Ian Fairclough

4 days ago | saltwire.com | Ian Fairclough

Advertisement 1  •   •  Article contentHalifax Regional Council started consideration of its updated regional plan on Tuesday, making their way through the more than 1,900-page document. The plan is meant to provide a region-wide vision for how growth and development should happen in the municipality’s urban, suburban and rural areas. It will replace the current version of the plan, which was adopted in 2014.

5 days ago | saltwire.com | Ian Fairclough

•   •  Article contentAt 2 p.m. every day between March 15 and Oct. 15, the province’s Department of Natural Resources updates its burn restriction map for Nova Scotia. But there’s more to know than just green means go and red means no. Here’s what you should know about burning brush or having a campfire in Nova Scotia. What is the burn restriction map and how is it determined?

6 days ago | saltwire.com | Ian Fairclough

•   •  Article contentRCMP have charged a Kings County man in connection with a fatal crash last fall that killed two people. The crash on Oct. 12 occurred on a construction zone on Highway 101 in Wolfville, where work on an overpass reduced the highway to one lane, controlled by temporary traffic lights. Just before 8:30 a.m., a transport truck loaded with carrots and travelling eastbound struck four vehicles that were stopped for construction on the highway.

1 week ago | saltwire.com | Ian Fairclough

•  Article contentSearchers plan to be back on the ground Saturday in the area around where two children were reported missing earlier this month. In a release late Friday, RCMP said searchers from ground search and rescue teams and the RCMP will focus on specific areas around Gairloch Road and the nearby pipeline trail, where a boot print was previously located. Lily and Jack Sullivan, ages 6 and 4 years, were reported missing four weeks ago.

1 week ago | saltwire.com | Ian Fairclough

Advertisement 1  •  Article contentAlmost all of Nova Scotia was under a no-burn restriction again Thursday for a second day, as warm, dry weather and brisk winds crossed the province. Burning is only permitted in Yarmouth and Digby counties Thursday, and only after 7 p.m.The low humidity and high winds means it’s easier not only for fires to start in the leaves and other dry material still on the ground, but for it to spread faster.