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11/02/2025

It's not the ending we hoped for, but what a ride. Thanks Blue Jays for a World Series we'll never forget. 💙



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10/30/2025

The Blue Jays are flying home leading The World Series 3-2! Hoping to this Friday. 💙🐦

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10/24/2025

An adult victim was taken to hospital after a shooting in north end Halifax on Thursday night.

An adult victim was taken to hospital after a shooting in north end Halifax on Thursday night. Officers responded to the shooting before 10:40 p.m. in the area of Veith and Hanover streets, according to Halifax Regional Police. HRP says the victim was shot by an unknown suspect and taken to hospital...

10/23/2025

Long-term care workers across N.S. take strike votes, prepare for job action

HALIFAX — Long-term care workers across Nova Scotia are preparing for a strike. Workers gathered for a rally Wednesday outside Premier Tim Houston’s office in Westville, N.S. They say they are the lowest paid long-term care workers in Atlantic Canada. Contracts across the province expired in 202...

10/23/2025

Part-time faculty at Saint Mary's University will be hitting the picket lines this morning, joining fellow union members at Mount Saint Vincent in job action

Job action is set to impact another Halifax university beginning Thursday. CUPE 3912 says part-time faculty at Saint Mary’s University will hit the picket lines at 8:30 a.m. after talks with the university on Wednesday failed to produce a deal. The move follows strike action undertaken this week b...

10/22/2025

Part-time faculty at Mount Saint Vincent University to strike Wednesday

More labour unrest is ahead at another local university. In a media release, CUPE says more than 150 part time academic workers at Mount Saint Vincent University will be walking off the job at noon Wednesday after negotiations the day prior failed to produce a new deal. The union says outstanding is...

10/22/2025

Nova Scotia government gives Whale Sanctuary Project approval to build coastal refuge

HALIFAX — Organizers behind a plan to establish North America’s first coastal refuge for captive whales say the Nova Scotia government has granted them approval to start construction on the province’s eastern shore. The U.S.-based Whale Sanctuary Project announced Tuesday that Premier Tim Hous...

10/22/2025

The Nova Scotia Nature Trust says a large island off the province’s southwest coast will be permanently protected from development.

The Nova Scotia Nature Trust says a large island off the province’s southwest coast will be permanently protected from development. The conservation group says the protection of Cape LaHave Island in the Municipality of Lunenburg is a big deal because it is one of the largest islands ever conserve...

10/17/2025

Two killed in head-on crash east of Halifax

The RCMP says two people were killed in a head-on crash just east of Halifax on Friday morning. Officers responded to the crash just after 7 a.m. on Hwy. 107 near Mineville, according to a media release. Police say an eastbound Mazda 3 collided with an eastbound Hyundai Kona before the Mazda collide...

10/14/2025

N.S. creates portal aimed at making it easier for mining companies to track permits

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has created a new online portal it says would eventually allow mining companies to apply for and track their permit applications online. The provincial government says this move is part of its efforts to make it easier for mining firms to do business in Nova Scotia. The first...

10/14/2025

RCMP reports officer-involved shooting in Eastern Passage

A person suffered life-threatening injuries after being shot by a police officer near Halifax on Tuesday afternoon. According to the RCMP, officers were called to reports of a physical assault at a home on Cedar Lane in Eastern Passage just before 2 p.m. “During the RCMP response, a member dischar...

10/10/2025

Two arrested after weapons, drugs found in Halifax area

Two men have been arrested and charged following two search warrants executed in Porters Lake and Bedford. According to a release from the RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment, RCMP officers with the assistance of the Halifax Regional Police searched two properties one on Boulder Hill Road in Porters La...