Halifax Latest News

• New Brunswick parents calling for a children’s hospital in their own province

  Hundreds of parents in New Brunswick have signed a petition calling for a children's hospital in the province. The nearest one is the IWK Health Centre in Halifax.

  Health

  10 hours
• Long-term care worker assaulted on job after 2 women walk into N.S. nursing home

  Police say an employee at Ocean View Continuing Care Centre in Eastern Passage, N.S. was assaulted after a verbal altercation with 2 women. One person is facing an assault charge.

  Canada

  Feb 27
• ‘It’s brutal’: Halifax housing program can’t meet demand as more face homelessness

  It’s the end of the month, and for some families in Halifax, that could also mean the end of their housing as leases expire and affordable options remain scarce.

  Canada

  Feb 27
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• Man dies in Halifax-area crash following RCMP traffic stop, investigation launched

  The police watchdog in Nova Scotia is investigating a fatal crash that happened after RCMP officers tried to conduct a traffic stop in Hammonds Plains. 

  Canada

  Feb 27
• Woman, 3-year-old boy found dead in missing persons case: N.S. police

  The Nova Scotia RCMP says the search for a toddler who went missing with a woman over the weekend has come to a tragic end.

  Canada

  Feb 27
• Nova Scotia tables bill to restructure management, regulation of electricity sector

  The Energy Reform Act would create a new regulator for public energy utilities, and a new independent operator for the electricity system.

  Canada

  Feb 27
• Halifax harbour transshipment facility for imported vehicles hit by strike: Unifor

  More than 230 unionized workers in the Halifax area walked off the job today at the Autoport, one of North America’s largest transshipment facilities for imported vehicles.

  Canada

  Feb 27
• N.S. auditor calls RCMP over ‘concealment’ by provincial Liberals of misuse of funds

  Nova Scotia's auditor general is asking the Mounties to investigate the provincial Liberal party over its 'apparent concealment' of the misuse of public funds by a former employee.

  Canada

  Feb 27
• A N.S. university tripled its international recruitment. Students say they pay the price

  From 2019 to 2020, Cape Breton University tripled its efforts to recruit international students, before being forced to scale back as they couldn't find anywhere to live or work.

  Education

  Feb 27
• N.S. Liberal leader calls Brendan Maguire’s floor crossing ‘transactional’

  Nova Scotia Liberal leader Zach Churchill is raising doubts about a former Liberal MLA's decision to cross the floor and join the Progressive Conservatives last week.

  Politics

  Feb 27
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• ‘Significant rainfall’ expected in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, with risk of flooding

  Environment Canada has issued special weather statements in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, warning of lots of rain and wind mid-week.

  Weather

  Feb 27
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• Indigenous leader in Nova Scotia accusing radiologists of conducting secret tests

  A Mi'kmaq chief in Nova Scotia has filed a lawsuit against two Halifax radiologists alleging they conducted medical tests on her and others without their consent.

  Canada

  Feb 26
• New N.S. coastal protection plan shifts responsibility to homeowners, municipalities

  Nova Scotia’s environment minister says the provincial government will not put into force legislation passed in 2019 to protect the province’s coastline.

  Environment

  Feb 26
• Striking Mount Saint Vincent University faculty, librarians return to bargaining

  Striking faculty, librarians and lab instructors at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax are returning to the bargaining table today.

  Canada

  Feb 26
• Halifax not enforcing encampment evictions as deadline day arrives

  Halifax’s deadline for people to leave encampments around the city has arrived, but some residents are staying put as they await adequate shelter.

  Canada

  Feb 26
• Former Halifax Mooseheads player Jiri Suchy killed in car crash

  Former Halifax Mooseheads player Jiri Suchy, who played alongside the QMJHL team between 2005 and 2007, died as a result of a 'recent car accident' according to the team.

  Sports

  Feb 25
• Nova Scotia to build 25 more public housing units across province by spring

  In an announcement on Friday, the Nova Scotia Government said they will build an additional 25 public housing units in eight communities across the province by March.

  Politics

  Feb 25
• One person dead after an incident on a Clearwater Seafoods vessel in Nova Scotia

  Nova Scotia's Department of Labour was notified of the death Thursday, and a stop-work order is in place as Occupational Health and Safety officers investigate what happened.

  Canada

  Feb 24
• Halifax Transit suspending services on Saturday afternoon due to heavy, freezing rain

  In a rainfall warning update issued by Environment Canada, the weather agency said 25 to 55 milimetres of rain is forecast for most of Nova Scotia on Saturday. 

  Weather

  Feb 24
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• Who will be Halifax’s next mayor? No candidates yet, but interest is growing

  While there are no confirmed candidates yet for the Halifax municipal election this fall, two local councillors and one member of Parliament say they’re considering a run.

  Politics

  Feb 24
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• ‘I wont stop at all’: Missing Halifax teen’s mom calls for justice on anniversary of his disappearance

  Devon Marsman, who would be 18 now, was last seen in February 2022. Friends and family held a march outside Halifax police headquarters Friday to call for action on his case.

  Canada

  Feb 23
• Former BBB Atlantic president Peter Moorhouse gets 2-year sentence for child porn offences

  Peter Moorhouse, the former president of the Better Business Bureau of Atlantic Canada, has been sentenced to two years in prison for sexual offences involving a teenager.

  Crime

  Feb 23
• Report call for major changes to operation of Nova Scotia’s power grid

  A new report is recommending major changes to the operation of Nova Scotia’s power grid to modernize and meet the legislated goal of moving off coal by 2030.

  Canada

  Feb 23
• Heavy rain, winds forecast throughout Nova Scotia this weekend

  Environment Canada has forecasted up to 50 millimetres of rain this weekend for Nova Scotia's central, northern and eastern regions, including Cape Breton.

  Weather

  Feb 23
• ‘Hope gets dimmer as time goes’: Historic Acadian N.S. church up for sale for $250K

  A historic Nova Scotia church known as one the largest wooden churches in North America has been officially put up for sale by the Archdiocese of Halifax – Yarmouth.

  Canada

  Feb 22