Category Archives: News
Halifax: It's patio season
Many Haligonians will raise a glass to kick-off the official start of patio season on Wednesday. Restaurants and pubs can now open their outdoor seating areas as part of Phase 1 of the provinces re-op...
Jun 02, 2021 Photo: HRM
Police investigating Dartmouth woman's death as homicide
Halifax Regional Police are treating the suspicious death of a 49-year-old Dartmouth woman who was reported missing last year as a homicide. Sheila Patricia Madore was last seen in late July 2020 in t...
Jun 02, 2021 Sheila Patricia Madore (Credit: Halifax Regional Police)
Potential COVID-19 exposure at one Central Zone location
Public health is advising of potential exposure to COVID-19 at a grocery store in Central Zone. Anyone who worked at or visited the following location on the specified dates and times is asked to book...
Jun 02, 2021 Sobeys (Credit: Skye Bryden-Blom)
12 new COVID cases, active cases below 400 (June 1)
Nova Scotia is reporting 12 new cases of COVID-19 and 91 recoveries. There are eight new cases in the Halifax region. Six of the cases are close contacts of previously reported cases and two cases are...
Jun 01, 2021
N.S. residential school site scanned for human remains
Work is underway to search the grounds of the former residential school in Shubenacadie. The Mi'kmaq Rights Initiative and Kwilmu'kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office (KMKNO) indicate no remains have be...
Jun 01, 2021 Former Shubenacadie Indian Residential School
Sisters of Charity, Halifax, Congregational Archives (Photo: Parks Canada)
NSTU: Union was not consulted on reopening plan for HRM, Sydney schools
The President of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union says they were not consulted ahead of the province's announcement schools in Halifax Regional Municipality and Sydney will reopen this week. Premier Iai...
Jun 01, 2021 Paul Wozney (Credit: Nova Scotia Teachers Union)
Savage to chair big city mayors meetings
A familiar face will be the next chair of the big city mayors meetings. Halifax's Mike Savage will take over the role on Friday. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities big city mayors brings togeth...
Jun 01, 2021 Halifax Mayor Mike Savage (Photo:Twitter)
RCMP investigate complaint of men with guns in North Preston
RCMP are investigating a report of men armed with guns in North Preston on the weekend. Police received a 911 call that three men were carrying guns and were running into the woods near Alex Lane just...
Jun 01, 2021
Potential COVID-19 exposure list (May 31)
Nova Scotia Public Health is advising of potential exposure to COVID-19 at locations in Central, Northern, and Eastern Zones as well as one Halifax Transit bus route correction. Anyone who worked at o...
Jun 01, 2021
Students in Halifax returning to school Thursday
Premier Iain Rankin says schools are safe and in-person learning will resume in Halifax and Sydney on Thursday, June 3. Rankin announced last week that only schools outside Halifax and Sydney would re...
May 31, 2021 Premier Iain Rankin (Communications Nova Scotia)
