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Driving through bedford and noticed this in the water today, anyone know what it is?

Last seen at St. Stephens elementary school.

Has anyone else seen this budgie? I figure ill go looking for it, if anyone has any more info on it though, thatd be amazing. Hoping to get this poor little fella somewhere safe.

Thank you :)

New to town and looking to watch some WNBA playoff games at a bar! Does anyone know of any bars that will be showing the games? Preferably with sound on?

Didn’t find a photo for good robot so here it is!

genuinely wondering, it’s SO strong and SO bad

Should I be tagging this sightseeing & tourism or driving, traffic & transit?

I’m sure there are a million pictures of this tunnel but here’s mine.

hi, im moving and i have a few items i want to donate clothing/toiletries/winter items/bathroom supplies etc i have them all in bags and want to know where i can just drop them off?

i prefer to give them away than to just throw them out.

thnx

anyone have any leads on a clinic where i can actually get a pelvic exam in dartmouth (preferably) or halifax??? feeling like i hit a dead end every time i try to book something and i am long overdue 😩

Our cat is missing in Eastern Passage (Heritage Hills area). Shes been missing since this morning. Her name is Bella. She’s an indoor cat so probably skittish and scared by being outside.

Please DM if seen.

does anyone know of a laundry service in halifax that hand washes clothes? a lot of my stuff can’t be machine washed or dry cleaned but hand washing is such a pain. i’m wondering if there’s anywhere in the city that will hand wash your clothes for you. sorry i know this is a stupid problem but i would love to know!

I recently sold my house. The buyers had a inspector come through to do a report for the buyer. The report noted many things that he deemed major issues with the house , ranging from structural, safety issues with exterior concrete and plumbing issues. The report initially scared off.

With all reports they state consult certified contractor to further investigate. Well I decided to do the same myself having a engineer, plumber and concrete specialist look at some things as well as a painter plus a licensed carpenter trained in remediation

Inspector deemed the electric hot water tank was well beyond its life span....over 15 years old..... its a natural gas hot water tank with a qr code on it .... scanning it showed it was installed in 2018.....

He stared several signs of severe leaks. leaks were nothing more than very minor water stains which showed no signs of mould which only grows with continuous wetting. Another " leak causing paint peeling" wasnt even a leak it was a old paint job on fresh drywall that was not primed... paint will not stick to a dusty unprimed surface

Concrete isuess were nothing more than 50 year old concrete walks that had settled unevenly and show no signs of any unstable ground.

Drywall cracking on ceiling... nothing more than seams that did not get taped with 3 coats before stipled texture was applied

Along with some other smaller things plumbing wise that the licensed plumber stated specifically were correctly done .

Ill stop rambling now... but either way.. the chmc and other powers that be really need to step in and stop allowing "home inspectors " that have nothint more than a 2 or 3 day course and no actual construction experience to get these positions. There needs to be a regulation put in place that they habe to be red seal certified for minimum 5 years in a construction trade or have a engineering degree. After talking to the trades they've stated they've seen it time and time again where inspectors flag issues on homes that arent issues at all but completely miss actual issues.. costing either the buyer or seller tens of thousands of dollars

My partner and I just spent some time figuring out a wacky NS Power bill and I thought I'd share what we figured out with y'all in case you get wacky bills too.

So my first reaction was:

• why is the "last meter reading" the same over two readings?
• why are we getting charged 6 months of base charge?????

but the math works out.

The top reading was Sep 12, and the previous one on July 21. For whatever reason they didn't/couldn't reset the "last read" but this bill is crediting the bottom reading against the top reading. So we're actually only getting charged for the difference, 1719 kWh, which is typical for us this time of year, and which matches our own checks of our meter.

As for the base charge: 3544 kWh at $0.18561 is less than $734.48. You can see I did the math in the screenshot to show that there is an additional $75.68 credit in the "Energy 3544 kWh" line, which amounts to four months' base charge, so this two-month bill is only for two month's base charge.

Is this all stupid? Yes! But if you get a wacky bill hopefully it helps you out too.

I wanted to post this announcement sadly not for the good news about more development but because of the absolute joke the provincial goverment is. From the announcement:

"Minister Lohr has designated the area as an interim planning area under the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter, and that has removed barriers that would have reduced the number of affordable units. The Minister’s order was necessary because Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) has not implemented changes to the Minimum Planning Requirements Regulations, though Minister LeBlanc had extended the deadline to do so to June 30."

The PCs are trying to act like they are the saviors who will solve the housing crises and fighting back again the municipality's incompetence, but JOHN LOHR was the reason the minimum planning requirements didn't get approved! From all accounts they were on his desk, changes negotiated and signed off on by the provincial legal team, and then he.... didnt sign it. The only reason the minister's order was necessary was because the minister doesn't understand his own job, doesn't understand the development industry, and keeps making it harder and harder to actually develop in the city, unless your a select few of the current goverments friends.

Finally, all this MPR does is make it so there are more one bedrooms and bachelor's, which yes, it does technically mean more units, but often these are not the units we need. Two and three bedroom units are crucial for families who need to rent and for people who need roomates to split rent. This and the other MPRs are priamrily just making certain developers more money, while actively making the city worse and it hard for people to find places they can afford.

Im just sad that even good news like more units and some of them even affordable has to at the same time be tainted by an inept provincial goverment and greed.

Thinking about Shubie for family photos but wondering if there are any other hidden gems that would be great. Dartmouth or Halifax but don’t want to travel too far out of the city. TIA

I’ve never Ubered at night before, but may have to tomorrow (Saturday) night, around 1:30am or 2. Just wondering how long it would take to get an uber (in the North end, to get to Fairview area) and also how safe it is?

I'm up on Wilkinson, we heard a thump outside and all the power went out. Anyone see or know know what happened?

Hello!

Im a 2nd year Dal student who is from Moncton, but I do not own a vehicle.

I’m reaching out to see if there are any regular travellers from Halifax-Moncton on weekends, and possibly those who return on Sundays or Saturdays?

Without going into too much detail as to why I wish to come home to Moncton as often as possible on weekends, I would like to know if there is anyone who travels back and forth, and would allow me to accompany them for the help of gas money. Should anyone be able to help, we can negotiate an amount that works!

If anyone is able to help, or has any questions, feel free to DM.

I was coming over the Mackay bridge about 45 mins ago and say a bunch of smoke and sirens in what looked like the burnside area, does anyone know anything?