HRP Halloween safety tips

**** HRP Media Release Halloween safety tips ​ Halloween – a night filled with candy, creepy costumes and time with friends – is just around the corner. To ensure that the night is fun and memorable, Halifax Regional Police is sharing these Halloween safety tips: ​ Trick-or-treaters, parents and guardians: Follow normal pedestrian safety rules. […]

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That Halloween Pumpkin you carved is gonna get gross, fast. Let Moo Nay Farms take care of it for you.

Updated with drop off locations via Moo Nay Farms That Halloween Pumpkin you carved is gonna get gross, fast. Let Moo Nay Farms take care of it for you. Each November, they collect your old pumpkins as feed for their farm animals. See below for a list of locations to drop your jack o lanterns, […]

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Nova Scotia Health Vaccine Outreach Clinics offering drop-ins for Pfizer in Central Zone

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release Nova Scotia Health Vaccine Outreach Clinics offering drop-ins for Pfizer in Central Zone Nova Scotia Health’s COVID-19 vaccine outreach clinics will be offering drop-ins for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Halifax, Dartmouth, Cole Harbour, East Preston, Sackville and Musquodoboit to help support vaccine accessibility for residents and nearby community members.​ The […]

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Funding for Pharmacist Assessment to Help Prevent Lyme Disease

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release Funding for Pharmacist Assessment to Help Prevent Lyme Disease —————————————————————- Nova Scotians who get bitten by a tick can now go to their local pharmacy to assess the need for treatment to help prevent Lyme disease. The cost of the assessment will be covered by the government, effective immediately. Nova Scotians […]

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Multi-agency efforts to locate missing boy

**** RCMP Media Release Multi-agency efforts to locate missing boy ​A 10-year-old boy was located safe in the North Preston area on October 27 at approximately 6:36 p.m. He had been reported missing on the night of October 26, prompting a missing person investigation and extensive, multi-agency efforts to find him.​ The efforts to locate […]

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Truro Police charged and 18 year old male with stunting under section 163 of the Motor Vehicle Act

**** Truro Police Release Today while conducting speed enforcement on South Young St. in Truro, Truro Police charged and 18 year old male with stunting under section 163 of the Motor Vehicle Act. The driver of the vehicle, who is from Truro, was observed doing a speed of 127 km/hr in a 50 km/hr zone. […]

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All Graduating Nurses to Get Job Offers

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release All Graduating Nurses to Get Job Offers —————————————————————- NOTE: A statement by Premier Tim Houston, read in the House of Assembly today, October 28, follows the release —————————————————————- Premier Tim Houston announced today, October 28, all nurses graduating from Nova Scotia’s universities and Nova Scotia Community College for the next five […]

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Scotia Shores is hosting the Spooky Downtown Community Clean Up event

Info via the Downtown Dartmouth Business Commission. ???? DO IT IN DARTMOUTH ???? Scotia Shores is hosting the Spooky Downtown Community Clean Up event! ????Saturday Oct. 30th, 11:00am – 1:00pm ????Meet at the Alderney Landing Parking Lot to sign in and get free cleanup supplies! ????️Wear your costumes and get entered to win some spooky […]

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31 New Cases of COVID-19, Five Recoveries

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release 31 New Cases of COVID-19, Five Recoveries —————————————————————- Today, October 28, Nova Scotia is reporting 31 new cases of COVID-19 and five recoveries. There are 17 cases in Central Zone, eight cases in Western Zone, three cases in Eastern Zone and three cases in Northern Zone. On October 27, one school […]

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