Category Archives: News
Suspect photo released in Dartmouth gunpoint robbery
Police have released the photo of the man who robbed a Dartmouth convenience store at gunpoint. A man came into the Triple N Convenience & Kitchen on Windmill Road just after 10 p.m. Nov. 11. He t...
Nov 19, 2021
Health Canada Says Yes To Children’s Vaccine
Health Canada gives the thumbs up for the Comirnaty vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11. The formerly known Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine originally was submitted for approval for the age grou...
Nov 19, 2021
UPD: Halifax Police investigate bomb threats
An investigation is underway into early morning bomb threats at buildings in Dartmouth and Halifax. Halifax Regional Police responded to Main Street and Coronation Avenue just after 3:30 a.m. on Frida...
Nov 19, 2021
Health Canada expected to greenlight COVID-19 vaccine for kids Friday
Health Canada is expected to green-light the use of the Pfizer vaccine for kids on Friday. The federal government has scheduled a media briefing with officials for 11 a.m. to share news on its authori...
Nov 19, 2021
Not much change at Halifax gas pumps
Not much has changed at the fuel pumps on Friday. The minimum price of regular self-serve gas remains at $1.398 per litre in the Halifax area. The price of diesel is $1.390. That’s a drop of 2.1...
Nov 19, 2021
Potential COVID-19 exposure list (November 18th)
Health officials are out with their latest potential COVID-19 exposure list, which includes locations in the Halifax area. Public Health provides COVID precaution notifications and COVID exposure noti...
Nov 19, 2021
22 new cases, most in the Halifax area
We’ve got 22 new cases of COVID-19. Most are in the Halifax area, 12 of them. Seven in the west and three in the north. No new cases in the outbreak at the East Cumberland Lodge long-term care h...
Nov 18, 2021
UPD: Man in custody for murder of accused in high-profile sexual assault
UPD: 10:45 a.m. Friday Nov. 19. Police say a man is in custody after police issued a country-wide warrant for his arrest. Tyreece Alexander Whynder-Ewing turned himself in to officers with the Peel Re...
Nov 18, 2021
Province Begins Funding Trikafta Drug
It’s a long-time coming for Cystic Fibrosis patients in Nova Scotia. As of today, the province is fully covering the cost of the Trikafta drug, about $300,000 per year for each patient. Tim Vall...
Nov 18, 2021
COVID-19 fines increase 5-fold, include jail time
The fine for breaking COVID-19 rules just got a lot bigger. New rules have expanded fines for breaking public health restrictions to people and organizations hosting events ignoring public health orde...
Nov 18, 2021
