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**** RCMP Media Release Fatal motor vehicle collision at Franey Corner Lunenburg District RCMP is investigating after a fatal motor vehicle collision on the Forties Road near Franey Corner. At approximately 5:30 p.m. yesterday, police, EHS and New Ross Fire Dept. responded to a motor vehicle collision on the Forties Road near Franey Corner. Police […]
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**** HRM Media Release Municipal Overnight Winter Parking Ban will be enforced 1-6 a.m., Jan. 30 The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents that the overnight winter parking ban will be enforced from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. (in both Zone 1 – Central and Zone 2 – Non-Central), to allow crews to properly […]
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**** HRM Media Release Storm impacts and preparedness tips The Halifax Regional Municipality continues to monitor the weather forecast, with a complex weather system expected to move into the Halifax region tomorrow. Current forecasts indicate snow beginning Saturday morning, changing to ice pellets, freezing rain and rain in the afternoon. This system will […]
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**** HRP Media Release Missing Person Located The 44-year-old woman that police had requested assistance in locating on January 28 has been located and was safe. We thank the public and media for their assistance and concern.
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**** CNS Media Release Highway Border Blockades Banned Under New Order ——————————————————— The Province today, January 28, issued a directive under the Emergency Management Act prohibiting protesters from blockading Highway 104 near the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border. The directive also applies to people who stop or gather alongside Highway 104, the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border, […]
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**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release Healthcare Students and Instructors to Support Long-term Care and Acute-Care Sectors ———————————————————– Post-secondary leaders, healthcare students and instructors are stepping up to support long-term care and acute-care patients and residents. Long-term care and acute-care settings are experiencing staff shortages because of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus and ongoing vacancies. […]
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**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release 10 New Hospital Admissions, Six Discharges, One Death —————————————————————- Today, January 28, Nova Scotia is reporting 10 new hospital admissions and six discharges. Nova Scotia is also reporting one death related to COVID-19: a man in his 60s in Western Zone has died. “It’s never easy to learn that another Nova […]
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**** RCMP Media Release RCMP charge five people in drug trafficking investigation The Yarmouth/Clare RCMP Street Crime Enforcement Unit (SCEU) has charged five people in a drug trafficking investigation after executing a search warrant at a home on Parade St. for the second time in three months. On January 24, Yarmouth/Clare SCEU, executed a search […]
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**** CNS Media Release Province Extends Ban on Ending Leases for Residential Renovations —————————————————————- The Province is protecting renters by extending the ban on ending a residential lease for the purpose of renovations. “We are extending the ban so our most vulnerable citizens continue to be protected during the pandemic,” said Colton LeBlanc, Minister of […]
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**** NSHA Media Release Nova Scotia Health vaccine outreach clinics offering drop-in vaccines in Central Zone Nova Scotia Health’s COVID-19 vaccine outreach clinics will be offering drop-in vaccines in Central Zone next week to help support vaccine accessibility. The outreach vaccine clinics are focused on providing first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Nova […]
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