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The Local Dish 120108
12.01.08 Search on for fisherman missing from Petite Riviere. A Coast Guard helicopter and a second vessel will join the search today for a fisherman missing off Nova Scotia after officials received a call of a man falling overboard from the lobster vessel Re... Read More.

The Local Dish 112808
11.28.08 Conservatives say gas price regulation costs more, but it’s worth it. A review of gas regulation in the province released Thursday by Service Nova Scotia Minister Jamie Muir says provincewide, regulation is costing consumers about $6 million per year... Read More.

The Local Dish 112708
11.27.08 Lawyer considers class-action lawsuit for Cobequid Pass drivers. Halifax lawyer Ray Wagner says his firm, Wagners, is considering launching a class-action lawsuit on behalf of hundreds of travellers stranded in a snowstorm on the Cobequid Pass last w... Read More.

The Local Dish 112608
11.26.08 17-day Legislature session ends without fiscal update. The Liberals and NDP say Nova Scotians need a fiscal update. "We’ve debated naming what our provincial pony is going to be and we’ve now discovered that hockey is our provincial sport and that we... Read More.

The Local Dish 112508
11.25.08 Legislature passes HRM By Design bill. The legislation is supposed to give the city more control over building design and streamline the development process. Rodney MacDonald says it will establish ground rules to help everyone. The law also allows a... Read More.

The Local Dish 112108
11.21.08 Minister promises full review of safety on Cobequid Pass. Transportation Minister Murray Scott promised to get to the bottom of how a sudden snowstorm on Wednesday could leave hundreds of people stuck overnight on the toll highway. Scott says snowplo... Read More.

The Local Dish 112008
11.20.08 Police Chief vows drug gangs will feel full force of the law. Chief Frank Beazley says a drug war is behind two shootings this week. He says, "we are doing everything within our power to deter the violence between these groups." The Chief didn't ment... Read More.

The Local Dish 111908
11.19.08 Girl arrested after man shot outside IWK. A 17-year-old girl is in custody and charged with possessing a gun after a shooting Tuesday night at the IWK. She has not been charged with the shooting. Someone fired multiple gunshots at a man in his mid-20... Read More.

The Local Dish 111808
11.18.08 Woman hit by truck dies on Halifax street. A 27-year-old woman died Monday mid-morning when she was struck by a dump truck at the intersection of Barrington and Sackville Streets. Halifax Police say the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Her nam... Read More.

The Local Dish 111708
11.17.08 NDP bill would reinstate tax rebate on power bills. The NDP introduced legislation Friday to bring back the HST rebate on power bills. In Spring 2006, the Conservative government announced the HST would be cut from everyone’s tax bill. Then they elim... Read More.

The Local Dish 111308
11.13.08 Police defend use of polygraph tests in hiring. Deputy chief of Halifax Regional Police, Chris McNeil, defended the use of polygraph tests in hiring for his department and says questions about illegal activity are standard and need to be asked. Appli... Read More.

The Local Dish 111208
11.12.08 Thousands take part in Remembrance Day ceremonies. A Sea King helicopter flew over a ceremony held at the Grand Parade in Halifax. Bagpipes followed a 21-gun salute from Citadel Hill just after 11 a.m. A crowd filled the entire square and spilled int... Read More.

The Local Dish 111008
11.10.08 Body of man, 21, found in a river near Elderbank. A red, four-door Chev Cavalier left the road on a sharp curve and landed in a small river near Elderbank early Sunday morning. A young Halifax County man was later found dead in the river. RCMP say th... Read More.

The Local Dish 110708
11.07.08 Nova Scotia Power cuts new president’s salary. Rob Bennett, who took over from former president Ralph Tedesco four months ago, is being paid less than the $770,000 in executive compensation Tedesco made last year. That was down from $1 million the ye... Read More.

The Local Dish 110608
11.06.08 Utility Board approves NSP's 9.4% power rate increase. 440,000 Nova Sco­tia households will pay an extra $18 over a two-month billing period, or $30 if they use electric heat, accord­ing to NSP, after the company's fifth power rate in­crease in seven... Read More.

The Local Dish 110508
11.05.08 MacDonald says he was blindsided but child ATV plans hatched in 2007. Seven government departments knew a year and a half ago about plans to buy 66 child-sized ATVs. MacDonald maintains he was blindsided by the $230,000 purchase last June. Yesterday ... Read More.

The Local Dish 110408
11.04.08 Poverty activists protest against cuts to homeless shelter. Members of the Halifax Coalition Against Poverty entered the Community Services Department on Gottingen Street yesterday asking that the province reinstate funds for Pendleton Place emergenc... Read More.

The Local Dish 110308
11.03.08 Cause of woman's scuba diving death still undetermined. The identity of a 28 year old woman who died while scuba diving off Sambro Saturday morning has not been released. The woman died after a dive from the boat Ryan & Erin about four or five kilome... Read More.

The Local Dish 103108
10.31.08 Government set to make daytime lights mandatory for drivers. Proposed changes to the Motor Vehicle Act would require daytime headlights to be on in all vehicles at all times. The provincial government says vehicles made before 1990 that do not have a... Read More.

The Local Dish 103008
10.30.08 Picton Castle’s masters didn’t fully consider forecasts of storms, TSB report says. The Transportation Safety Board report about how 25-year-old Laura Gainey was swept off the port deck of the Picton Castle on Dec. 8, 2006 questions the decision of t... Read More.

The Local Dish 102908
10.29.08 Province puts restaurant safety inspection reports online. The Nova Scotia government has finally caught up with the rest of North America and unveiled a website that posts inspection reports for 5,000 restaurants, grocery stores and other food vendo... Read More.

The Local Dish 102808
10.28.08 Rosamond Luke back at women’s empowerment group. Victor Goldberg, lawyer for the board of the All Women’s Empowerment and Development Association, says the board reinstated Rosamond Luke three weeks ago pending an independent investigation of events ... Read More.

The Local Dish 102708
10.27.08 Economic downturn means HRM should look at its bottom line, Younger says. Andrew Younger, councillor for East Dartmouth-the Lakes, says HRM has enormous investments in the stock markets. He's putting forward a motion tomorrow at council for a staff r... Read More.

The Local Dish 102408
10.24.08 Premier wants to veto HRM waterfront development decision. MacDonald has instructed staff to find a way to make the Armour Group’s proposed Water­side Centre project hap­pen. He says growth downtown is impor­tant for Halifax and Nova Scotia. MacDonal... Read More.

The Local Dish 102308
10.23.08 ATV interests sway province, group says. A citizens group, Nova Scotians Promoting Active Transportation on Community Trails, held a press conference Wednesday to condemn the province’s decision to allow ATVs on a trail in Paradise in Annapolis Count... Read More.

The Local Dish 102208
10.22.08 Council rejects plan to redevelop waterfront heritage buildings. The vote was 9-9 which meant a loss. Councillors debated for more than an hour Tuesday night. The Armour Group project would have preserved the facades of six buildings on the corner of... Read More.

The Local Dish 102108
10.21.08 Celebration of democracy turns into examination of what’s gone wrong. The Chief Justice of Canada, Beverley McLachlin, congratulated Nova Scotia’s democratic legacy in front of the legislature Monday. But former premier John Hamm offered some soberin... Read More.

The Local Dish 102008
10.20.08 Time for council to cut frivolous stuff, Kelly says. Kelly says there will be less talk and more action in his third term as Mayor of HRM. Kelly says he plans to steer his colleagues away from the "cat stuff" that has left council open to criticism. ... Read More.

The Local Dish 101708
10.17.08 Mayoralty candidates still chasing votes. The three candidates for mayor were working hard yesterday to sway a few more votes their way before tomorrow’s city election. Kelly says transportation is one of the key issues. He says there has to be a tra... Read More.

The Local Dish 101608
10.16.08 Long lines at advance polls draws voter ire. Bedford councillor Tim Outhit says some people who turned up to vote at Bedford United Church Tuesday waited 45 minutes to vote. Others just walked away. At the Dartmouth North Community Centre, councillor... Read More.

The Local Dish 101508
10.15.08 Province’s voters stay the course. Nova Scotians sent one more Conservative to Ottawa in yesterday's election and stayed with the incum­bents. Independent Bill Casey won his riding easily in a signal of approval for his stand against Prime Minister S... Read More.

The Local Dish 101408
10.14.08 Halifax's election overlap causes concern. The NDP says a conflict between the two elections today could lead to voter confusion. The city election was planned long before the federal one and some schools were already booked for advance municipal pol... Read More.

The Local Dish 101008
10.10.08 Stephane Dion pledges to honour Atlantic Accord at Pier 21 appearance. Dion told the Chamber of Commerce, "We have an incredible Liberal caucus in Nova Scotia. I have here the materials for the core of the cabinet for the whole of Canada." Then he sa... Read More.

The Local Dish 100908
10.09.08 Mayoralty candidates grilled on green issues. The three mayoralty candidates were grilled about environmental issues Wednesday at Dal. Peter Kelly said Council endorsed the controversial Chebucto Road-widening project to expand corridors onto the pen... Read More.

The Local Dish 100808
10.08.08 MLAs’ pensions 'gold-plated.' Pension information for Nova Scotia's MLSs have been posted on the province's website, after a commitment was made by MLAs almost two years ago to do so. As of March 31 this year entitlements ranging from $22,288.55 for ... Read More.

The Local Dish 100708
10.07.08 Downtown at the heart of third mayoral debate. A two-hour public forum that focused on de-amalgamation, the Commonwealth Games and capital spending in the downtown had Mayor Peter Kelly on the defensive last night. Sheila Fougere attacked the Mayor f... Read More.

The Local Dish 100608
10.06.08 Run for the Cure raises $1.3 million in N.S. to fight breast cancer. The Halifax event raised more than $1 million of Nova Scotia’s grand total of $1.3 million. The money will go to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. There were four other runs ac... Read More.

The Local Dish 100308
10.03.08 Sheila Fougere slams mayor’s work on violence, Commonwealth Games. Fougere is attacking Kelly’s approach to downtown violence saying it has only enhanced negative stereotypes, and has not resulted in any kind of action. Kelly responds that 32 new pol... Read More.

The Local Dish 100208
10.02.08 Poverty groups call four dollar welfare increase a 'slap in the face.' The Halifax Coalition Against Poverty says the real value of a welfare cheque in Nova Scotia has fallen as much as 20 per cent over the last 20 years. HCAP’s Jill Ratcliffe says a... Read More.

The Local Dish 100108
10.01.08 Dartmouth man, wife each receive 2 voter cards, PINs for HRM election. Neal Alderson and his wife Carla, of Dartmouth, have both received two e-voting cards, and separate personal identification numbers, from the city in the mail. His were addressed ... Read More.

The Local Dish 093008
9.30.08 Halifax commuters put fast ferry at the bottom of priority list. A Bristol Omnifacts Research survey indicates a majority of people — 51 per cent — picked bus service to more areas of HRM as their transit priority. Only 12 per cent of those polled pic... Read More.

The Local Dish 092908
9.29.08 Hurricane Kyle loses force after hitting N.S. Hurricane Kyle, a Category 1 storm was downgraded to a tropical storm at 11 p.m. Sunday, half-hour after the storm had passed over Yarmouth and was bearing down on Cumberland County. No major problems were... Read More.

The Local Dish 092608
9.26.08 Fougere rips into Kelly for all Halifax has lost. Fougere stressed four times in two-minutes that Halifax has not had a strong leader during Kelly’s tenure and that has cost the city $700 million in federal and provincial funds for athletic and recrea... Read More.

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9.24.08 Woman demands review after husband tasered during medical emergency. An Amherst woman says the town’s police department should review its use of Tasers after her husband was zapped with one during a recent medical emergency. The woman, who asked to re... Read More.

The Local Dish 092308
9.23.08 Police seize about $7.5 million worth of drugs in massive bust. A late-night drug bust on the Eastern Shore resulted in 12 people being arrested and three-quarters of a ton of hash oil seized Sunday. RCMP say a boat was unloading the drugs early in th... Read More.

The Local Dish 092208
9.22.08 Only 3 per cent of $44 million ACOA loans to tech firms paid back. Only five firms have begun repaying money they owe and two companies are bankrupt six years after Ottawa loaned $44 million to 18 technology companies in Atlantic Canada. Four companie... Read More.

The Local Dish 091908
9.19.08 Gas price drops nine cents. Prices are more in line with New Brunswick and P.E.I., ranging from $1.25 to $1.27 across Nova Scotia's six price zones. The province used its "interrupter clause" to drop prices 10 cents a litre on Wednesday. It used the s... Read More.

The Local Dish 091808
9.18.08 Patient dies in ambulance crash. An ambulance was travelling west when it went across the road and plunged into the woods, striking rocks and trees about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning on Highway 103 near the Hubbards exit. A Lunenburg County woman who ... Read More.

The Local Dish 091708
9.17.08 Transit needs more funds to deal with spike in ridership, study says. More commuters are taking transit because of rising gas prices and ridership could triple, according to the Canadian Urban Transit Association President Michael Roschlau. The associ... Read More.

The Local Dish 091608
9.16.08 Power rates set to rise by almost 10 per cent. Nova Scotia Power Inc. has reached a deal to hike prices for the first time since April 2007. The company reached an agreement with consumer groups, pulp companies and HRM. Most Nova Scotians will end up ... Read More.

The Local Dish 091508
091508 New HRM plan for downtown core to get public input. Project manager Andy Fillmore says the second draft of HRM by Design’s plan for downtown is coming out today. There will be another six weeks of public input before the strategy goes to regional counc... Read More.

The Local Dish 091108
9.11.08 Province increases heating rebate to $450. Premier Rodney MacDonald said Wednesday the heating assistance rebate for those who heat their homes with oil will increase to $450, from $200. The income threshold to qualify will be $25,000 for individuals ... Read More.

The Local Dish 091008
9.10.08 Tories ditch Halifax candidate found to have two criminal convictions. The Conservative party has dropped Rosamond Luke as its Halifax candidate after she was appointed by the party Sunday because she has a criminal record. Luke, the executive directo... Read More.

The Local Dish 090908
9.9.08 Council revisiting taxi rate hike. City council re-visits taxi fares tonight after a three-week break. Deputy Mayor Stephen Adams is reviving the issue three months after it was deferred by the Halifax Taxi and Limousine Advisory Committee to watch wha... Read More.

The Local Dish 090808
9.8.08 Feds will invest $2 million in new farmers market. Richard Rand, owner of Fox Hill Cheese House in Port Williams, says the new market, in Pier 20, will be well-received by most vendors and the public. It will be twice the size and open six days a week ... Read More.

The Local Dish 090508
9.5.08 Cash reward boosted for unsolved murder tips. The provincial Justice Department is tripling the reward to $150,000 for tips that lead to convictions in some of the province’s unsolved murders. So far the program with a $50,000 reward has not resulted i... Read More.

The Local Dish 090408
9.4.08 Tories will use cash Bill Casey raised for appointed PC candidate. Independent MP Bill Casey, who was booted from the Conservative party by Steohen Harper last year during the Atlantic accord dispute, cannot raise money until an election is called, and... Read More.

The Local Dish 090308
9.3.08 10 years after Swissair crash only 5 of 23 safety recommendations adopted. Anger was mixed with sorrow at a Swissair Flight 111 memorial service on Tuesday. People are asking why more than three-quarters of the recommendations of the Transportation Saf... Read More.

The Local Dish 090208
9.2.08 Keith Urban on the Commons. An endless sea of Corona straw hats began arriving before noon and eventually 30,000 country music fans watched Charlie Major, Johnny Reid, Aaron Pritchett, and Jimmy Rankin rock the Commons. The pace picked up with Great Bi... Read More.

The Local Dish 082908
8.29.08 Halifax passengers stranded as Zoom airline collapses. More than 200 passengers were left stranded at Halifax airport Thursday after discount carrier Zoom Airlines filed for bankruptcy and shut down. Wednesday a Zoom flight was stalled in Halifax and ... Read More.

The Local Dish 082808
8.28.08 Nova Scotia on high alert for listeriosis tainted meat. Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia's chief medical officer said Wednesday his department will have a heightened awareness for two to three months for any signs of listeriosis, a dangerous bacterial i... Read More.

The Local Dish 082708
8.27.08 $7.50 fast ferry fare won’t fly. Bedfortd councillor Tim Outhit says fares for a proposed fast ferry to Bedford will "have to be in the $4 to $5 range or it’s not going to float." A market study will be done early next month to determine public accept... Read More.

The Local Dish 082608
8.26.08 Province forecasts a big fat surplus. Finance Minister Michael Baker announced Monday during a budget update for the first quarter that the province expects to end the fiscal year with a $355 million surplus, $166 million more than it forecast. Total ... Read More.

The Local Dish 082508
8.25.08 Air Canada Jazz ditches 'redundant' life-jackets from flights. Air Canada's Jazz airline says inflatable life-jackets are “redundant” and is removing them from its planes to save fuel. The seats act as flotation devices. The vests weigh about 25 kilog... Read More.

The Local Dish 082208
8.22.08 Brison accuses Premier of twisting Liberals' "Green Shift" facts. Scott Brison, MP for Kings-Hants, is accusing the Premier of being "a full branch-plant operation of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Ottawa office" and adds MacDonald’s opposition to th... Read More.

The Local Dish 082108
8.21.08 Apartment complex to be built for people with addictions, mental illness. The federal government announced Wednesday a $1.9-million, 20-unit affordable housing complex for people living with addictions and mental health issues will be built on Maynard... Read More.

The Local Dish 082008
8.20.08 Challengers for Mayor's chair hard to find. Citizens for Halifax is desperately searching for a candidate to defeat incumbent mayor Peter Kelly. The group, formed after Halifax withdrew its bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, says that decision was a... Read More.

The Local Dish 081908
8.19.08 Out of money, time: N.S. woman spent life savings waiting for lung transplant in Ont. Marilyn MacKay, of Louisdale, marked a year living in Toronto this month waiting for a double lung transplant. She says she may soon run out of money and have to com... Read More.

The Local Dish 081808
8.18.08 Shubenacadie’s Tracy Cameron claims Olympic sculls bronze medal. Nova Scotia’s Tracy Cameron and her rowing partner, Melanie Kok, won an Olympic bronze medal in lightweight double sculls early Sunday beating the fourth-place German team by just 0.04 o... Read More.

The Local Dish 081508
8.15.08 Firefighters injured in rope business blaze. Two firefighters escaped with mild injuries when a suspicious fire tore through a rope-making business in Prospect Bay and a wall collapsed. About 40 firefighters fought the fire at Maritime Cordage. The co... Read More.

The Local Dish 081408
8.14.08 Deep Cove now protected from development. The Nature Conservancy of Canada has purchased Deep Cove, about 50 kilometres adjacent to the Blandford Nature Reserve south of Halifax, for $800,000. The federal and provincial governments also contributed to... Read More.

The Local Dish 081308
8.13.08 Small victory for library proponents. Proponents of a new $42 million central library on Spring Garden Road received a boost last night when council approved the project ‘in principle’ after three hours of debate. Dartmouth councillor Glora McCluskey ... Read More.

Local Dish 081208
Feds following Nova Scotia's lead on tracking convicts. The federal government is going to copy Nova Scotia to keep an electronic eye on convicts by using a global positioning syetem device attached to an anklet. The device will be attached to offenders on hou... Read More.

Local Dish 081108
8.11.08 NDP calls for more time for public input on school changes. NDP education critic Percy Paris is asking Education Minister Karen Casey to give the public more than just three weeks to comment on proposed changes to school board governance. Proposed cha... Read More.

Local Dish 080808
8.8.08 Candlelight vigil for Reader draws hundreds. Several hundred people attended a candlelight vigil last night at the intersection where Jonathan Reader was found three years ago. The 19-year-old was found at the intersection of Radcliffe Drive and Dunbra... Read More.

The Local Dish 080708
8.7.08 Halifax, Games get $40.5m rec centre. The province and federal government will contribute $12 million each for the centre, which will include competitive and warm-up pools, a field house with gymnasium space and a 200-metre indoor track. The city and s... Read More.

The Local Dish 080608
8.6.08 Tories report $419m surplus; critics credit Crown share, slam spending. The province recorded a $419-million surplus last fiscal year, Finance Minister Michael Baker reported Tuesday. Part of the surplus resulted from the landmark Crown share agreement... Read More.

Local Dish 080108
8.1.08 Layton promises money for transit. Federal NDP leader Jack Layton said in Halifax yesterday he would give Metro Transit more money as a counter to the Liberal’s carbon tax. Layton suggested a cap on polluters who would pay if they go over the limit and... Read More.

Local Dish 073108
07.31.08 Province announces 226 new nursing seats. Health Minister Chris d’Entremont says the province will train 226 more nurses next year in an effort to address a looming nursing shortage. The province is allocating $3.4 million to finance 46 Bachelor of N... Read More.

Local Dish 073008
07.30.08 NDP urges new road regulations to allow electric cars. NDP Transportation Critic Vicki Conrad is urging the transportation minister to change the rules so electric cars can be used by commuters. These cars cost around $16,000 and have a top speed of ... Read More.

Local Dish 072908
07.29.08 Rallies against Air Canada job cuts go country-wide. Air Canada flight attendants and their supporters rallied in the Grand Parade Monday against the planned closure of the Halifax base. Mayor Peter Kelly, MPs Alexa McDonough and Geoff Reagan joined ... Read More.

Local Dish 072808
07.28.08 Spryfield grow-op goes up in smoke. Firefighters found a small fire and marijuana plants growing in the basement of a duplex at 19 Kidston Rd. at 9:45 a.m. Sunday. The fire was in the basement of the house and there was smoke and water damage but no ... Read More.

Local Dish 072408
07.24.08 Globetrotting MLAs. Charles Cirtwill, of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies in Halifax, says Nova Scotian politicans are travelling the world while the price of everything goes up: deputy premier Angus MacIsaac, two trips to India costing $30,... Read More.

Local Dish 072508
07.25.08 Lottery CEO wins pension jackpot. Michelle Carinci, CEO since 2001, got 10 years’ pension for five years’ work. Carinci reached a new deal with the corporation last month that kicked in after she had spent five years in the job. It entitles her to a ... Read More.

Local Dish 072208
07.22.08 3rd time stinky: Sewage pours into garage again. Heavy rains from tropical storm Cristobal flooded the parking garage under Peninsula Place on Barrington St. for the third time this year blowing out three manhole covers and sending sewage water into ... Read More.

Local Dish 072308
07.23.08 Sewage overflow: Whose fault is it? Peter Kelly, Coun. Dawn Sloane (Halifax Downtown) and city staff met Tuesday to discuss flooding at Peninsula Place, but were unable to determine who should be held responsible. A data recorder was recently install... Read More.

Local Dish 072108
07.21.08 Salter St. development project may start in ’09. The 12-storey development with a skating rink and boardwalk was announced for the Halifax waterfront four years ago but the Waterfront Development Corp., owner of the land, says it is in final stages... Read More.

Local Dish 071708
07.17.08 Ferry tale is for real. HRM has issued a tender for expressions of interest from qualified firms to design, build and deliver at least two fast ferries that would carry as many as 250 passengers on a 12-kilometre run from Mill Cove to downtown Halifa... Read More.

Thursday, September 13, 2007
Liberals join NDP in opposing law that would remove health care workers' right to strike. Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil says he opposes the bill because "there's no guarantee for Nova Scotians that because you ban the ability of strikes that we won't have ille... Read More.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Premier spent $20,000 for charter air flights to Toronto and Ottawa. The first charter took the Premier and five staff members to Toronto where he gave a speech. Then they flew to Ottawa. The trip was part of MacDonald's failed attempt to convince Premier Step... Read More.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007
More than 500 pack hall for HRM by Design presentation on future development. The Kenneth C. Rowe Heritage Hall in Pier 21 was standing room only as the group presented "10 Big Moves" that included proposals to give priority to pedestrians, enhance heritage bu... Read More.

Monday, Sept. 10, 2007
Public participation in city's development guidelines key to success, consultants say. Jennifer Keesmaat, lead consultant for HRM by Design, a design process that seeks public input about future development in Halifax says "turnout has been OK, but it wasn't a... Read More.

Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007
Liberals accuse federal PCs of laundering $20,000 through Halifax ridings to get around ad limit. The Liberals are accusing the federal Conservatives of laundering more than $20,000 through three metro Halifax ridings during last year's election. It's part of ... Read More.

Friday, Sept. 7, 2007
Nine passengers suffer minor injuries, many left shaken after turbulent WestJet flight. Ambulances were on the tarmac to greet the Calgary-to-Halifax flight that landed at Halifax Airport before 7:30 pm Thursday. The captain came on the intercom to warn passen... Read More.

Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007
Former privacy officer shocked by secrecy surrounding Commonwealth Games bid info. “I’m just flabbergasted,” says the province’s former review officer under Nova Scotia’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Darce Fardy says even after 11 year... Read More.

Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007
Detailed report on Commonwealth Games bid to remain confidential. All documents, detailed plans, reports and background infor­mation of the Halifax 2014 Bid Society has been put into seven boxes and will be stored at an Ottawa archive acces sible only to a sel... Read More.

Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007
RCMP arrest five in weekend murder of Digby County man. Three people have been charged with first-degree murder, robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery in the murder Saturday of Wayne Edward Doucette, 55, in Digby. Two others have been arrested in connection... Read More.

Friday, August 31, 2007
16-year- old boy charged with stabbing four security guards denied bail. The teenager faces four charges of attempted murder. Two of those stabbed Friday at a back-to-school dance remain in hospital in serious condition. Crown attorney Terry Nickerson opposed ... Read More.

Thursday, August 30, 2007
Nova Scotia calls on Ottawa to toughen Youth Criminal Justice Act. The Premier said Wednesday he is "absolutely sickened" by recent violent crimes in Halifax by teenagers who were free on court-ordered curfews. MacDonald says the province is introducing legisl... Read More.

Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Rodney sets byelection Oct. 2 to replace Cole Harbour - Eastern Passage MLA. The NDP's Kevin Deveaux who resigned last spring represented Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage for nine years after having won four elections in the riding. He left to work for the United ... Read More.

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
'I will respect this agreement,' Stephane Dion says of Atlantic Accord. The federal Liberal leader was at Saint Mary’s University on Monday for a round-table discussion on the Atlantic economy. As an MP Dion resisted former Premier John Hamm’s plea to allow No... Read More.

Monday, August 27, 2007
Police looking for man who sexually assaulted boy, 13, and a girl, 14, in Cole Harbour. The police department's integrated major crime unit released this drawing compiled by witness accounts of a man who sexually assaulted the two teenagers early Friday mornin... Read More.

Saturday, August 25, 2007
Missing 17-year-old Sackville boy, a straight A student, found after car crash. Jerome Pelletier was found after he after drove off Ontario's Highway 401. He was alone, drivng east about 150 kilometres from the Quebec border, when his vehicle went off the ro... Read More.

Friday, August 24, 2007
Police investigating the "very suspicious" disappearance of a 17-year-old Sackville boy. Jerome Pelletier was reportedly assaulted and had his car stolen in February and police are investigating whether that incident is connected to his disappearance. A text... Read More.

Thursday, August 23, 2007
Province will recommend that late night workers not work alone. Labour Minister Mark Parent, reacting to a series of vicious, late night attacks recently on gas station attendants, said the government will put a discussion paper out to the public soon for disc... Read More.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Gas station attendant calls husband after being robbed, stabbed and raped. Delores Reynolds was working her third job at the Portland Street Ultramar about 2 am Tuesday morning when she buzzed a man in. Not long after she called her husband and told him, "I ha... Read More.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
One of metro's larger bars sues to recover provincial liquor fees. Reflections Cabaret and Cigar Bar claims $300,000 that has been paid in surcharges between the 1990s and 2006 was an indirect tax. The bar's lawyer, Peter Coulthard, says, "it is entitled to re... Read More.

Monday, August 20, 2007
Metro Transit workers vote 98 per cent in favor of strike. Dan MacDonald, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 508, said Sunday, "we don’t want to inconvenience the general public right at this point in time ... We’re going to play it by ear and se... Read More.

Saturday, August 18, 2007
Rodney says emergency room doctors will stay in Nova Scotia for quality of life. Emergency room doctors in the province earn $130 per hour, among the lowest paid in the country, and some are taking short-term jobs in Ontario and New Brunswick at more than $200... Read More.

Friday, August 17, 2007
Nova Scotia Appeal Court rules Halifax garbage must stay in metro. The court reversed a lower court ruling that would have allowed Ed DeWolfe Trucking Ltd. to haul commercial garbage to a landfill in West Hants. Truckers want to take city garbage to rural dump... Read More.

Thursday, August 16, 2007
MD quits off-road vehicle board saying province is not committed to safety. Michael Howlett, a Truro doctor and member of the Nova Scotia Trauma Advisory Committee resigned in a letter to the chairman of the Off Highway Vehicle Committee this month. Howlett sa... Read More.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Mayor's one-man concert promotion sends mixed message to council. Peter Kelly has been telling two different stories to the public and to councillors about the concert promotion mailer he sent to music concert producers. In an email Kelly told councillors the ... Read More.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Rolling Stones promoter applauds Mayor's one-man concert promotion. Donald Tarlton, of Donald K Donald Entertainment Group in Montreal, said, "If they do nothing, they will get nothing." The Mayor is sending out promotional cards to concert promoters promoting... Read More.

Monday, August 13, 2007
Fight breaks out at Busker's fest as police try to arrest youth. A rock throwing incident turned into a melee when a large crowd that had gathered for the Busker festival turned into a mob as police tried to take a youth into custody. Police called for backup ... Read More.

Saturday, August 11, 2007
Truro town councillors say they don't support Mayor Bill Mills' comments about gays. The Mayor went on vacation leaving councillors to deal with complaints about comments he made about gays. Council voted 6 -1 two weeks ago denying a request to fly a gay-pride... Read More.

Friday, August 10, 2007
Driver of a black car seen speeding during fatal Dartmouth crash last week has been ID'd. Police say the driver's identity was confirmed Wednesday after they publicly requested that he come forward. They did not release his name. Police spokesman Constable Jef... Read More.

Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007
Broken water main causes havoc in Kearney Lake Road area. Residents said they heard a loud bang about 11:30 pm Tuesday and saw waves of water washing down the streets. Basements were flooded and a day care close to the broken pipe on Kearney Lake Road was comp... Read More.

Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Health minister d'Entremont says new QEII ER will be 'done right' this time. In announcing the new $17-million facility Chris d'Entremont said, "We wanted to ensure we didn't make another decision like the first one - not to build an emergency department the r... Read More.

Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Truro Mayor refuses to fly gay rights flag; Colchester Mayor says he will. Colchester County Mayor Mike Smith said at a gay pride rally in the town Monday that he would fly the flag over the county’s offices at 1 Church St., a couple of blocks from Truro’s tow... Read More.

Friday, August 3, 2007
RCMP investigating Finance Minister Michael Baker's cottage business. Lunenburg County detachment Cpl. Don Gray confirmed Thursday the force had begun a preliminary investigation into Island View Cottages, owned by Baker and three partners after Baker admitted... Read More.

Thursday, Aug.2, 2007
Finance Minister Baker admits his cottages don't pay commercial tax rates. Michael Baker says he owns three cottages on Herman's Island in Lunenburg County with three partners that are not licensed and pay residential tax rates. Nova Scotia’s Tourist Accommoda... Read More.

Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007
Dartmouth residents heard cries of pregnant woman who had been stabbed. A woman living at 66 Lakefront Rd., called out an open window for help after being stabbed by a man in her apartment about 12:30 am Tuesday morning. A woman walking by heard her calls and ... Read More.

Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Details unveiled of waterfront development for downtown Dartmouth. "Dartmouth has been stagnant for 50 years or so. This will bring new life," said Dartmouth resident Maurice Muise at the unveiling of plans for an 80,000-square-foot wharf development on the ol... Read More.

Monday, July 30, 2007
City councillor says public has right to know how Commonwealth Games committee spent $8.5 million. Harry McInroy, councillor for Cole Harbour, says "In terms of handling the finances ... they were in over their heads ... And I’m not sure if there’s information... Read More.

Saturday, July 28, 2007
Racist graffiti sprayed across benches at Seaview Park, former Africville site. "Kill all black children" and "Seaview Park is for whites" was found Thursday written in black permanent marker on two benches and a picnic table in Seaview Park. Other graffiti wi... Read More.

Friday, July 27, 2007
Judge allows police to identify teen suspects in Agricola Street shooting. Police are looking for Kyle Sinclair Sparks, 17, of Halifax and Mykel C. Smith, 16, of North Preston in connection with the July 14 shooting of a 40-year-old man in an apartment above O... Read More.

Thursday, July 26, 2007
Justice minister says handgun ban won't deter crimes with firearms. Murray Scott says he's willing to listen to the arguments after Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant called for a total ban on handguns, but he says stronger enforcement and stiffer penalti... Read More.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Spryfield bus may be re-routed after thrown rock narrowly misses passenger. The rock shattered a window about midnight as the No. 20 Herring Cove bus was travelling on Greystone Drive. Kids were seen throwing the rocks, not the first time this has happened alo... Read More.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Bus driver injured when rock thrown through window. RCMP said no one was on the bus just after 11 p.m. Sunday as it was travelling on Gregory Drive in Dartmouth, near Joseph Giles Elementary School, when a rock the size of a fist came through the window hittin... Read More.

Monday, July 23, 2007
Police identify Maynard Street murder victim as as Glenn Brian Bourgeois, 37, of Halifax. Shots rang out in the north-end just after 4:30 Saturday afternoon. Police arrived at the corner of Maynard and Woodill Street and found a man lying in the middle of the ... Read More.

Saturday, July 21, 2007
Macdonald Bridge will need major retrofit in six to eight years. Tom Calkin, chairman of the Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Commission, says the 52-year old bridge needs "a completely new deck, not just the road surface... I’m talking about the structural part of th... Read More.

Friday, July20, 2007
Nova Scotia's VLT profits plunge 18 per cent but casinos are up 13 per cent. Revenues continue to plummet after the PC government cut the number of machines by one-third and mandated a midnight shutoff in an effort to help problem gamblers. Now NDP critic Vick... Read More.

Thursday, July 19, 2007
Veterans describe difficulties they face obtaining government pensions and services. Sackville-Eastern Shore MP Peter Stoffer, the NDP’s veterans affairs critic was joined by retired soldiers, a widow, an audiologist and Percy Paris, New Democrat MLA for Waver... Read More.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Shooting has Spryfield residents calling for larger police presence. A shooting Monday night has some residents calling for more foot and bicycle patrols in the neighbourhood. "It doesn't do any good if they're in a car and they can't hear what's going on." Po... Read More.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Now that it's over, province, city announce $900,000 for Tall Ships Festival. At the end of the Tall Ships Festival on Monday the Premier announced the province would contribute $600,000, and the city said it would put in $300,000. More is expected from the fe... Read More.

Monday, July 16, 2007
Husband of 43 years sees wife with Alzheimer's who was taken back to England. Sandy Munroe travelled to Billingham Grange Care Centre in North Yorkshire to see his wife Heli two weeks ago for the first time since November 2005. Heli's brother Marek Pospiesalsk... Read More.

Saturday, July 14, 2007
Fans find The White Stripes playing at a pool hall after afternoon search. A large group of fans waited at the Citadel with rumours swirling the band might play there. Inside the fort Jack White, Meg, and his mother and sister were looking around as tourists. ... Read More.

Friday, July 13, 2007
Chief says Indian Affairs Minister’s decision to skip First Nations meeting an insult. Jim Prentice is attending a First World War ceremony in Belgium where his grandfather fought. Rick Simon, regional chief of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, said "I think it’s ... Read More.

Thursday, July 12, 2007
Rodney to spend $500,000 to build a press theatre. The province is $12.6 Billion dollars in debt but the Premier's office says it is important to treat the press the same as other provinces so it is building a theatre at One Government Place for news conferenc... Read More.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007
HRM reveals security details in tender to upgrade the surveillance systems. The city is upgrading security at its five storefront locations. On Tuesday floor plans of the five customer service areas were posted on the city's website with precise locations of t... Read More.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Council buys $7,000 crosswalk countdown signals against staff advice. New pedestrian countdown signals at $7,000 each are being installed at 45 intersections as the city converts its traffic lights to new LED lights. Pedestrians see how many seconds they have ... Read More.

Monday, July 9, 2007
City spends $20,000 for nine councillors to attend Calgary conference. Purcells Cove Councillor Linda Mosher said the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' Annual Conference is an opportunity to network and learn. She said she attended sessions on transit, ne... Read More.

Saturday, July 7, 2007
Ottawa offered Nova Scotia an offshore revenue deal that's better than Atlantic Accord. The Daily News reports that two economists who studied the deal for the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council said Friday it would provide Nova Scotia with $992 million more ... Read More.

Friday, July 6, 2007
Two men arrested outside Truro after man shot in the back. RCMP Const. Krista Myers said a 42-year-old man was shot once or possibly twice outside a house in Green Oaks on Wednesday night. "He crawled in and was able to get to his phone and call for help." Pol... Read More.

Thursday, July 5, 2007
Commonwealth Games committee has spent $1 million since bid abandoned. Provincial and municipal governments announced they were pulling out of the bid on March 8 because the $1.7-billion budget was too expensive. Unaudited statements from April show the bid co... Read More.

Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Mayor's spat with MacGillivray means Who, Timberlake concerts won't happen. Andy Cotton, a British concert promoter was negotiating to bring The Who to Halifax in late September. Local promoter Jens Grodt was arranging to stage a show with Justin Timberlake. C... Read More.

Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Hospitals scaling back services as health-care staff take summer holidays. Six hospitals have closed wards, reduced hours or cut back services as doctors, nurses and other health-care workers go on their summer holidays. Krista Wood, the director of public rel... Read More.

Saturday, June 30, 2007
Indian leader says Nova Scotians learning what it’s like to be an aboriginal after Atlantic Accord broken. Gordon King, executive director of the Micmac Native Friendship Centre, says, "maybe now the people of Nova Scotia know what it’s like to have their acco... Read More.

Friday, June 29, 2007
Residents upset as city cuts down trees to fight crime in Cole Harbour. The city is cutting a thick barrier of trees between homes and the noisy athletic fields at the Cole Harbour Place sports centre on the recommendation of police who said it would discourag... Read More.

Thursday, June 28, 2006
14-year-old boy presumed drowned in Dartmouth's Lake Banook. Halifax Police spokesman Sgt. Dave Reynolds said the department received a call about 8:15 pm Wednesday that a boy had gone under the water just off Birch Cove Park and two friends had been unable to... Read More.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Halifax school board spent $730,000 on legal bills this year. Richard Morris, director of financial services, says contract negotiations, environmental issues, supplementary funding and "other issues associated with a couple of board members in particular" cau... Read More.

Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Judge revokes bad driver's bail, sends him to jail. Chadi Alkhatib is in jail. The 28-year-old Halifax resident has 32 Motor Vehicle Act convictions, many of which occurred while he was suspended, and he owes the province more than $1,000 in fines. He is under... Read More.

Monday, June 25, 2007
Warrant for cellphone records gave police lead on double murder suspects. The cellphone calls of Nathaniel Sparks and Jerrell Johnston, both 25, were traced by police after a warrant was obtained giving them "authorization to intercept private communications" ... Read More.

Saturday, June 23, 2007
Life guard director says teenagers' drownings looks like rescue gone wrong. Paul D'Eon, director of Nova Scotia Life Guard Services, said, "My guess would be that the two of them were playing on the raft and the non-swimmer probably fell off the raft or found ... Read More.

Friday, June 22, 2007
Bodies of two missing teenage boys found in First Lake in Sackville. The bodies of Kyle James Dowd, 14, and Eric Keizer, 15, were found Thursday night just after 8 pm, about 150 metres from where their running shoes had been found Tuesday evening. RCMP said th... Read More.

Thursday, June 21, 2007
Search in Lower Sackville for two missing teenage boys enters third day. Families of the two boys waited on the shore of Lower Sackville's First Lake until 9 p.m. last night when the search was suspended for the night. Kyle James Dowd, 14, of Lower Sackville, ... Read More.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007
50 volunteers scour area around First Lake in Lower Sackville for two missing teens. Kyle James Dowd, 14, of Lower Sackville, and Eric Keizer, 15, of Dartmouth, last seen at Dowd's home on Tamarack Circle on Monday, were swimming at the lake early in the day a... Read More.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007
19 protesters arrested during Atlantica conference released on bail. Arraignments were held up because 11 of those accused would not identify themselves, using instead John or Jane Doe. Many of them came from outside Nova Scotia, several from the United States... Read More.

Monday, June 18, 2007
City officials talk of tearing down Cogswell interchange to develop the land. The interchange occupies 6.5 hectares of downtown real estate and Andy Fillmore, the city’s urban design project manager says that land offers possibilities for development. "An anal... Read More.

Saturday, June 16, 2007
Liquor stores will open Sundays starting July 8. Nova Scotia Liquor Corp. agency stores, small outlets licensed by the corporation in rural parts of the province, can sell alcohol this Sunday. About half of the corporation’s 107 retail stores will open from no... Read More.

Friday, June 15, 2007
Halifax school board members fired for violating their own ethics code. Education Minister Karen Casey refused to reveal what led her to fire all 13 elected school board members Dec. 19. The department was forced to disclose the exact reasons after a majority ... Read More.

Thursday, June 14, 2007
Lost of offshore accord would cost Nova Scotia $1.4 Billion over 13 years, economists say. Paul Hobson and Wade Locke, senior advisers to the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council, say in the first two years of the new equalization formula included in Stephen Ha... Read More.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Keddy, MacKay voted for Stephen Harper on budget, not Nova Scotians, opposition says. Opposition Leader Darrell Dexter said the Tory MPs put their federal party’s interests over their constituents. Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil said, "they didn’t vote for Nova... Read More.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Harper threatens to sue saying he didn't renege on offshore accord. "I don’t think we can let that allegation stay out there forever," Harper said Monday morning. He insisted his government did not break the offshore revenue agreement with Nova Scotia and Newf... Read More.

Monday, June 11, 2007
Rodney changes course, urges all provincial MPs to vote against federal budget. The Premier says he has pulled out of talks with the federal PCs, and he is now asking MPs to follow Bill Casey and vote against the budget that guts the offshore accord signed by ... Read More.

Saturday, June 9, 2007
Rodney says "I will sign a deal" with federal PCs. The Premier says he's prepared to sign a side deal with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on the Atlantic Accord, the agreement Harper has reneged on that was put in place in 2005 with the former federal governmen... Read More.

Friday, June 8, 2007
Federal PCs offer Nova Scotia's PC government an "insurance policy" on offshore accord. The Tories are trying to dampen a political firestorm after Bill Casey, their longest standing MP in Nova Scotia, voted against the federal budget because it reneged on an ... Read More.

Thursday, June 7, 2007
Premier calls Tory MP and asks him to vote for budget that kills Atlantic Accord. Minutes before the budget vote Peter MacKay and two other cabinet ministers implored Bill Casey to vote for the budget saying a last-minute deal was being worked out with the pro... Read More.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Tory MP Bill Casey votes against federal budget and is booted out of caucus. Casey said he could not support the budget because it kills the province's offshore accord signed with the federal government in 2005. Within hours of his vote he was ejected from the... Read More.

Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Nova Scotia Tory MP Bill Casey says he will vote against federal budget.Casey says the budget kills the province's offshore accord signed with the federal government in 2005. He is meeting with Finance Minister Jim Flaherty today in Ottawa. A vote against the ... Read More.

Monday, June 4, 2007
Cars account for half of greenhouse gas emissions but Metro residents still hit the road. The Ecology Action Centre says each kilometre not driven alone in a vehicle reduces the carbon dioxide discharged into the air by almost one-quarter of a kilogram. Stats ... Read More.

Saturday, June 2, 2007
After 60 years in Canada, child of a war bride is told she's not a citizen. Marion Galbraith, of Dartmouth, applied for a passport in March so she could visit family in England. Galbraith moved to Canada when she was three. Sections of the 1947 Citizenship Act... Read More.

Friday, June 1, 2007
Mobile mental health crisis team to begin 24/7 service. The team of mental health professionals from the IWK, Capital Health, Emergency Services and the police was set up last June to respond to people living with mental illness and people in distress. Program... Read More.

Thursday, May 31, 2007
School Board says no classroom cuts in budget despite drop in provincial funding. The board passed its $354 budget Wednesday night. Provincial funds dropped by more than $2.7 million this year. School Board Supt. Carole Olsen said spending will be frozen or cu... Read More.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Justice Walter Goodfellow says six months’ in jail not adequate for child porn charge. The Supreme Court judge dismissed a plea bargain and asked the Crown to gather more information about John Francis McDonald's criminal and psychological history. He delayed ... Read More.

Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Police investigating why $30,000 in IWK donations didn't go into bank. IWK foundation president Robbie Shaw said the cheques were deposited into another account but he wouldn't say if a hospital employee was involved. On Monday the Royal Bank deposited the ful... Read More.

Monday, May 28, 2007
Five people killed when motorcycles collide with an SUV on Highway 103 near Mahone Bay. Three people died at the scene around 3 p.m. near the Exit 11 ramp. Four others, in critical condition, were rushed by six ambulances dispatched from Mahone Bay, Bridgewate... Read More.

Saturday, May 26, 2007
Gas station clerk beaten in two attacks charged with assault with a weapon. Dave MacDougall, 57, was beaten unconscious about 4 am, May 13, after a woman and two men entered the Esso gas ststaion where he works on Young Street. The incident was captured by sto... Read More.

Friday, May 25, 2007
Winston Blake Hill, 19, of Merigomish, identified as man who died in North West Arm crash. Hill’s body was pulled from the Northwest Arm Thursday. Neighbours around the intersection of Jubilee Road and Pryor Street called police about 2:30 am Thursday morning ... Read More.

Thursday, May 24, 2007
Beer prices go up two per cent; another fall increase likley. It works out to 50 cents more for a domestic 12-pack and one dollar more for a 24-pack. Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation spokesman Rick Perkins says the increases were announced in the provincial budg... Read More.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Second teenager arrested in connection with bomb threats against schools.RCMP said Tuesday a 17-year-old male faces two charges of mischief, one charge of uttering threats and one charge of public mischief after a bomb threat was received at Cole Harbour Distr... Read More.

Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Suspect in two gay murders in Halifax refuses to speak in Texas court hearing. Glen Douglas Race, 26, of Dartmouth, appeared in a Brownsville, Texas courtroom twice on Monday for an extradition hearing and refused to speak when addressed by the judge. Witnesse... Read More.

Saturday, May 19, 2007
Bomb threats close three more Halifax schools on Friday. Auburn Drive High School in Cole Harbour, and Cole Harbour High School were closed again on Friday after bomb threats were received. The schools and Lockview High in Fall River had been closed Thursday b... Read More.

