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**** RCMP Media Release RCMP investigates fatal motorcycle collision Last evening, just after 8 p.m., Halifax District RCMP responded to a single-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle on Old Guysborough Rd. in Goffs. The motorcycle was travelling eastbound and left the roadway. The driver, a 63-year-old man from Enfield, was pronounced deceased at the scene. Old Guysborough […]
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**** HRM Media Release Public Service Announcement Response to COVID-19: Paid parking and enforcement resuming June 1 The Halifax Regional Municipality continues to monitor and respond to the rapidly evolving effects of COVID-19. The municipality had suspended the enforcement of paid and hourly parking across the municipality in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. As […]
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**** SiRT Media Release SiRT Investigation Results in Charges Against HRP Officer ————————————————————— The province’s independent Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) has laid two charges against a member of the Halifax Regional Police. Cst. Jean-Simon Arseneau will appear in Halifax Provincial Court on July 9, 2020 to face charges of pointing a firearm and careless […]
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**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release Two New Cases of COVID-19; Symptoms for Testing Expand —————————————————————– Premier Stephen McNeil and Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health, will provide an update today, May 22, at 3 p.m. Media can participate via teleconference. To get the teleconference details, please register by contacting Blaise Theriault […]
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**** NSHA Media Release Visitor restrictions are in place at all NSHA facilities to help to prevent the spread of COVID-19. These restrictions are reviewed and updated as needed. As of May 22, 2020, the following exceptions to visitor restrictions have been added: Two support people for: people receiving palliative care or medical assistance in dying children […]
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**** NSHA Media Release Three Nova Scotia health research leaders have been appointed to the national COVID-19 Immunity Task Force Leadership Group. Dr. Gail Tomblin Murphy, VP Research & Innovation, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), Dr. Susan Kirkland, Chief of Community Health and Epidemiology, NSHA and Dalhousie University and Dr. Scott Halperin, director of the […]
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**** NOAA Release Busy Atlantic hurricane season predicted for 2020 Multiple climate factors indicate above-normal activity is most likely An above-normal 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is expected, according to forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service. The outlook predicts a 60% chance of an above-normal season, a 30% chance […]
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**** RCMP Media Release Help RCMP solve break, enter and theft of tools Halifax District RCMP is investigating a break, enter and theft of tools in West Chezzetcook. Between 10 p.m. on April 30 and 7:30 a.m., on May 1, a garage and enclosed trailer at a property on Nova Ln. were broken […]
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**** RCMP Media Release Codi Alexander Tyler Langille-Ross wanted by police on province-wide warrant Halifax District RCMP and Halifax Regional Police has obtained warrants for the arrest of a man who has been charged with several offences in Timberlea and Halifax. Codi Alexander Tyler Langille-Ross, 31, of Timberlea, is charged with: · Assault Causing Bodily Harm […]
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**** HRP Media Release Police investigating multiple new reports of thefts from vehicles Halifax Regional Police is investigating multiple reports of thefts from vehicles that occurred over the last month. Since April 21, Halifax Regional Police received 88 reports of thefts from vehicles throughout the region. Police are reminding people to: Lock your vehicle, even […]
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