Watch your speed in Timberlea. The speed limit will be going down from 50 km/h to 40 km/h on Governors Lake Drive and other neighbourhood streets. According to a Halifax Regional Municipality release, the reduction is being implemented following provincial approval based on data and a roadway...
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by NewsAn elver fisher from Nova Scotia is hoping things improve under Mark Carney’s Liberals. The baby eel season is open this year with new regulations, including an online tracking tool for catches. The federal government closed it last year due to poaching and violence on rivers. Brian Giroux of...
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by Tim DavidsonSeveral hundred members of the Wabaseemoong Independent Nation have been evacuated to Niagara Falls. That’s because of three wildfires that are threatening their community. Chief Waylon Scott says they would have liked to be closer to the First Nation but there just weren’t any hotels available...
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by CJ GoaterA section of MacDonell Street is set for an extended closure for road and infrastructure improvements. The work is getting underway on Tuesday between Central Avenue and Squier Street. Crews will be installing a storm sewer system, doing curb and gutter work and paving. The project is expected...
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by Jacob MooreYou can now start booking free shingles vaccines, if you’re 65 and older. The first appointments will be May 28, according to a news release from the provincial government. Vaccines cost $200 a dose, and patients will need two doses. Once you get the first, you wait between two and six months to...
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by Tim DavidsonThe Treaty Three Police along with the OPP’s Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau in Kenora have arrested two people following a four-month long investigation into drug trafficking on area First Nations. On Friday, the OPP’s Street Crimes Unit police initiated a traffic stop in the Kenora. About...
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by Caitlin SnowOne hundred and seventy-five more parking spaces are now available to healthcare workers on Halifax’s peninsula. Parking at all hospitals and healthcare facilities across the province became free of charge May 1 but a lot of staff have difficulty finding a spot, with many who still have to pay....
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by CJ GoaterNew traffic lights are being installed at the Park Avenue and Court Street intersection. The intersection will be closed during the work. Construction is taking place Wednesday through Friday. The closure is necessary to safely complete the electrical and structural work involved in upgrading...
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by Tara ClowA new addition on the roof of the Legislative departmental building in Fredericton. Beehives have been installed in honour of World Bee Day on May 20. This initiative is the result of collaboration between Health Minister John Dornan and Francine Landry, Speaker of the legislature. Dornan is a...
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by Caitlin SnowA bomb threat at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Tuesday. Police say they are asking the public to evacuate and avoid the area while agencies investigate. More information including street closures, to come…
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