{"id":57314,"date":"2025-07-28T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=57314"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T16:00:00","slug":"oakfield-beach-reopens-to-swimming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=57314","title":{"rendered":"Oakfield beach reopens to swimming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56506&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OAKFIELD:<\/strong> HRM is advising residents that Oakfield Park Beach in Oakfield has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halifax.ca\/parks-recreation\/programs-activities\/swimming\/supervised-beaches-outdoor-pools-splash-pads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reopened to swimming<\/a> following blue-green algae toxin testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Test results have indicated toxin levels are within Health Canada limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No new blue-green algae has been observed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When a blue-green algae bloom or matis observed, the beach is closed, and initial testing is done to determine whether it is a toxin-producing blue-green algae bloom is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56530&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56179&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If the blue-green algae bloom is\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong>\u00a0toxin producing, no further testing is required, and the beach will be reopened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If it <strong>is<\/strong> a toxin-producing blue-green algae bloom, further testing will be carried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At that point a beach would remain closed until blooms have disappeared and post-bloom test results indicate the toxin concentration is within Health Canada guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about algae blooms, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halifax.ca\/cyano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.halifax.ca\/cyano<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56501&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56526&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OAKFIELD: HRM is advising residents that Oakfield Park Beach in Oakfield has reopened to swimming following blue-green algae toxin testing. Test results have indicated toxin levels are within Health Canada limits. No new blue-green algae has been observed. When a blue-green algae bloom or matis observed, the beach is closed, and initial testing is done [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,12],"tags":[1340,121,33,610,7196],"class_list":["post-57314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-featured","tag-blue-green-algae","tag-hrm","tag-oakfield","tag-oakfield-park","tag-oakfield-park-beach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}