The federal government is providing more than $2 million to help “green” a popular local canoe club. Veteran’s Affairs Minister and Dartmouth-Cole Harbour MP Darren Fisher has announced that the Banook Canoe Club will receive $2.3 million in federal funding. This investment will be used to upgrade the club to make it more accessible and […]
Those using a MacPass Plus to park at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, will need to find another way to pay for parking going forward. Starting today, people will no longer be able to access parking facilities at the Halifax Airport using MacPass Plus. This change is part of the preparation for the removal of tolls […]
Halifax Regional Police are hoping the public can help them find a missing 13-year-old girl from Dartmouth. Emma Jackson was reported missing to the police March 2 and was last seen on March 1 at approximately 11:30 a.m. in Dartmouth. Related: Man charged with attempted murder after two people suffer stab wounds Joint child porn […]
Statistics from the RCMP are showing there was a 150 per cent increase in the number of homicide investigations last year. According to the semi-annual crime data from the Halifax Regional Detachment of the RCMP, last year officers investigated five homicides. In both 2023 and 2022, there were two homicide cases for the detachment. Halifax […]
Logistics operators based in Asia have been leasing more warehouses in the United States in response to changes in e-commerce, global trade and manufacturing. Third-party logistics firms, known as 3PLs, work with online retailers and other businesses to store, pack and move products for sale. Leasing by Asia-based logistics firms more than doubled in key […]
OTTAWA — Former prime minister Stephen Harper is taking shots at Liberal leadership frontrunner Mark Carney’s economic record. Harper accuses Carney of taking unearned credit for steering the Canadian economy out of the global financial crisis more than 15 years ago. While Harper appointed Carney to run the Bank of Canada at the beginning of […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — A power outage at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport was causing significant flight delays and other interruptions to air travel Monday morning. Airport officials said the outage was impacting areas of the main terminal and an adjacent parking garage. More than 150 flights were delayed and a handful were canceled as of […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Nationals and Baltimore Orioles ended a legal fight over television rights dating to 2012 when Major League Baseball announced Monday that Washington will be freed from its deal with the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network after the upcoming season. MLB said Nationals’ games will be broadcast by MASN in 2025 under a […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that her administration is waiting to see if U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to impose 25% tariffs on Mexican imports. Her Cabinet secretaries for security and trade among others have been in constant communication with their U.S. counterparts and she said […]
TORONTO — U.S. company Welltower Inc. has signed a deal to buy Amica Senior Lifestyles from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan for $4.6 billion. The deal includes 31 seniors residences and seven under construction. As part of the transaction, Welltower will also acquire a minority interest in Amica’s management company with the Amica management team owning […]