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A colored-pencil drawing of the fishing harbour, with lobster traps stacked on the wharf, boats at their moorings, and the low Atlantic headland beyond.

A board for the questions the town keeps asking — trusted trades after a storm, fresh fish off the boat, where to take the kids on a rainy day — answered and ranked by the people who live here.

Which fisheries are open in the waters off Glace Bay right now — lobster in LFA 27, snow crab off northeastern Nova Scotia — when each opens and closes, and the DFO notices that set the 2026 dates. Commercial mackerel stays closed this year.

Nova Scotia Health now posts Wednesday 7 a.m.–6 p.m. for the Glace Bay Hospital emergency department (it previously closed at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays). The page now matches the hospital's posted schedule, checked today.

Enter the dates and amounts from your notice and it checks them against the province's 5% cap (in effect until the end of 2027), the 4 months' written notice, and the once-every-12-months limit — with the free help that can order money back if the increase doesn't add up.

When the power goes out, tap your area to report it and see whether it's just your house or the whole street — with Nova Scotia Power's 24-hour outage line and map alongside, and Glace Bay's comfort-centre locations for after a storm.

Glace Bay now has its own page. It launches with three tools built around what residents told us matters most: "Is the ER Open?" shows whether the Glace Bay Hospital emergency room is open right now and where to go when it's closed; "Who to Call in Glace Bay" gathers the CBRM, health, power and money-help numbers in one place; and "Storm Season" tracks Atlantic storms with a Fiona-tested prep list.