Weekly green cart collection starting July 2
**** HRM Media Release Weekly green cart collection starting July 2 The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents that effective Saturday, July 2 (holiday collection for Friday, July 1), weekly organics collection will begin in all communities across the Halifax Regional Municipality. The summer green cart collection service will be in effect for...
39 Projects Approved for Beautification and Community Works Programs
**** CNS Media Release 39 Projects Approved for Beautification and Community Works Programs ———————————————————- Funding from two provincial programs will help municipalities create beautiful, inviting spaces and provide opportunities for people to work within their communities. Through the Beautification and Streetscaping Program, 29 projects that enhance the beauty of communities will share a total of...
How to raccoon-proof your garbage
**** Info via the Toronto Wildlife Centre How to raccoon-proof your garbage The smell of food coming from human garbage, compost, and recycling is irresistible to raccoons. Don’t worry, it is possible to prevent raccoons from getting into garbage cans. Keep garbage secure Keep your garbage inside until pick-up day—organic waste can be kept in...
Sobeys to end Air Miles partnership
Via Sobeys (for those who collect the points) Empire and its select banners across the country, including Sobeys, will be transitioning from AIR MILES to Scene+ beginning in Atlantic Canada in August 2022, and then continue across the rest of Canada culminating in early 2023. More from their site here Partner Update...
National Missing Persons DNA Program supports investigations across the country
**** RCMP Media Release National Missing Persons DNA Program supports investigations across the country Since its start in 2018, the National Missing Persons DNA Program has established more than 50 associations helping in cases of missing persons and unidentified remains. Credit: RCMP When police found human remains in rural Alberta in 1995, they had little information to go on. The...
Sometimes we just need a helping hand
**”* Info via Hope for Wildlife Sometimes we just need a helping hand This curious starling managed to climb into a water cooler jug that was outdoors, and it was trapped inside. A concerned caller contacted us about suggestions on what to do, but they had already smartly done the same thing we would have...
The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC) released its year-end financial results today, June 14.
**** NSLC Media Release Year-End Results ———————————————————— The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC) released its year-end financial results today, June 14. For the fiscal year April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022, total sales were up 3.5 per cent to $820.5 million, with an increase in both beverage alcohol and cannabis sales compared to the...
Hiding in plain sight!
**** Info via Hope for Wildlife Hiding in plain sight! How many fawns can you see sleeping in our small deer field? From a distance, at a predator’s height, it’s almost impossible to tell that there are twelve fawns laying in this patch of grass. Fawns instinctively will lay down to wait for mom and...
Are you interested in being a volunteer firefighter?
**** Info via HRFE Are you interested in being a volunteer firefighter? We’re nearing the end of our recruitment window for fall training, but if you aren’t able to join us in the fall we are still looking for interested applicants for spring recruitment. Visit Halifax.ca/firevolunteers or contact volff@halifax.ca for more information...
Money mule awareness
**** Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre Release Money mule awareness Increasingly, fraud networks are recruiting unsuspecting victims to receive and transfer money from other victims. Being used as a money mule victimizes you, victimizes others and can get you tied into a money laundering scheme and could result in facing criminal charges. What is a money...