Tag Archives: Nova Scotia
A Courtside Collaboration
A new women’s basketball league has teamed up with a Halifax brewery for a new courtside collaboration. The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association (MWBA) has collaborated with Garrison Br...
Mar 30, 2022
Canada-wide arrest warrant issued after lockdown at Halifax mall
A Canada-wide arrest warrant is now out after an incident that locked down a Halifax mall earlier this month. Police are searching for 23-year-old Jamar Lakwame Carvery in connection with two armed ro...
Mar 30, 2022 Jamar Lakwame Carvery. (SOURCE: Halifax Regional Police)
N.S. set to open spending taps; $5.7 billion for health care in new budget
Premier Tim Houston is talking the talk, and walking the walk. Major spending on health care as the Tories unveil their first budget since being elected. The provincial government will run at least fo...
Mar 29, 2022
Province To Release Budget Today
The Progressive Conservative government will table their first provincial budget this afternoon in the legislature. Finance Minister Allan MacMaster released a record-high capital budget last week, de...
Mar 29, 2022
NSLC Announces Price Change, Booze Up 3.5%, Cannabis Down 2.75%
The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation revealed their spring price adjustments will increase the cost of alcohol by 3.5 per cent, while cannabis prices are dropping 2.75 per cent. NSLC Spokesperson Beverl...
Mar 28, 2022
Hundreds of affordable housing units coming to Dartmouth
Hundreds of new affordable units are coming to Dartmouth. The province is putting up nearly $22-million to create more than 370 units in the Mount Hope area. "We're taking real action to provide more ...
Mar 28, 2022 rick / CC
COVID-19 exposure notice for Province House draws ire online
A COVID-19 exposure notice issued for the Nova Scotia legislature is drawing ire online. The warning was sent out over the weekend about a potential exposure at Province House last Thursday and Friday...
Mar 28, 2022 Province House. (CREDIT: novascotia.com)
N.S. director wins Oscar for 'The Queen of Basketball'
An Academy Award win for a Halifax director. Ben Proudfoot's film 'The Queen of Basketball' claimed the Oscar for best documentary on Monday night. "If there is anyone out there that still doubts whet...
Mar 28, 2022 Ben Proudfoot and Lindsay Crouse. (Source: Lindsay Crouse, Twitter)
N.S. mass shooting inquiry to hear from first three officers on scene
The public inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting will resume in downtown Halifax on Monday morning. Nova Scotians will hear from three RCMP officers who were the first on the ground in Portapique...
Mar 28, 2022
Where Are The Worst Roads In Atlantic Canada?
Pothole season is well underway and drivers in Atlantic Canada are being urged to cast their vote in CAA Atlantic's annual "Worst Roads" campaign. CAA Atlantic spokesperson Steve Olmstead says our reg...
Mar 25, 2022
