An amateur astronomer from southwestern Nova Scotia has captured a dazzling time-lapse of the green comet that's making a rare pass near&nbsp;Earth.

The last time the comet&nbsp;was this close to our planet&nbsp;was 50,000 years ago. Many Canadians are looking up at the stars this week as the comet gets ready 

to make its&nbsp;closest approach on Wednesday

Tim Doucette with the Deep Sky Eye Observatory near Yarmouth, N.S., is among them.

He took a two-hour time-lapse of the comet&nbsp;during the early-morning hours&nbsp;of&nbsp;Jan. 28.

"If you've got a telescope and you look closely at the comet and the background stars, it's travelling relative in our sky about one-quarter degrees per hour," he told CBC Radio's 

. "So within a few minutes you can see that the comet's actually making motion in the night sky."

Halifax pub damaged in afternoon fire

The Stubborn Goat Gastropub in downtown Halifax has been damaged by a fire that broke out around 3 p.m. AT Monday. Halifax Fire believe the blaze started in the kitchen where they were able to get it under control quickly.

A fire truck with crane is parked in front of a restaurant. 

Firefighters are seen outside the Stubborn Goat restaurant on Jan. 30, 2023. 

Stubborn goat fire

Firefighters are seen outside the Stubborn Goat restaurant Monday afternoon.

Witnesses tell murder trial they saw a dead man in William Sandeson's apartment

The fourth week of the first-degree murder trial of William Sandeson started with some dramatic testimony from a witness who said he saw a man with a bullet hole in his head slumped over in Sandeson's apartment on the evening of Aug. 15, 2015.

William Sandeson is shown in 2016 at a preliminary hearing in advance of his first-degree murder trial in Halifax. Sandeson, later convicted on the murder charge, has won a small claims verdict against his former roommate. 

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William Sandeson is accused of killing Taylor Samson.

WestJet cancels direct flights between 3 Canadian cities and Europe for summer 2023

WestJet has cancelled its direct flights to Europe from Halifax, Vancouver and Toronto for this summer.

WestJet is cancelling its three weekly flights to Toronto during the summer season, and Flair Airlines won't be operating out of Charlottetown at all. 

WestJet plane

WestJet announced it would not offer direct flights to Europe this summer from Halifax, Vancouver and Toronto.

Strategic plan to guide future of historic Africville Park

The chair of the board for the Africville Heritage Trust hopes a new, strategic plan will guide the organization's future, and its efforts to preserve the history of the Black community that was displaced and demolished by the City of Halifax in the 1960s.

A yellow church replica sits in a park overlooking the harbour.

This replica of the Africville church was built following an apology and settlement by Halifax Regional Municipality.

Africville heritage site

Halifax sees highest year-over-year rent increase for a Canadian city

With the average rent up 9.3 per cent, Halifax has had the highest year-over-year spike in the country for residential rental costs, says Canada's national housing agency.

Halifax's rental housing vacancy rate is now 1% according to a new report by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Home for rent sign

The annual report of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation said the average rent for a two-bedroom residence in Halifax jumped 9.3 per cent between 2021 and 2022, hitting $1,449 per month. 

Tim Doucette captured a two-hour time-lapse of the green comet over the weekend. 

Amateur N.S. astronomer captures magic of the green comet

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