HRM asks residents scheduled for garbage and recycling pick ups during the storm to keep their bins and bags out of the path of snow removal vehicles and recommends not putting them out the night before . You may have to get up a little bit early to put them out before 7a.m.
Consider the collectors' safety and don't make them climb over snowbanks: put your bins and bags beside the end of your driveway.
Only eight minutes left to catch that flight from Halifax to Havana: Most everything else out of YYZ is now cancelled.
Halifax Regional Police reports 18 traffic accidents since midnight. Sgt. Brian Palmeter says weather is probably a factor in many cases. “It’s a little higher than normal,” Palmeter says, “but, given the weather, it’s not too bad.”
There has been a head-on collision on the 118, between exits 17 and 18 near Porter's Lake. Halifax RCMP says traffic is limited to one lane and drivers should expect delays until after 5 p.m. No further details at this time.
Police are urging the public to stay off main roads as driving conditions become more treacherous.
Nova Scotia Power reports 1196 customers are without power in the Bridgewater area. Crews are now investigating the cause of the outage.
HRM sent home staff at 3:30 today and has already cancelled garbage and recycling pick-ups for tomorrow. Residents who were scheduled for pick-ups tomorrow will be able to put out their bags and bins on Saturday, Feb. 5.
The snow is continuing to cause delays for bus riders, but Metro Transit has a snow plan in place for routes 6, 22, 61, 62 and 68. What does that mean?
Route 6 Out / Inbound:
(No service to Stonehaven)
From Joseph Howe Dr, circle the Armdale roundabout and return to Mumford and regular routing
Route 22 to Mumford:
(No service on Fenwood Rd, Stonehaven or Kelly Dr.)
From Walter Havill Drive, (r) onto Osborne St, (r) North West Arm Dr, (l) onto Albert Walker Dr, (r) onto
St Margaret’s Bay Rd, continue down St Margaret’s Bay Rd back to normal routing
Route 22 to Exhibition Park:
(No service on Fenwood Rd, Stonehaven or Kelly Dr.)
Continue up St Margaret’s Bay Rd, (l)Albert Walker Dr, (r) North West Arm Dr, (l) Osborne Dr, (l) Walter
Havill Dr, and back to normal routing
Route 61 Outbound:
(No service to North Preston)
Main St, (l)Lake Major Rd, turn left into St. John Memorial Church Hall Parking lot Route 62 Outbound:
(No service into Manor Park)
From Hawthorne (l) Prince Albert, (r) Highway 111, (r) Portland St to Penhorn Terminal and regular
routing
Route 66 Out / Inbound:
(No service to Gaston Rd)
Short turn at Penhorn Terminal
Route 68 Out / Inbound:
(No service to Taranaki, Karen Dr, Montague into Cherry Brook)
From Forrest Hills Parkway,(r)Main Street,(l) Cherry Brook Rd, (l) into Black Cultural Centre parking lot,
(r) Main St, Forest Hills Parkway and regular routing
Most snowfall warnings have ended except for: PEI, Moncton, Cape Breton, as well as Cumberland and Colchester counties.
As of 20:44, NB Power had 14 homes without power in the Oromocto area. Meanwhile 833 customers in Bridgewater continue to have no electricity.
Air travellers can expect more cancellations in the morning. Halifax International Airport Authority has already posted 16 departures and arrivals for early tomorrow. This affects those heading to Newfoundland.
Some flights to and from the US are scheduled to resume, including New York, Chicago and Philadelphia.
Students at Memorial University can head back to class this afternoon. The school will re-open at 1 p.m.
Once again, we remind you to take care while clearing snow from your properties: A report has just come of an individual in the south-end of Halifax suffering a cardiac arrest while shovelling.
Just checked in with Cst. Brian Palmeter, of the Halifax Regional Police:
He says drivers heeded yesterdays warnings and stayed off the roads last night and let the plows do their job. The HRP has dealt with 10 accidents since last night.
An earlier online report about a plow striking a pedestrian has been cleared up, Palmeter says. A privately-owned plow bumped a pedestrian, but the woman was not injured and carried on her way.
Like Halifax, garbage pick-up in East Hants is not happening today. Homeowners that had a scheduled pick-up for today can put trash and recycling out on Saturday, Feb. 5.
East coasters didn't necessarily expect another "White Juan", but there certainly were comparisons before the storm moved in. Here is how Wednesday's storm in Nova Scotia measured up:
Halifax 35cm yesterday/88.5 cm during White Juan
Halifax Stanfield International Airport 28cm/66.8cm
Yarmouth 26cm/101.2cm
According to Environment Canada, yesterday's highest accumulation of snow in mainland Nova Scotia was in Lower Sackville, where 38cm fell by the time both storms moved through.
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