Nova Scotia says it is making history with what it is touting as the largest minimum wage increase the province has ever seen. The new wage rates will rise by $1.30 this year. Beginning on April 1, the minimum wage will increase to $15.70 per hour, followed by a second increase to $16.50 on Oct. […]
Halifax staff could be going back to the drawing board after regional council voted against moving forward with the latest design for the redevelopment of the busy Windsor Street Exchange. Councillors voted 8-6 on Tuesday against the design from staff, which aimed to balance Halifax’s long-term goals for improving things like transit and cycling infrastructure […]
Police say a driver has been ticketed after striking a pedestrian with their vehicle in Fall River on Monday morning. At roughly 7 a.m., emergency crews responded to the 1400 block of Fall River Road where a Ford Ecosport struck a pedestrian. Mounties said the pedestrian, a 32-year-old Fall River woman, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and […]
Halifax Regional Police has confirmed a 21-year-old woman struck by a driver in Halifax on Monday evening has died of her injuries. Officers arrived on the scene at Robie Street and Veterans Memorial Lane around 5:45 p.m. to find a pedestrian suffering from what they described as life-threatening injuries. Related: SiRT investigation launched after man […]
The Province’s Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) launched an investigation after a man was hit by a vehicle driven by an off-duty member of Halifax Regional Police. According to SiRT, the man was standing beside his truck on Myra Road early Friday afternoon when he was hit. He was airlifted from the scene to hospital with […]
Cleaners represented by SEIU Local 2 have ratified a new contract with GDI Integrated Facility Services in HRM. The deal came as the 300 members were poised to walk off the job Monday, which the union says would have been the first-ever large-scale private sector janitorial strike. In a release, the union said workers will […]
The Royal Canadian Navy has identified the sailor who died Friday after a small military boat capsized in the north end of Halifax harbour. Commodore Jacob French, commander of Canadian Fleet Atlantic, said Monday that Petty Officer 2nd Class Gregory Applin of Shoal Cove West, N.L., was one of two sailors who were thrown into […]
Europe’s economy showed zero growth at end of 2024 as Germany, eurozone’s biggest economy, struggled
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s economy stagnated at the end of last year as its former growth engine, Germany, finished a second straight year of shrinking output, officials said Thursday. Gross domestic product was flat with a zero increase in the final quarter of 2024 in the 20-nation eurozone, the EU statistics agency Eurostat said. […]
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s economy stagnated at the end of last year as former growth engine Germany floundered to the end of a second straight year of shrinking output, officials said Thursday. Gross domestic product was flat with a zero increase in the final quarter of 2024 in the 20-nation eurozone, EU statistics agency […]
OTTAWA — The country’s health ministers are wrapping up two days of meetings in Halifax today with a busy agenda. The in-person talks come as health systems are strained and millions of Canadians don’t have a family doctor. Ministers are set to talk about health data, mental health and substance use and pharmaceuticals, among other […]