Friday, May 18, 2007
Three Halifax schools closed by threats Thursday. Auburn Drive High School in Cole Harbour, Cole Harbour High School, and Lockview High School in Fall River were closed by officials who said the schools had received threats. At Auburn Drive High a student foun... Read More.

Thursday, May 17, 2007
Glen Douglas Race, 26, arrested in Texas and charged in two Halifax gay murders. Race is also a suspect in the murder of Darcy Manor, of Mooers in upstate N.Y., who was murdered on May 10. He was arrested by Texas police as he tried to cross the border into Me... Read More.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007
PCs plan to replace health workers' right to strike with a form of arbitration. The premier says the government will consult workers and their unions in developing the new law. Legislation would cover about 200 collective agreements and include hospital worker... Read More.

Wednesday, May 15, 2007
Back to the 60s: City to demolish family's home to widen Chebucto Road. In a scenario that's right out of the 1960s, the city of Halifax is going to expropriate the Habchi family home to demolish it and widen Chebucto Road, ostensibly to speed traffic through ... Read More.

Monday, May 14, 2007
Fire destroys Dartmouth woman's home, but not her wedding plans. Fire completely destroyed the third floor of Casamara Smith's duplex apartment on Byron Crescent early Friday morning, burning as much as $6,000 of clothes and wedding decorations and nearly $3,0... Read More.

Saturday, May 12, 2007
Atlantic Lotto calls in police after forensic audit faults monitoring of retailers' wins. Lottoery Corp. president Michelle Carinci said police will decide if any winning tickets were stolen from customers. KPMG Forensics Inc. said the corporation made mistake... Read More.

Friday, May 11, 2007
Plan to disinfect VG's water of legionella bacterium still months behind schedule. A $70,000 pilot project to use chloromines, a chlorine disinfectant, to rid the water at the Victoria General of the bacterium that contributed to the death of a patient in 2005... Read More.

Thursday, May 10, 2007
Almost 600 to lose jobs when Hershey closes Moir's plant at year's end. Hershey Co. said Wednesday the plant is unprofitable, operates at only 30 per cent capacity, and is far from major markets and suppliers. Ken Drake, a plant cleaner and shop steward with L... Read More.

Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Students confined to classrooms at St. Agnes Junior High after student threatens shooting. School board spokesman Doug Hadley said the school learned about the threat about 20 minutes before its 300 students were to be released for the day at 3 pm. Police were... Read More.

Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Police find murder victim's car near Halifax airport. A blue Malibu driven by Michael Paul Knott, 44, before he disappeared on Wednesday was found Monday by an RCMP patrol car in woods just off Old Guysborough Road. A man on an all-terrain vehicle found Knott'... Read More.

Monday, May 7, 2007
Missing man found murdered by an ATV driver on a wooded path in Mill Cove. Michael Paul Knott, 44, was last seen May 1 when he dropped off a family member at work on Chain Lake Drive. He was reported missing the next day. Knott's body was found Saturday aftern... Read More.

Saturday, May 5, 2007
IWK reaches deal with workers; will cost $4.8 million over three years. NSGEU president Joan Jessome said, "I think everybody is relieved that it's over," after the hospital workers' union signed an agreement retroactive to November that gives its members a wa... Read More.

Friday. March 4, 2007
Anti-poverty group crashes Progressive Conservative fundraising dinner. Protesters from the Halifax Coalition Against Poverty disrupted the Nova Scotia Conservative party's annual fundraising dinner at the World Trade Center Thursday night and police were call... Read More.

Thursday, May 3, 2007
Federal PC finance minister tells his provincial counterpart: take it or leave it. Jim Flaherty told Nova Scotia's acting finance minister Angus MacIsaac "it’s one or the other." The province can accept the new richer equalization formula outlined in the feder... Read More.

Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Kevin Conrad arrested in connection with wife's murder in the Valley last fall. Conrad, 48, was picked up by RCMP on Main Street in Wolfville early Tuesday morning and was arrested for questioning. Mike Lutz was working at Mahar’s Sales and Service when he saw... Read More.

Tuesday, May 1, 2007
IWK workers go back to work after accepting binding arbitration. Union members voted 90 per cent for binding mediation after walking off the job Monday morning. Mediator Milton Veniot was appointed last week to try and resolve outstanding differences. Each sid... Read More.

Monday, April 30, 2007
Last minute talks break down; IWK workers man the picket lines. 600 workers at the region's largest children's hospital are picketing at four locations around the IWK Health Centre. A strike officially started about 6:30 am this morning. IWK CEO Anne McGuire s... Read More.

Saturday, April 28, 2007
Dion tells local Liberal gathering Harper's environment policy is a scam, not a plan. The new federal Liberal leader, in Halifax for the provincial party's leadership convention, said the Conservative government has abandoned Canada’s commitments under the Kyo... Read More.

Friday, April 27, 2007
Halifax man sentenced to five years for beating a panhandler to death. Trevor John Tower, 26, was found guilty of manslaughter last June for a fight in Nov. 2004 in which he hit Bernard Grismajer, 50, on the back with a pair of pruning shears, puncturing his s... Read More.

Thursday, April 26, 2007
Thirty-two children in treatment for mental illness and addictions being discharged as IWK prepares for strike. 600 unionized health-care workers who have been without a contract since Oct. 31, 2006 will be in a legal position to strike after 12 am Monday morn... Read More.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Provincial cabinet ministers can lease even more expensive cars if they qualify for environmental rebate. PC cabinet minister will now be able to spend $35,000 to lease a vehicle - up from the old ceiling of $25,000 - as long as it qualifies for a federal gove... Read More.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Police force investigating cruiser that crashed into three vehicles at red light. Police spokesman Const. Jeff Carr said Monday a female officer was driving her police car north on Robie Street about 11 am Sunday in response to an officer who had called for as... Read More.

Monday, April 23, 2007
Police car speeding through red light crashes into three other vehicles. A police officer and people from two other cars were injured in the accident. Witnesses said a woman was driving the police car north on Robie Street about 11 am Sunday and passed two car... Read More.

Saturday, April 21, 2007
More than two-thirds of IWK workers vote to strike.The union says a strike would not happen before April 30. Anne McGuire, IWK president and CEO, says the hospital is preparing for a possible walkout and it would be reduced to emergency services only were that... Read More.

Friday, April 20, 2007
Much of Clayton Park loses power after racoon makes contact with a power transformer. About 9,000 people in Clayton Park, Rockingham and Fairview went without power for much of Thursday. Nova Scotia Power said the animal entered a substation on Meadowlark Cres... Read More.

Thursday, April 19, 2007
Local universities say they are planning a response for a crisis like Virginia Tech shooting. Acadia had planned a simulated exercise on the Wolfville campus to take place this summer long before Monday's shootings in Virginia. Claude O’Hara, a retired RCMP of...