We've had some messages from folks saying the new site makes it harder to find their go-to cameras. That's fair — the old regional menu was familiar, and change is never fun at 6am when you just want to check the roundabout before heading out.

Here's the thing though: everything's still here. We didn't remove cameras or hide them behind some login. We just rethought how you get to them — and honestly, once you know the shortcuts, it's a lot faster than scrolling through a nested menu ever was.

The pills replaced the menu (and they're quicker)

See those little buttons under the search bar? "South Shore," "Halifax," "Cape Breton," "Harbours," "Beaches" — those are your old regional lists, just without the clicking-through-dropdowns part. Tap "South Shore" and the grid instantly filters to only South Shore cameras. Tap it again to clear the filter and see everything. One tap in, one tap out.

They also work for categories. Want to see every harbour cam we have? Tap "Harbours & Waterfronts." Every beach? "Beaches". It's the same browsing you did before, just flatter and faster.

Search is the real upgrade

This is the one we're most proud of and probably the one that gets overlooked the most. The search bar isn't just for camera names — it understands places.

Type "Peggy" and you'll see Peggys Cove before you finish the word. But you can also type a postal code — drop in "B0J" and you'll get cameras in that postal area. Type "Whycocomagh" or "Shubenacadie" or "Musqudoboit Harbour" and it'll find every camera near that community, even if the camera isn't named after the town itself.

Basically, if it's a place in Nova Scotia, try searching for it. We'll show you the closest cameras to that place if no exact match can be found. So "Mahone Bay" finds cameras closest to Mahone Bay, As long as we don’t have a camera there (yet).

It's instant too — no hitting Enter, no loading screen. Just start typing and the grid filters as you go.

And then there's the map

Hit the Map button (just above the camera grid) and every camera shows up on an interactive map of the province. If there are more cameras close by, they get clustered onto a coloured dot with the number of cameras it represents. Zoom into your area, click a camera symbol, and you're seeing a thumbnail for this camera, click the thumbnail and you’re there.

It's especially handy when you're trying to find a camera near a specific spot — maybe your cottage, or a road you're about to drive. Scroll around, see what's close, click.

We get it

Look, muscle memory is real. When you've been clicking "Regions → South Shore → Peggys Cove" for years, being told to type in a search bar feels like a step backward. We hear that. But give the pills and search a weekend — maybe even try a postal code — and we think you'll find your cameras faster than the old menu ever let you. And if you can't find something, hit the contact form. We read every message.