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Lack of oversight for N.S. fire school symptom of 'Wild West' reality: fire expert
Growing safety concerns at the Nova Scotia Firefighters School have prompted questions about oversight, and some say highlight larger issues with the fire service the province has left unaddressed for decades.
Canada -Nova Scotia |
Halifax readies new Dartmouth homeless site
As work wraps up at the new designated homeless encampment off Windmill Road in Dartmouth, nearby residents and business owners are calling for strong safety plans before people move in.
Canada -Nova Scotia |
Destroyed Halifax heritage building will be replaced by nearby historic home
A Halifax developer will move a historic building into the empty lot where a heritage home was destroyed last year,but one advocate says the incidentshows stronger protections are needed for the province's oldest and most storied properties.
Canada -Nova Scotia |
Halifax RCMP say lessons from Upper Tantallon wildfire have helped police in Jasper
On Wednesday, Insp. Don Moser presented the RCMP's after-action report of the wildfire last May to the city's board of police commissioners.
Canada -Nova Scotia |
Halifax names longtime officer as new police chief
A longtime Halifax Regional Police officer has been hired to lead the municipal force, and will be the city's first permanentBlack chief in HRP history.
Canada -Nova Scotia |
N.S. government seeks consultant to craft sample bylaws for coastal protection
The Nova Scotia government is sharing more details about how it will help municipalities handle coastal protection, months after abandoning legislation that would have brought in provincewide rules.
Canada -Nova Scotia |
Halifax looks to protect 2 key watersheds with new plans
Halifax is considering a new way to better protect lake and river systems in the municipality, and residents would be among those leading the way.
Canada -Nova Scotia |
Nova Scotia municipalities differ on how to handle people in RVs
Shaun Allen is among a growing number of Nova Scotians turning to RVs or trailers as permanent housing amid the housing crisis. But there's a patchwork of rules across the province, and municipalities differ on whether it's legal to allow them permanently at all.
Canada -Nova Scotia |
Chester walks back proposed density increase to village core
Municipal staff are scaling back proposed density in the Village of Chester, after an outpouring of concern from residents led councillors to reject current plans.
Canada -Nova Scotia |
N.S. fire chief questions lack of emergency support, alert delay in recent flooding
As questions remain about why an emergency alert wasn't requested by any municipality during the recent flash flooding in Nova Scotia, one fire chief says there wasn't enough support from local emergency officials who don't appear to have followed their own policies.
Canada -Nova Scotia |