Halifax Regional Police signed an agreement with the highest level of government to take part in the federal gun buyback program. This comes after the feds prohibited over 2,500 makes and models of what the government refers to as assault style firearms. Police said now that these firearms are prohibited, the Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program […]
The Nova Scotia RCMP said they are marking National Missing Persons Day with the disappearance of two young children. The story has captured people across the country, and seen amateur online sleuths play a role in the speculation about what happened. The case of Lilly, 6 and Jack (now 5) Sullivan has not had many […]
A new elementary school is set to open in the north end later this month after lengthy delays. The province says major construction on the new St. Joseph’s-Alexander McKay (SJAM) building finished up on Monday, Feb. 2, and the keys were handed over to the Halifax Regional Centre for Education. The new school is built […]
Halifax Regional Municipality is giving residents the chance to weigh in on the area where a proposed ferry will link Bedford with downtown. Residents are being encouraged to share their ideas and feedback in order to help shape the future of Mill Cove and the Bedford Waterfront through a pair of engagement sessions. The sessions, […]
The provincial government says a newly-announced program is addressing one of the barriers to home ownership: saving for a down payment. The First-time Homebuyers Program, unveiled on Tuesday by Housing Minister John White, allows eligible homeowners to make a down payment of 2 per cent on their first home. Eligible house prices for the program […]
Drivers will need to find off-street parking once again on Monday night in the Halifax area. The municipality says it will continue to enforce the overnight winter parking ban, meaning vehicles must be off the streets between 1 a.m and 6 a.m. overnight into Tuesday morning. “Vehicles hanging out of a driveway or parked on […]
Police continue to investigate after a woman was killed after being struck by a snowplow on Monday morning in Truro. Truro Police Service said the incident happened at about 6:30 a.m. in the parking lot of a car dealership on Queen Street. The 54-year-old woman was taken to hospital, where she died of her injuries. […]
Canada’s famous prognosticating rodents are predicting an early spring. Wiarton Willie, in Bruce County, Ont., and Fred la Marmotte, the famous groundhog in Quebec’s Gaspesie region, reportedly did not see their shadows this morning, which is good news for people tired of wintry weather. According to legend, there will be six more weeks of winter […]
The latest Nor’Easter to blow through the region has caused some services to delay opening on Monday morning Schools HRCE – Bay View High Eastern Shore Consolidated, Marine Drive, Musquodoboit Rural High are closed. All other HRCE schools will be delayed in opening by two hours to allow additional time for cleanup. All CCRCE schools […]
Police in Halifax have charged a man in connection with an investigation into using artificial intelligence to create images depicting child pornography. Halifax Regional Police said the investigation started last September, when the Internet Child Exploitation unit got information that someone in the municipality was creating and sharing child sex abuse material using AI. An […]
