Category Archives: (Acadia News) Halifax Nova Scotia

For the next several months, there will be blasting at the construction site at the QEII Halifax Infirmary. The province says those in the immediate vicinity, may experience some mild vibrations and n...

As part of a provincial initiative to upgrade existing community centres and build new ones, a few facilities around HRM have around $250,000 in grants. The Sambro and Area Community Association recei...

Likely a nerve-wracking few hours for six young people and their families after the youths needed help out of the Blue Mountain Wilderness Area, Saturday night. Halifax Search and Rescue says the call...

Terrie Brown was driving at about 100 km/h along Highway 102 on May 16, when he saw a transport truck hit the guardrail of an overpass ahead of him and break through, falling down an embankment and in...

World-class sailing is coming to Canada for the first time in the Halifax harbour. Ten teams from across the globe will race 50-foot catamarans, which can reach up to 100 km/h, in the Rockwool Sail Gr...

Significant changes are on the way for downtown Halifax. A new transit hub is coming to Barrington Street that should affect thousands of people. HRM says it will be a six-month project that when fini...

Halifax police are investigating a stolen Sea-doo from the Armdale Yacht Club. Police say they received the report April 20. It is believed the watercraft was taken from a trailer between March 16 and...

Riding a skateboard downhill on his butt, Jake Parker was in love. At seven or eight years old, he didn't know he was supposed to stand on a skateboard but it didn't matter. Eventually, he figured it ...

The province is staying tight-lipped about where four new schools coming to HRM are going. The announcement came last year as part of Nova Scotia's strategic approach to address our rapidly growing po...

It's the Victoria Day long weekend and Monday, May 20th is a statutory holiday. Here's a rundown of what is opened and what is closed: Most major grocery stores, pharmacies and shopping malls will be ...