Category Archives: News

Potential COVID-19 exposure list (December 7th)
Health officials are out with their latest potential COVID-19 exposure list, which includes locations in the Halifax area. Public Health provides COVID precaution notifications and COVID exposure noti...
Skye Bryden-Blom Dec 08, 2021

Halifax under snowfall warning
Haligonians should get the shovel out of the closet and gas up the snowblower. The city is under a snowfall warning and up to 25 cm is expected. The snow is expected to arrive late in the day on Wedne...
Steve MacArthur Dec 07, 2021

COVID-19 Cluster Identified at StFX; No Extra Restrictions For Holidays
Nova Scotia’s Chief Medical Officer of Health says the COVID-19 outbreak in a defined Northern Zone community is winding down. However, Dr. Strang says a new cluster of cases has been identified...
Jakob Postlewaite Dec 07, 2021

N.S. extends Christmas break in schools, reports 22 COVID cases (Dec 7)
Premier Tim Houston says students in public schools will get an extended break over the holidays. He says students will now return to class on January 6. The original date was January 4 but the extra ...
Steve MacArthur Dec 07, 2021

Robbers take smokes, lotto & cash in separate thefts in Halifax
Police are investigating two separate robberies that occurred in Halifax. The first happened on Monday at 6: p.m. when officers responded to a robbery at the Griffins Smoke Shop at 2561 Windsor Street...
News Dec 07, 2021

Halifax OD prevention site funded for another two years
Halifax is getting more funding to continue operating its overdose prevention site in the North End. Direction 180 will receive $250,000 in funding over two years from Nova Scotia Health. The safe inj...
Steve MacArthur Dec 07, 2021

Monument for Viola Desmond will be built in the North End
A pioneer in our country’s modern civil rights movement will soon be prominently displayed in downtown Halifax. A new monument will be built to honour Viola Desmond on Gottingen Street. In 1946,...
Steve MacArthur Dec 07, 2021

Special weather statement issued for N.S. ahead of ‘significant snowfall’
You’re going to want to dig out your shovel and snow boots. Environment Canada is out with a special weather statement for all of Nova Scotia ahead of what it calls “significant” sno...
Skye Bryden-Blom Dec 07, 2021

UPDATE: Classes resume for some schools after power restored
UPDATE: 8 a.m. on December 7th. Several schools are reopening now that power has been restored to many in the Halifax area. The Halifax Regional Centre for Education has amended its list of closures. ...
Skye Bryden-Blom Dec 07, 2021

Fall storm knocks out power to thousands in Nova Scotia
UPDATE: 10 a.m. on December 7th. Nova Scotia Power’s map is showing the bulk of outages have now been restored. Scattered outages remain in the province impacting just over 1,000 customers. ====...
Skye Bryden-Blom Dec 07, 2021





