Hoax E-mail Making Rounds

There is an e-mail presently circulating in our area warning the public to beware of individuals handing out business cards which are laced with an overpowering drug temporarily incapacitating anyone handling it. This e-mail is a hoax, as are most like it. Citizens should be aware that public safety threats are reported by Halifax Regional [...]

Bedford Community Council Association Update

The Bedford Community Council Association wishes to advise Bedford residents that work is still ongoing with respect to its mandate of attempting to improve the existing governance structure of the Halifax Regional Municipality such that communities such as Bedford have more input in the day to day community-centric issues. We have expanded our “audience” to [...]

Charles P. Allen High School Reunion-Class of 1979

It is hard to believe that 30 years have passed since the first graduating class of Charles P. Allen High School. Although the new school was not yet completed, there were split shifts at Sackville High to accommodate the growing population of Bedford/Waverley. There is now talk of constructing a new High School in Bedford [...]

Cancellations in and around Bedford

Environment Canada is alerting area residents with scheduled plans for this afternoon and this evening to monitor weather conditions and listen for updated changes. According to the organization’s website, “strong easterly winds with gusts up to 80 km/h are forecast giving a period of blowing and drifting snow. Snowfall amounts with this system are expected [...]

Blood donor clinic for child of police officer

DUE TO THE STORM THE CLINIC WILL NOW RUN FROM 1-4PM. HRP Encourages Members and Citizens to Donate Blood during African Heritage Month. Halifax Regional Police is encouraging its members and the general public to attend a special blood donor clinic during African Heritage Month. The blood donor clinic is being held at St. John’s [...]

Reminiscing about Bedford’s past

Neighbourhood history was the topic of conversation during a meeting held at the Scott Manor House on Fort Sackville Road Monday night. Speaking to an audience of about 40 interested residents, former Bedford developer Doug Beattie shared his part in the development of an area called Tel-Rad, a small section of what is now the [...]