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**** NSHA Media Release Potential exposure to COVID-19 on several Halifax Transit bus routes Nova Scotia Health Public Health is advising of potential exposure to COVID-19 on several Halifax Transit bus routes. In addition to media releases, all potential exposure notifications are listed here: http://www.nshealth.ca/covid-exposures. Anyone who worked at or visited the following location on […]
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Turtle power! A young snapping turtle (20 – 30 years old) faced multiple hurdles today as the instinct to move drove the little dinosaur to move from one lake to a nearby connecting lake. Problem one was a joining pipe which had a grate. The turtle repeatedly tried to find a way in, which would […]
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**** NSHA Media Release Public Health’s Mobile Unit adds Tantallon and Eastern Passage to their COVID-19 testing locations this week Public Health’s Mobile Unit are adding Tantallon and Eastern Passage to their growing list of locations for COVID-19 testing this week in efforts to keep COVID-19 under control in Nova Scotia. Public Health’s mobile units […]
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**** DND Media Release Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Harry DeWolf becomes the First Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship Commissioned by the Royal Canadian Navy The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has officially welcomed into service the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship, Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Harry DeWolf, with the time-honoured tradition of a Commissioning Ceremony. This […]
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**** HRM Media Release Kinap Beach closed to swimming due to high bacteria levels in the water The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents that Kinap Beach in Porters Lake is closed to swimming until further notice due to high bacteria levels in the water. Municipal beaches open for the summer season on […]
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**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release 11 New Cases of COVID-19, Nine Recoveries, Delta and Gamma Variants Identified —————————————————————————————————————- Today, June 26, Nova Scotia is reporting 11 new cases of COVID-19 and nine recoveries today, June 26. All of the cases are in Central Zone. Ten are close contacts and one is related to travel. The close […]
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**** NSHA Media Release Public Health Mobile Unit to offer additional COVID-19 testing in Halifax this weekend Public Health’s Mobile Unit will be offering community-based COVID-19 testing in Halifax’s North End this weekend to provide additional testing opportunities to the community. Testing people who show no symptoms of COVID-19 (asymptomatic testing) is one of the […]
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**** Truro Police Release The Truro Police Service and Colchester East Hants Ground Search and Rescue (GSAR) will be conducting a search of the waterways and beaches in the Old Barns area this Saturday. This search is in relation to our ongoing efforts to locate Dylan Ehler, who went missing in May 2020. There is […]
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**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release 16 New Cases of COVID-19, 15 Recoveries, State of Emergency Renewed —————————————————————- Today, June 25, Nova Scotia is reporting 16 new cases of COVID-19 and 15 recoveries. Fifteen of the cases are in Central Zone. Eleven are close contacts and four are related to travel. The close contacts are within a […]
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**** HRM Media Release Albro Lake Beach closed to swimming due to high bacteria levels in the water The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents that Albro Lake Beach in Dartmouth is closed to swimming until further notice due to high bacteria levels in the water. Municipal beaches open for the summer season […]
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