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**** TRANSPORTATION Media Release Weekly Traffic Advisories (May 28) Note: Each week the local listings are expanded and updated. During the week new and updated tasks are added. Provincial / Municipal HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY: Beaver Harbour Road, Beaver Harbour Beaver Harbour Road, from Trunk 7 southerly for three kilometres, is reduced to one lane for […]
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**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release One Death, 40 New Cases of COVID-19, State of Emergency Renewed —————————————————————- Today, May 28, Nova Scotia is reporting a death related to COVID-19. A woman in her 50s has died in Central Zone. There have now been 80 COVID-19-related deaths in Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia is also reporting 40 new […]
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**** RCMP Media Release Help the RCMP find a stolen mobility scooter On May 19, a potential buyer attended a home on Beaver Bank Rd. in Beaver Bank to look at a battery-powered adult mobility scooter, which had been listed for sale online. The potential buyer took the scooter for a test drive, and then […]
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**** HRP Media Release Police charge man with sexual assault and voyeurism Halifax Regional Police has charged a man with sexual assault and voyeurism in relation to two separate incidents. On May 26, officers arrested Kyle Gordon Wright, 28, of Dartmouth in relation to ongoing investigations. Investigators in the General Investigation Section […]
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**** HRP Media Release Police issue summary offence ticket for failing to follow Health Protection Act Police issued a summary offence ticket to a woman yesterday for failing to follow the Health Protection Act. At approximately 7 p.m. police investigated a report that a woman from Halifax had not been self-isolating as required […]
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**** NSHA Media Release Laboratory services, testing reductions continue due to COVID-19 testing requirements Nova Scotia Health laboratories continue to process a high volume of COVID-19 tests. This means many routine or non-urgent laboratory tests have been temporarily reduced or suspended, including routine blood collection and water testing. People whose tests are required for immediate […]
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**** HRP Media Release Police issue 102 tickets for speeding and other vehicle offences Earlier this week, on Wednesday and Thursday, Halifax Regional Police issued 102 tickets for speeding and other motor vehicle-related offences. Members from the HRP Traffic Unit issued 102 summary offence tickets: 38 for speeding and 64 for other offences […]
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**** NSHA Media Release Potential exposure to COVID-19 at locations in Central Zone, various Halifax Transit bus routes and two flights Nova Scotia Health Public Health is advising of potential exposure to COVID-19 at locations in Central Zone, various Halifax Transit bus routes and two flights. In addition to media releases, all potential exposure notifications are […]
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**** RCMP Media Release Traffic stop leads to arrests and the seizure of a weapon and drugs in Eastern Passage On May 20, Halifax District RCMP conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that led to two people being arrested and the seizure of a weapon and drugs. On May 20, police stopped […]
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**** RCMP Media Release UPDATE: Missing person located The 32-year-old woman who was reported missing from Lower Sackville on May 27 has been located and is safe. The RCMP would like to thank the public for their assistance and retweets on social media.
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