uteck It's a planned outage to replace a power ...
Steve MacArthur Feb 08, 2022

Quebec Liberal MP Criticizes Pandemic Policies
A Quebec Liberal MP has criticized his own government’s approach to the pandemic claiming it stigmatizes and divides people. Joel Lightbound, who represents the Quebec City area riding of Louis-...
Allan Dearing Feb 08, 2022

New Program to Help First Responders’ Mental Health
A new program aimed at improving the mental health of Nova Scotia’s first responders and other public safety personnel launched today. PSPNET, a free, confidential program is designed for parame...
Zach Pottie Feb 08, 2022

Halifax: 53 people fined in one-day over gathering limits, tickets total $128,000
Police in Halifax have handed out nearly $130,000 in fines to people not following the rules surrounding gathering limits. In total, 53 people were charged in the same day in two separate incidents. P...
News Feb 08, 2022

Police investigate delivery of suspicious envelopes to City Hall
A delivery of suspicious envelopes has been made to City Hall. Halifax Regional Police have launched an investigation after getting a report of the delivery shortly before 8 p.m. on Monday. “At ...
Skye Bryden-Blom Feb 08, 2022

Wanda Robson, sister of civil rights pioneer Viola Desmond, passes away
The youngest sister of civil rights activist Viola Desmond has died. Wanda Robson passed away over the weekend. Desmond was arrested in 1946 for refusing to leave a whites-only section of a New Glasgo...
Steve MacArthur Feb 08, 2022

Northern Pulp Revitalization Project Makes Another Step Forward
A new and improved Northern Pulp is getting closer to fruition. The public consultation period on the draft terms of reference which Northern Pulp must use to prepare its Class II environmental assess...
Zach Pottie Feb 08, 2022

New poll finds many Atlantic Canadians do not support ‘Freedom Convoy’
A new poll shows nearly two-thirds of Atlantic Canadians are against the trucker convoy protest in Ottawa. Leger says 63 per cent of respondents to its poll “The Freedom Convoy and Federal Polit...
Skye Bryden-Blom Feb 08, 2022

Police warn against unnecessary travel due to icy roads
Halifax Regional Police are asking you not to head out onto the roads on Tuesday morning unless absolutely necessary. They’ve issued a travel advisory on Twitter reporting there are icy road con...
Skye Bryden-Blom Feb 08, 2022

N.S. To Maine Ferry Service To Return In May
We have a start date for the Nova Scotia to Maine ferry service. The CAT will set sail again on May 19th. It will run four days a week until June 22nd, leaving Yarmouth at 9:30 a.m. each day, and retu...
Kevin Northup Feb 08, 2022





