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Safety upgrades coming to 65 intersections in HRM

1 week ago | thelaker.ca | Pat Healey |Patrick Healey

HALIFAX: The Halifax Regional Municipality is upgrading 65 intersections across the region to high-visibility zebra crosswalks. The crosswalk upgrades are part of an overall goal to adapt all signalized intersection crosswalks to zebra crosswalks. This work supports the Road Safety Strategy by improving pedestrian safety at key locations. After conducting an evaluation of the effectiveness of zebra markings, the municipality formally adopted their use at all signalized intersections in 2024.
Weekly Traffic Advisories for N.S.

1 week ago | thelaker.ca | Pat Healey |Patrick Healey

HALIFAX: The projects listed below are planned road and bridge work. For the most up-to-date provincial traffic notices, follow @511ns on X at https://x.com/511ns, call 511 or visit: https://511.novascotia.ca/NEW WORK—INVERNESS COUNTY: East Street, Port HoodEast Street from Trunk 19 to the end of pavement will be reduced to one lane for paving, ditching and culvert replacement from Monday, June 23, until Saturday, August 30.
N.S. investing in new boat school at Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

1 week ago | thelaker.ca | Pat Healey |Patrick Healey

HALIFAX: The new Boat School taking shape at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic will expand opportunities for young Nova Scotians. The facility will help the museum meet growing demand for the boatbuilding and watercraft programs it offers to underserved youth. For the past decade, these popular programs have been delivered in small boat sheds at the museum, which is part of the Nova Scotia Museum family.
COLUMN: Too many disabled Canadians are quietly denied the right to make a Will

1 week ago | thelaker.ca | Pat Healey |Patrick Healey

The following is distributed by QUOI MEDIA and used with permissionBy Max S.J. ShilletoAcross the country, a basic legal right is being denied — not by statute, but by assumption. People with autism, cerebral palsy, or other cognitive and developmental disabilities are often presumed incapable of making a Will. These assumptions don’t come from the courts. They come from the professionals who are supposed to help: lawyers, advisors, institutions, families. And they’re wrong.
Stunting charge laid on Hwy 118 in Waverley

1 week ago | thelaker.ca | Pat Healey |Patrick Healey

WAVERLEY: A 26-year-old man has been charged for stunting following an incident on June 20. At approximately 10 a.m., a member of the Traffic Unit observed a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed, outbound on Highway 118 between Dartmouth Crossing and Fall River. The officer observed the vehicle’s speed at 152 km/h in a 100 km/h zone.
Fall River break-and-enter under investigation

1 week ago | thelaker.ca | Pat Healey |Patrick Healey

FALL RIVER: Police are asking for the public’s help in its investigation of a break-and-enter in Fall River. Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay said that on June 6 at approximately 7 p.m., RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment responded to a report of a break-and-enter at a home on James Ave. in Fall River. “RCMP officers learned that a window at the back of the home had been broken and that jewelry had been taken,” said Cpl. Tremblay.
Police investigating theft of vehicle in Beaver Bank

1 week ago | thelaker.ca | Pat Healey |Patrick Healey

BEAVER BANK: RCMP continue to investigate a theft of vehicle incident in Beaver Bank. The theft took place on June 6 in the Rivendale Drive area. It was posted on HRM Crime Mapping and so The Laker News inquired with RCMP for more info if there was any available. Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay said that RCMP officers have identified the parties involved in the incident. “We continue to gather information as the investigation continues,” he said.
Thunderbirds score big for mental health, QEII Abbie J. Lane Gymnasium

1 week ago | thelaker.ca | Pat Healey |Patrick Healey

HALIFAX: The Halifax Thunderbirds have capped off their most successful season yet with a powerful win off the field — raising an incredible $88,542 for mental health care at the QEII Health Sciences Centre. The team’s fundraising efforts throughout the 2024-2025 NLL season have completed funding for the long-awaited transformation of the gymnasium at the QEII’s Abbie J. Lane Building — a mental health space critical to the wellness and recovery of patients.
Patrolling officer notices suspicious activity at construction site

1 week ago | thelaker.ca | Pat Healey |Patrick Healey

GOFFS: A RCMP Halifax Regional Deatchment officer was on patrol pon June 5 when he observed something he didn’t expect. Cpl. Guillaume Trembaly, spokesman for the RCMP, said the officer noticed that a gate allowinga ccess to a construction site was open. The constriction site is located on Old Guysburough Road in Goffs. “The officer contacted the contractor and it was determined that some gas jugs and a chop saw had been stolen,” said Cpl. Tremblay.
Province announces more child-care spaces for Eastern Shore

1 week ago | thelaker.ca | Pat Healey |Patrick Healey

EASTERN SHORE: Families in the Lake Charlotte area of Halifax Regional Municipality are getting improved access to child care. The province is providing about $1.9 million to support the creation of 72 new child-care spaces at a new centre that will be operated by the YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth.