Dartmouth General locked down briefly Saturday Halifax, NS, Canada / Hot Country 103.5 Kelli Rickard Sep 7, 2024 | 4:15 PM Dartmouth General Hospital; Dartmouth General Hospital was locked down briefly Saturday afternoon. A communications advisor for Nova Scotia Health tells our newsroom that the lockdown began around 1 p.m. and ended around 2:45 p.m. They could not provide further details.