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**** Via HRM Found pets currently in the care of Halifax Animal Services If you recognize your missing pet, please contact Animal Services at 3-1-1 from anywhere within the municipal boundary or 1.800.835.6428 toll-free outside of the municipal boundary but within Nova Scotia. Update – Home!  Breed: Labrador Retriever Gender: Male Description: Chocolate and grey Location:...

**** Via Hope for Wildlife See a hare, leave it there! The natural world is a complicated place, and to us humans many baby wild animals don’t always grow up the way we may expect them to. Knowing how wild animals raise their young will help prevent separating the babies unnecessarily from their mom. Take...

**** CNS Media Release Outdoor Learning Spaces Enrich Student Life ———————————————————————————————————- Schools across Nova Scotia are benefitting from new or enhanced outdoor learning spaces. Over the past year more than 100 projects, from outdoor classrooms and gardens to picnic spaces and games areas, have been developed at schools across the province. “Outdoor time and physical...

**** Via HRM Found pets currently in the care of Halifax Animal Services If you recognize your missing pet, please contact Animal Services at 3-1-1 from anywhere within the municipal boundary or 1.800.835.6428 toll-free outside of the municipal boundary but within Nova Scotia. Breed: Chicken Gender: Hen Description: Brown and red Location: Oceanview School Road, Eastern...

Let’s keep our parks clean Spring is certainly in the air and many people are headed out to enjoy the sun and warmer temperatures. Let’s all do our part to keep litter from ruining a good day. If you bring it with you, take it back with you and dispose of your trash properly...

**** HRP Media Release Make March the month to become fraud savvy March is National Fraud Prevention Month and Halifax Regional Police wants you to become fraud savvy. From emails claiming your bank account has been compromised to phone calls advising you’ve won a free cruise, fraudsters will use any opportunity to get their hands...

**** DND Media Release Canadian soldier of the First World War identified The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have identified human remains recovered in Vendin-le-Vieil, France, as those of Lieutenant Francis Henry Hemsley, a Canadian soldier of the First World War. The identity was confirmed through historical, genealogical, anthropological, archaeological...

**** RCMP Media Release RCMP is reminding business owners to beware of targeted scams The Nova Scotia RCMP is alerting business owners on how to recognize and avoid targeted email scams, also known as spear phishing. Spear phishing is one of the most common types of frauds targeting businesses. Nova Scotians lost over $354,000 last...

**** Via Bide Awhile Can I crash at your house? In preparation for kitten season, Bide Awhile are looking to build the foster base. As a foster, you will provide a temporary home for moms, babies, and/or kittens while they grow big enough for their surgery day and adoption. Materials and veterinary care are provided...

**** Justice Media Release Comprehensive Policing Review Update A comprehensive review of the policing structure in Nova Scotia continues to move forward. Attorney General and Justice Minister Brad Johns announced the successful consultant, engagement advisory committee members and a new co-chair today, March 13.   “Police officers work in every corner of Nova Scotia, keeping our...