Those who are regular transit users could be impacted by changes being made to services. Beginning Monday Feb. 24, two major routes will see service changes, while 25 trips, that were cancelled in 2023 due to staffing shortages, will be reinstated. Route 196, which travels between Halifax and Bedford, will have four additional trips scheduled […]
Regional police have released the name of the person charged in connection with an incident in downtown Halifax yesterday that saw a 6-year-old stabbed multiple times. Elliott Chorny, 19, will appear in court later this morning on charges of attempted murder and possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace. According to a Monday […]
The Charlottetown Islanders defeated the Halifax Mooseheads 4-2 at the Scotiabank Centre Friday night, after a three-goal second period. The Mooseheads ended the first period with the lead as captain Brady Schultz scored his sixth of the season 9:32 into the period. Liam Kilfoil skated around the Islander’s net, headed to the point before finding […]
The province’s police watchdog said it has reasonable and probable ground to believe that an RCMP officer committed criminal offences in Sydney, N.S. The Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) charged Constable Sara Bennett with breaking and entering and mischief in connection to incidents with a man known to her. “The RCMP takes all allegations of […]
Police in Halifax are asking for help finding the driver involved in a hit and run in Bedford last month. According to HRP, a youth was hit by a driver in the area of Lodge Drive and Bedford Highway on the night of Jan. 28. Upon arrival, officers found a youth lying on the ground […]
Residents in Halifax Regional Municipality will dust off their snow shovels today as the region is in the path of a winter storm. Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement for areas to the north and east of HRM, warning of the potential of 20 centimetres of snow. 95.7 Weather Specialist Allister Aalders says […]
Halifax Regional Police have now laid charges in a fatal car-pedestrian collision in Halifax’s South End. On Monday evening around 5:45, police were called to the intersection of Robie Street and Veterans Memorial Lane after a report that a vehicle had hit a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk. When officers arrived, they learned that the […]
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. […]
Three employees at QEII Health Sciences Centre were injured by a patient, Michelle Thompson, minister of health and wellness confirmed at a press conference on Wednesday. Halifax Regional Police are investigating a “serious” weapons complaint. Officers responded to the emergency department at roughly 1:00 p.m. “I want to commend the staff for their quick response […]
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 […]
