The Q Toy Drive, December 1st and 2nd at the Highfield Park Fire Station!
Via Q104 – The Q Toy Drive, December 1st and 2nd at the Highfield Park Fire Station! Drop off a new unwrapped toy, and the Parker Street Food and Furniture Bank will deliver it safely to a kid who will love it forever. Big thanks to our helper elves at Best Buy, Metro Self Storage...
Did you know that squirrels make mushroom jerky?
**** Info via Hope for Wildlife This cast may be a bit too small to sign… We recently received this orphaned young American Red Squirrel that turned out to have a broken front leg. He seems content with the level of health care he’s receiving. Did you know that squirrels make mushroom jerky? Mushrooms are...
Lest we forget
Some photos from the Sullivan’s Pond Remembrance Day service. Lest we forget. For me, any family and friends, past and present, who are or have served, and to all those past and present, thank you...
Release of the 2023 Fight4Life Firefighters and their Pets Calenda
**** Info via Fight4Life Release of the 2023 Firefighters and their Pets Calenda This year’s event honours our Fallen; those firefighters who have paid the ultimate price in the line of duty. One hundred percent of all calendar sales go to the programs that help currently serving or retired Halifax Firefighters of IAFF Local 268...
NS SPCA Adoptable Highlight – Oakley
**** NS SPCA Release NS SPCA Adoptable Highlight – Oakley Oakley has won the hearts of many with his adorable puppy dog eyes! Oakley is a social butterfly when it comes to people and has the biggest smile and tippy-tappy feet to show just how happy he is. When the time is right Oakley can...
Even by typical mammalian standards, raccoons are a very chatty bunch
**** Info via Hope for Wildlife These two orphaned baby raccoons were brought in last week after their mom was hit by a car. They may be the last baby raccoons we receive for the year, and they will grow up with us over the winter. Thankfully, they have each other for company and to...
SPECIAL FOSTER-TO-ADOPT HOME NEEDED!!
**** Info via Healing Animal SCARS SPECIAL FOSTER-TO-ADOPT HOME NEEDED!! Healing Animal Scars – Sonya’s Cat & Animal Rescue Society is looking for a special foster-to-adopt home for Fern. A foster home that could potentially become her forever home. She cannot be adopted yet because Fern has not been spayed yet. She is still nursing...
If you’re interested in being a volunteer firefighter, stations across HRM could use your help!
Via HRFE – If you’re interested in being a volunteer firefighter, stations across HRM could use your help! There’s still time to apply before training in January. Visit halifax.ca/firevolunteers or email [email protected] for more information...
NS SPCA Adoptable highlight – Nutmeg and Papillon
**** NS SPCA Release NS SPCA Adoptable highlight – Nutmeg and Papillon Nutmeg and Papillon are a bonded pair.Hi! Are you our new family? We are very social bunnies who are used to lots of space to free roam. We LOVE LOVE LOVE veggies, but who doesn’t??We are great at using our litterbox once comfortable...
Another fun year comes to a close at the Alderney Landing Haunted Mansion
Another fun year comes to a close at the Alderney Landing Haunted Mansion **** Info via Alderney Landing Scariest Haunted Mansion wraps up at Alderney Landing Alderney Landing’s annual Bluenose Ghosts Festival kicked off on Friday, Oct. 7. This year’s festival featured the scariest Haunted Mansion in Metro. “East Coast Scares has created the Haunted...