With the worst of Hurricane Fiona behind us, the city is in recovery mode. As of Monday afternoon Nova Scotia Power is reporting almost 175,000 customers without power, and there are still many Halifax roads blocked by fallen trees and debris. (Tuesday evening, that NSP number is down to 117,000 customers.) In other words, it’s […]
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Hurricane Fiona updates the Sunday after the storm
The sounds of whirring chainsaws and buzzing generators are filling the streets of Halifax as the city recovers from Hurricane Fiona, which made landfall as a post-tropical storm near Canso in the early hours of the morning on Saturday. While writing this story I’m surrounded by the sounds of people chatting and eating a much-needed […]
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When the ’canes come
Editor’s note: This story was originally published on June 17, 2010. It has been edited to remove outdated information. Atlantic Canada is the last stop on the path of Caribbean-formed hurricanes, if they even make it this far. We will often see wet weather as the storms lose speed and strength and shuffle across the province. […]
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Where to find emergency shelter in Halifax during Hurricane Fiona
Emergency shelters are opening Friday afternoon for people living in tents or sleeping rough to stay for the duration of Hurricane Fiona. For people who need to leave their homes, evacuation centres across the municipality will open this evening. Further locations will be announced as needed. Comfort centres will open on Saturday and their locations […]
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Hurricane Fiona will be “a storm for the ages”
“Historic” is the word Environment Canada meteorologist Bob Robichaud is using to describe the hurricane that’s barreling toward Nova Scotia. “It’s going to be a storm that everyone remembers once it’s all said and done,” he says in a news conference on Thursday afternoon. This sentiment was echoed by John Lohr, the provincial cabinet minister […]
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Updated: What Hurricane Fiona means to Halifax’s weekend plans
Have you bought some bottled water yet? Or figured out how you’ll fill the time once the power goes out? Yep, Hurricane Fiona is on its way—currently forecast to hit Nova Scotia with major wind and rain starting Friday, September 23, with landfall happening near Cape Breton on Saturday, September 24—and will affect Halifax to […]
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The top 5 “Halifax’s freshest memes” from the past 5 years
In the life of a university student in Halifax—or anyone in the city with a love for meme culture—there has been a reliable provider of LOLs for the past five years. @dal_memes made its first Instagram post on November 16, 2016. By the end of September 2021, the account—which is not affiliated with Dalhousie University—celebrated […]
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Hurricane Teddy bears down on Nova Scotia
Update Wednesday September 23: Teddy came ashore around 7:30 this morning near Ecum Secum, more than 100 kilometres east of downtown Halifax. No longer a hurricane, the post-tropical cyclone brought wind and rain as promised, but nothing like the damage feared or witnessed last year with Dorian. Halifax Transit was rolling and sailing at noon, […]
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Harbour rising: Halifax’s harbourfront in 2100, come hell or high water
As the eye of Hurricane Dorian spun around Halifax Harbour like a cocoon, it could have been any other grey day in Nova Scotia—were it not for the building floating in the water in Herring Cove. The large boathouse was home to Thomas Reyno’s three boats, two tubes and 45 years worth of memories. Now […]
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Lessons we can learn from Hurricane Dorian
When Hurricane Dorian hit Nova Scotia on September 7 as a post-tropical storm, it reminded many of destructive Hurricane Juan. It was also a taste of what the future holds. Climate change is contributing to the increasing frequency and intensity of tropical storms and hurricanes. As the planet warms, we can expect more storms like […]
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A Hurricane Dorian grocery list for procrastinators
Hurricane Dorian is coming. Like the worst visitor ever (an uninvited one), that hot mess is going to show up, over-stay his welcome, lock us indoors, knock some stuff over and probably take our electricity with him as he storms his way towards Cape Breton to mess up somebody else’s weekend. If you’ve seen the […]
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As Hurricane Dorian makes its way to Halifax, surfers and the city prepare
Batten down the hatches, stock the pantry and hold on to your hats. While Haligonians prepare for Hurricane Dorian, which will likely be a category 1 storm by the time it hits the shores of Nova Scotia on Saturday evening, the province’s surfers are keeping an eye on swell reports. “Hurricanes bring the big waves,” […]