Category Archives: (Acadia News) Halifax Nova Scotia
Update: 1:40 p.m. Akerley Blvd reopened to traffic after transport truck rollover
Akerley Blvd has been reopened after an earlier collision in Dartmouth. Police say just it before 9:30 a.m. on Monday, when officers responded to a rollover involving a transport truck on Akerley Blvd...
Kelli Rickard Apr 15, 2024
Renovations to resume at QEII hospital emergency room on Monday
Renovations are set to resume at the QEII emergency department. Nova Scotia Health says construction workers will be around on Monday and work is expected to take about eight weeks. Most of the work i...
Jacob Moore Apr 12, 2024
Worries rise with approval from Transport Canada to infill Dartmouth Cove
Dartmouth Cove is one more move closer to getting infilled. Transport Canada approved a proposal by Atlantic Road Construction and Paving who plan on dumping pyritic slate into the water. A project th...
Caitlin Snow Apr 12, 2024
The North Grove to celebrate volunteers
A community hub in Dartmouth North is getting ready to celebrate its volunteers. The North Grove says there are 165 people who give their time to the organization and logged a record-breaking 10,000 p...
Caitlin Snow Apr 12, 2024
Council considering allowing RV's as temporary homes
As the city continues to deal with a housing crisis, Halifax Council is looking into allowing RV's to be used as temporary homes. Staff say they would be used for things like short term accommodations...
Caitlin Snow Apr 11, 2024
SiRT looking for driver of SUV, witnesses of fatal collision
The province's police watch dog wants to talk to the driver of a dark-coloured SUV after a fatal collision two months ago. SiRT says the vehicle was passed by police and a black truck, February 26, ri...
Caitlin Snow Apr 10, 2024
More than 5,800 housing units might be coming to Exhibition Park
A new community hub with nearly 6,000 housing units could be coming to land on the Halifax Exhibition Park. Halifax council approved the planning process Tuesday, for the proposal by Fathom Studios on...
Caitlin Snow Apr 10, 2024
NSTU holds 'Our Kids Can't Wait' rally in Lower Sackville
Members of the Halifax County Local Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU) are in Lower Sackville Wednesday afternoon to bring awareness to challenges they are facing. It comes one day before members of th...
Caitlin Snow Apr 10, 2024
Police investigating impaired driving crash in Halifax
Halifax Regional Police are investigating an impaired driving crash at the Armdale Rotary that knocked out power in the area. Just before 9 p.m. Monday, a vehicle struck down a power pole and brought ...
Kelli Rickard Apr 10, 2024
106 year-old Yarmouth veteran Jim McRae passes away
A 106-year old veteran from Yarmouth has passed away. Flight Lieutenant Jim McRae was believed to be the last living veteran to hold a Distinguished Flying Cross. McRae served in World War II, he surv...
Kevin Northup Apr 09, 2024





