Designated Smoking Areas

• Halifax smoking ban: How it’s going 3 years later

  In three years, Halifax Regional Police handed out 13 tickets for smoking outside of designated smoking areas, and bylaw officers have handed out none.

  Canada

  Oct 15, 2021
  
• Country Thunder day 3: 11 people arrested, 75 traffic charges given out

  Eleven more people were arrested Friday at Country Thunder in Craven, Sask., bringing the total to 24 arrests.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2019
  
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• Ten people arrested 2nd night of Country Thunder

  Saskatchewan RCMP is reporting 10 arrests and several traffic tickets and warnings the second night of Country Thunder music festival in Craven, Sask.

  Crime

  Jul 12, 2019
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• 3 men arrested for public intoxication 1st night of Country Thunder

  Saskatchewan RCMP is reporting three arrests the first night of Country Thunder music festival in Craven, Sask.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2019
• Consuming cannabis at Country Thunder? Here’s what you need to know

  If you plan on attending Country Thunder, the consumption of cannabis will be allowed at individual campsites only.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2019
• 2 tickets, 92 designated areas and the cost of Halifax’s smoking bylaw

  Citizens who break the rules of the Nuisance and Smoking Bylaw face a fine between $25 and $2,000, but data provided by HRM shows that the bylaw has rarely been enforced.

  Politics

  Apr 11, 2019
• Another designated smoking area vandalized in Halifax

  Halifax Coun. Matt Whitman says he noticed the vandalism, took a photo and reported it to 311. He tweeted a photo out of the damage Saturday morning. 

  Canada

  Dec 22, 2018
• Inside Halifax’s muddled roll out of its designated smoking areas

  Halifax's scramble to get ready for legal cannabis was far more haphazard than previously known -- with documents indicating that the roll out was plagued by uncertainty.

  Cannabis

  Dec 10, 2018
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• Halifax has only one designated smoking area near its busiest hospitals

  The Nova Scotia Health Authority feels that increased visibility of smoking would encourage people to smoke.

  Health

  Oct 25, 2018
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• Halifax businesses concerned over location of designated smoking areas

  Some business owners are raising concerns about why certain locations were chosen as designated public smokers areas.

  Cannabis

  Oct 18, 2018