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**** RCMP Media Release Help RCMP solve break, enter and theft Halifax District RCMP is asking for the public’s help to solve a break, enter and theft that occurred in Lower Sackville. Between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. yesterday, suspect(s) entered a home on Raymond Dr. Missing items include a PlayStation 4, a Nintendo Switch […]
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**** Canadian Anti-fraud Centre Release Spear phishing scams involve scammers pretending to be from legitimate sources to convince businesses or individuals to send them money. These scams leverage existing relationships between the person receiving the email and the person sending it. The sender’s address appears to be the actual email address of the source they’re […]
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**** HRFE Release Volunteer during an emergency Regional emergency response In the critical hours following a crisis situation, while local and provincial response agencies are dealing with the immediate and urgent needs of the municipality, residents in affected communities need to be prepared to help themselves and to assist their neighbours, who may have been […]
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**** HRM Media Release Residents urged to stay off frozen lakes and ponds as ice testing concludes The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents that it is no longer safe to be on frozen lakes and ponds as there is noticeable thin ice and open water in many lakes across the region. The municipality is […]
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**** NSHA Media Release NSHA has opened initial COVID-19 assessment centres across the province Nova Scotia Health Authority has opened COVID-19 assessment centres across the province. These assessment centres will further support efforts to identify and contain COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Nova Scotia where, to date, no cases have been confirmed. The dedicated assessment centres are […]
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**** NS Government Media Release Anyone who has travelled outside Canada may have come in contact with the novel coronavirus and should closely monitor their health for 14 days after returning to the country. Travellers who start to feel unwell, should stay at home/self-isolate away from the public. Individuals who develop fever, with a temperature […]
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**** RCMP Release Buying a used vehicle? Make sure the MVI sticker is real by asking for the certificate of inspection. If the seller won’t give you one, it’s a red flag that the sticker might be fake. A Motor Vehicle Inspection (MVI) sticker shows that a vehicle was inspected recently and is safe for […]
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**** RCMP Media Release Three impaired drivers caught in eight hours Antigonish District RCMP has arrested three impaired drivers this past weekend, all within just over eight hours. The three incidents occurred between 4 p.m. on March 6 and shortly after midnight on March 7: March 6, 4 p.m.: Antigonish RCMP responded to a […]
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**** HRFE Release Comfort Centres Following the activation for any municipal emergency management plan: Under the municipal emergency plan (MEP), in conditions that don’t require an evacuation, during an emergency the municipality may establish or support community comfort centers whereby a resident population may visit to receive essential needs like meals, hygiene facilities, electronic device […]
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**** Canadian Wildlife Federation Release CWF encouraged but cautious about new measures to conserve right whales CWF encouraged but cautious about new measures to conserve right whales The federal government’s new measures to conserve right whales are well founded and we are hopeful they will prevent another mortality crisis; however, the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) […]
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