Health and Wellness

Update BOIL ADVISORY LIFTED IMMEDIATELY BOIL WATER ADVISORY LIFTED IMMEDIATELY. Halifax, Beaver Bank, Middle and Lower Sackville, Upper Hammonds Plains, Hammonds Plains, Bedford, Timberlea, Spryfield, portions of Fall River, Waverley and Herring Cove Boil Advisory lifted immediately. Residential and Commercial customers can resume normal use. – Halifax Water is advising residential and commercial customers that...

Repost **** Halifax Water Release Boil Water Advisory in Effect for Beaver Bank, Middle and Lower Sackville, Hammonds Plains, Bedford, Halifax, Timberlea, Spryfield and Herring Cove This advisory impacts customers in locations serviced by Halifax Water’s Pockwock Lake Drinking Water Treatment Facility. Halifax Water is advising that there is a possibility of unsafe drinking water for...

With a widespread boil water order in parts of the HRM, many retailers are selling out of bottled water and / or already facing some supply issues – Repost – Boil Water Advisory in Effect for Beaver Bank, Middle and Lower Sackville, Hammonds Plains, Bedford, Halifax, Timberlea, Spryfield and Herring Cove ** Release waterfrontmediahfx.the902hxir.ca/72521-2...

Repost **** Halifax Water Release Boil Water Advisory in Effect for Beaver Bank, Middle and Lower Sackville, Hammonds Plains, Bedford, Halifax, Timberlea, Spryfield and Herring Cove This advisory impacts customers in locations serviced by Halifax Water’s Pockwock Lake Drinking Water Treatment Facility. Halifax Water is advising that there is a possibility of unsafe drinking water for...

**** Halifax Water Release Boil Water Advisory in Effect for Beaver Bank, Middle and Lower Sackville, Hammonds Plains, Bedford, Halifax, Timberlea, Spryfield and Herring Cove This advisory impacts customers in locations serviced by Halifax Water’s Pockwock Lake Drinking Water Treatment Facility. Halifax Water is advising that there is a possibility of unsafe drinking water for customers...

**** Recall via Health Canada Daikin, Amana and Goodman-branded heat pumps recalled due to risk of excessive heat exposure Affected products This recall involves the following Daikin, Amana and Goodman-branded heat pumps (the recalled units can be identified through the model number located on the serial plate on the side of the unit) Issue A...

**** CNS Media Release Free Tuition for Paramedics, Emergency Medical Responders —————————————————————————————– Nova Scotia will cover full tuition costs for more than 460 people who want to become a primary care paramedic or emergency medical responder. In return, paramedics must work in the province for four years and emergency medical responders must work here for...

**** Info via DNR There has been a report of blue-green algae at the following location: ➡️Mortons Lake, Hammonds Plains. – It Is Important For People To Know About And Watch For Blue-Green Algae While Enjoying Nova Scotia’s Freshwater Shorelines ** Release https://waterfrontmediahfx.the902hxir.ca/67202-2...

**** NS Government Release Tick safety Ticks like moist and humid environments and can be found in or near woods, shrubs, leaf litter, long grass, urban parks and gardens. They are very small, which makes them hard to spot and their bites don’t hurt, which makes it difficult to know when you’ve been bitten. Tick-borne...

‘*** HRFE Release Repost – Fireworks by-laws and safety What are Consumer Fireworks? Consumer fireworks are low-hazard and restricted to recreational use.  They include items like roman candles, sparklers, fountains, volcanoes, mines and snakes. Other Types of Fireworks Include: Display fireworks are high-hazard and restricted to professional use.  They include items like aerial shells, cakes...