Tag Archives: Halifax
Victoria Day: What's Open and Closed
Here is a handy list of what is open and closed on Victoria Day: Most grocery stores will be open regular hours, although some in-store services may have reduced hours, or be closed. NSLC locations ar...
May 20, 2022 Tim Mossholder / Unsplash
Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre to get federal funding for new facility
The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre in Halifax is getting some federal funding for a new facility and programs. The feds are putting up nearly $5 million in funding for the Centre to design and...
May 19, 2022
UPD: Police release name of woman, 37, killed in Spryfield stabbing
Halifax Regional Police have released the name of the 37-year-old woman killed in a stabbing in Spryfield on Tuesday. Police were called to a report of an injured person in the area of Sylvia Avenue a...
May 18, 2022
Jacques Dubé Resigns As Halifax CAO
Jacques Dub is stepping down as the Halifax Regional Municipality's top bureaucrat. The city's chief administrative officer gave his resignation to regional council on May 18. Dub has been Halifax's C...
May 18, 2022
N.S. remembers Jenn Casey two years after snowbirds plane crash
Two years ago today Nova Scotia lost Captain Jenn Casey in a Snowbirds plane crash. The tutor jet went down shortly after taking off in Kamloops, B.C. on May 17th, 2020. The crash also injured Captain...
May 17, 2022
Police charge man for exposing himself on Barrington Street
Halifax Regional Police have charged a man for exposing himself on a busy Halifax street last week. Officers got a call just before 11 p.m. on Friday reporting the man was in the 1800 block of Barring...
May 16, 2022
Two men charged with attempted murder after weekend assault
Two people have been charged with attempted murder after an assault in the city over the weekend. Halifax Regional Police responded to a report of an injured person in the 0-100 block of Rufus Avenue ...
May 16, 2022 Scott Rodgerson / Unsplash
Crews prepare for second day battling wildfire near Upper Musquodoboit
Crews are on the ground for a second day as they continue to battle a forest fire covering about 65 hectares in Halifax County. The fire started near Upper Musquodoboit on Friday as bone dry condition...
May 14, 2022 Credit: Kayla Tozak
UPDATE: Homeless shelter looking for interim space after fire damages building
Community organizations are stepping up to help out a homeless shelter in downtown Halifax. Seven men pulled together to make sure everyone got out of the Souls Harbour Rescue Mission building Wednesd...
May 13, 2022
Two N.S. universities team up to get more doctors working in rural communities
Two universities in Nova Scotia are teaming up to help address a doctor shortage in rural communities. Cape Breton University is partnering with Dalhousie Univesity in Halifax to create five new medic...
May 13, 2022
