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**** NSHA Media Release Increased wait times at emergency departments during summer months Emergency departments throughout Nova Scotia are seeing higher numbers of patients than prior to the third wave of COVID-19. We anticipate patients will experience longer waits for care through the summer. If you are experiencing an emergency, please do not […]
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**** HRP Media Release Police lay over 150 charges against two men in relation to 23 incidents Investigators in the General Investigation Section of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division have charged two men in relation to 23 incidents that occurred throughout the Halifax region over the last month. On July 8, officers with […]
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**** HRP Media Release Police charge two people following drug investigation Police have charged two people in relation to a drug trafficking investigation in Halifax. On July 15, investigators in the Guns and Gangs Unit of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division, with the assistance of officers assigned to the Drug Unit, conducted a traffic stop […]
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Weekly Traffic Advisories (July 16) Note: Each week the local listings are expanded and updated. During the week new and updated tasks are added. Every week a new post is started with fresh info but previous posts may be still valid. Municipal **** HRM Media Release Road Construction – Highway 7 Location: Highway 7 from Hillsboro […]
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**** HRP Media Release Police on scene of sudden death Police are on-scene of a sudden death in Halifax. At approximately 4:50 a.m. police responded to a report of a sudden death in a residence on Payzant Avenue in Halifax. The investigation is in the early stages and additional information will be […]
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**** HRP Media Release Police charge man in robbery Halifax Regional Police charged a man in connection with a robbery that occurred on July 15th in Dartmouth. At 8:45pm on July 15th,2021 Halifax Regional Police officers were investigating a weapon call in the 0-100 block of Leaman Dr in Dartmouth whereby a male […]
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**** NSHA Media Release Nova Scotia Health expands drop-in clinic options Nova Scotia Health is expanding the number of community vaccine clinics to offer the Moderna vaccine as a drop-in option. The drop-in option (no appointment necessary) is for the Moderna vaccine only, due to increased supply. Moderna is interchangeable with Pfizer […]
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**** ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE CHANGE Release Northern Pulp Effluent Treatment Plant Project to Undergo Class II Environmental Assessment ———————————————————— Northern Pulp’s effluent treatment plant project will undergo a Class II environmental assessment. The company’s proposal involves changes to the pulp mill itself, as well as the design and construction of a new effluent treatment plant. “The changes […]
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**** Info via Halifax Water Water Service Advisory – Spring Garden Road – Water Main Repair Halifax Water crews are on-site working to repair a water main on Spring Garden Road, Halifax. Construction work in the area damaged the water main. Water service will be temporarily shut down on Spring Garden Road between South […]
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**** LANDS/FORESTRY Release Nova Scotia Sending Wildfire Crews to Help Provinces Battling Fires Nova Scotia has answered the call to help fight wildfires in Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia. Twenty-three Department of Lands and Forestry wildland firefighters and one agency representative will fight alongside other crews to gain control of forest fires that are currently […]
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