Category Archives: (Acadia News) Halifax Nova Scotia

Hammonds Plains Road is temporarily closed after a car crash on Friday. A power pole was damaged and a line fell into the roadway, according to a social media post from RCMP. Police said emergency cre...

Halifax Water says heavy rain and flooding is part of the reason it will seek a rate increase in the coming weeks. "Extreme weather may happen more often and the utility's infrastructure is not equipp...

Police are asking for help finding 13-year-old, Taylin Earle. Police say she was last seen around 1 p.m. on March 20 in Lower Sackville. She is described to be around 5'3, with long dark hair, a slim ...

A handful of students from Springvale Elementary were taken to hospital after eating edible cannabis. Police say it was Wednesday afternoon when officers arrived at the Halifax school in relation to a...

A 43-year-old is facing arson charges after attempting to start multiple fires at the Halifax Shopping Centre. Police say it was early yesterday morning when he tried to start fires in three places ou...

Classes at Halifax West High School will be cancelled Thursday due to what the school says is a possible threat. The Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE) says they were made aware of the threa...

Police are looking for information after a pedestrian was hit in a marked crosswalk just before 2 p.m. Tuesday, on Main Street near the Forest Hills Parkway. Police say it happened when the vehicle wa...

A former Nova Scotian has been arrested in Alberta for human trafficking charges that happened in Halifax between 2007 and 2010. RCMP say the 36-year-old man was arrested in Edmonton. He has been char...

A Cogmagun, N.S., man was hospitalized after a crash involving an allegedly impaired driver on Monday. Just after 2 p.m., RCMP, fire and emergency services responded to a crash on Walton Woods Road, a...

Halifax Water projects an operating deficit of $18 million for the 2024-25 fiscal year, and the utility wants to offset that with a rate hike. The main factors in the cost are "salaries and wages, ene...