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**** Weather statement and warning via Environment Canada ****** ENDED Strong winds that may cause damage are expected or occurring. Maximum gusts: northeasterly 80 km/h, except 100 along parts of the coast. Locations: Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia. Time span: Beginning after midnight tonight along the South Shore, Saturday morning for Halifax Region, and Saturday […]
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**** HRP Media Release Police Investigate Robbery – Halifax At 2:55 p.m., Halifax Regional Police responded to a robbery that had just occurred Home Depot 367 Lacewood Drive Halifax. Staff reported approached a male suspected to be shoplifting saw blades who produced a box-cutter knife and fled to a waiting dark pickup truck. No one was injured […]
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**** RCMP Media Release Have you seen this dump truck or know this person? Halifax District RCMP is asking for the public’s help to locate a stolen dump truck and to identity a suspect. Between 8:55 p.m. and 9: 15 p.m. on February 24, a dump truck was stolen from a business parking […]
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**** HRM Media Release Public Service Announcement Residents invited to celebrate International Women’s Day at Halifax Central Library The Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax Public Libraries and the African Nova Scotian and Racially Visible Women’s Network, are inviting residents to celebrate International Women’s Day 2020 at Halifax Central Library on Monday. The free event will celebrate […]
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**** HRP Media Release Police warn public of potent synthetic opioid found in Halifax Police are warning the public of a highly potent synthetic opioid that was seized in a drug trafficking investigation in Halifax last month. Over a two-week period in February, investigators in the Guns and Gangs Unit of the Integrated Criminal […]
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**** Info via the CRA Know how to recognize a scam There are many fraud types, including new ones invented daily. Taxpayers should be vigilant when they receive, either by telephone, mail, text message or email, a fraudulent communication that claims to be from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) requesting personal information such as a social […]
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**** Info via Natural Resources Tick safety There are several kinds of ticks in Nova Scotia, but only the blacklegged tick carries the bacteria and virus that cause tick borne diseases, such as Lyme disease. Ticks like moist and humid environments and can be found in or near woods, shrubs, leaf litter, long grass, urban […]
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**** HRP Media Release Halifax Regional Police Bully Hotline Support & advice to address bullying: call or text 902-490-SAVE (7283) email [email protected] The team is available 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday. After hours and on weekends, please leave a message and a team member will get back to you the next business day. Students: You don’t […]
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**** HRP Release Did You Know – When a transit bus is pulling from the side of the road and has it’s signal on, a driver must yield to the bus! NS MVA Sec 124A (1) In this Section, “transit bus” means a transit bus of a class prescribed by the regulations. (2) The driver […]
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**** EDUCATION/EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT Media Release School Organized Trips to International Destinations Cancelled Today, March 4, Nova Scotia’s Regional Centres for Education collectively decided to cancel all school organized student trips to international destinations until April 30. This includes all school organized trips to international destinations scheduled for March Break. This was a difficult decision […]
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