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**** Info via Environment Canada Air quality special statement issued Smoke is causing or expected to cause poor air quality and reduced visibility. Smoke from wildfire may be reducing local air quality. Locations: near Tantallon in Halifax Metro County Short range wind forecast: westerly 30 km/h with gusts to 50, becoming northwest 20 gusting to […]
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Urgent update UPDATE: the fire has now spread, and an evacuation order is now issued for Yankeetown (Highland Park) subdivision, Hammonds Plains. Evacuation ordered for Westwood Hills subdivision, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia due to ongoing multiple structure and forest fires. All residents in Westwood Hills ordered to evacuate. Comfort Centre opened at Blackpoint Community Centre, […]
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**** RCMP Media Release Do you recognize these people? Between 11 p.m. on May 27 and 2:10 a.m. this morning, a business on Government Wharf Rd. in Eastern Passage was broken into multiple times. Investigators would like to identify and speak to these four people as part of the investigation. Please call Halifax District RCMP […]
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Please remember to take your pets! Via RCMP Residents of Westwood Subdivision in Tantallon. Please immediately evacuate your homes due to an out of control fir. Evacuation route is Windsor Dr. to Hammonds Plains Rd. Emergency alert to be issued by @NS_DNRR via EMO imminently. RCMP officers on scene assisting with evac. (photo contributed) Via […]
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Via DNR Attention provincial park campers: Effective immediately, Sun. May 28, campfires are prohibited at provincial parks in Southwestern NS due to fire index. Campfires are not permitted at Blomidon, Ellenwood Lake, Graves Islands, Rissers Beach & Thomas Raddall until further notice. This ban applies to provincial parks in Annapolis, Digby, Kings Lunenburg, Queens, Shelburne, […]
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**** Info via DNR Provincial Burn Restrictions for May 28, 2023 2:00 pm to May 29, 2023 8:00 am. Burning restrictions by county also available by toll free phone line, recorded message updated daily: 1-855-564-2876(BURN) Burning Rules And Regulations In HRM ** Release Burning Rules and Regulations in HRM
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**** NS SPCA Release NS SPCA Adoptable Highlight Hawthorne Hawthorne Approx Age: 8 years Gender: Female Site: Dartmouth Hawthorne is an extremely independent kitty who would be very good as an only cat, and she loves chin scratches and catnip. She’s very shy at first but once she warms up to you, she’ll be in […]
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**** Info via Environment Canada Climate change, air contaminants, and your health (Repost) Nothing could be more fundamental to your health than the quality of the air you breathe. In Canada, air pollution and aeroallergens have significant implications for health. Health impacts include lung disease, heart disease and lung cancer. It is now well-established by […]
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A wild ride and a rude awakening early this morning in Fall River after a vehicle left Hwy 2 and ended up in a home. No injuries from the home occupants and minor injuries of the driver reported. Technical teams from Stn 3 and 7 were called in to secure the structure. (photos & info […]
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**** HRP Media Release Missing Person: Located Halifax Regional Police would like to advise the media and public that the female reported missing from this afternoon has been located safe. Halifax Regional Police would like to thank the media and the public for their attention to this incident.
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