Halifax Regional Police, along with Ground Search and Rescue crews, are in the area of Dalhousie University Wednesday night searching for a man missing from a Halifax hospital. A news release from Halifax Regional Police says officers are looking for 48-year-old Steve Corkum who was reported missing by Nova Scotia Health on Tuesday. Corkum is … Read More “Halifax police searching for man missing from hospital” »
Nova Scotia A woman from Chapel Island, N.S., died in a single-vehicle car crash in Richmond County, according to the RCMP. Driver was lone occupant when sedan went off Highway 104 near Lower River Inhabitants CBC News · Posted: May 15, 2024 3:17 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago RCMP are investigating the … Read More “21-year-old woman dead after car crash in Cape Breton” »
Officials with the Department of Community Services do not have an accurate picture of the caseloads carried by social workers in Nova Scotia. The revelation came during a meeting of the legislature’s public accounts committee on Wednesday. Shelley Bent James, executive director of service delivery for the department, told MLAs on the committee that the … Read More “Community Services doesn’t know how many cases its social workers are juggling” »
The Nova Scotia government has asked nearly a dozen departments to work with Autism Nova Scotia to create the province’s first autism action plan, a move the advocacy and education group called an important step forward. The province said the action plan will identify what supports are currently available for youth and adults with autism … Read More “‘It’s about time’: Nova Scotia to create provincial autism action plan” »
Halifax Regional Police believe a non-resident could be responsible for the infamous drugging of numerous crew members of the “Titanic” movie with a hallucinogenic in 1996. According to a police report obtained by a Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy request, a lobster chowder consumed by roughly 80 crew members of the “Titanic” – … Read More “Person responsible for 1996 drugging of ‘Titanic’ crew likely not a local: Halifax police” »
A large police presence in Middle Sackville, N.S., Tuesday night was the result of a sudden death, according to Nova Scotia RCMP. A post on the Nova Scotia RCMP’s “X” page said police are on scene of a sudden death in the 100 block of Fenerty Road. The post went on to say residents can … Read More “‘Sudden death’ draws large police presence to Middle Sackville, N.S., neighbourhood” »
The minister responsible says politics has nothing to do with it but opposition leaders say it’s difficult to ignore how much municipal infrastructure funding is finding its way to districts held by Nova Scotia’s governing Tories. With a series of announcements in Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Tuesday, the provincial government has now allocated about … Read More “N.S. infrastructure fund so far favours Tory-held districts” »
Two landlords owning thousands of apartments in Halifax have reported strong growth for the first three months of 2024 in net operating income, or revenues after subtracting the expenses of operating a building. In its latest public financial reports released last week, Killam Apartment REIT reported about $15.24 million in net operating income for its Halifax … Read More “Large Halifax landlords report double-digit operating income growth in first quarter of 2024” »
A café owner in Mahone Bay, N.S., says many business owners were caught off guard in recent weeks when the town’s main thoroughfare was shut down for two days to accommodate a film shoot by a local production company. Danielle King, the owner of Eli & Trix on Main Street, told CBC Radio’s Information Morning Nova Scotia that while the crew … Read More “Mahone Bay café owner says film shoot unexpectedly cost her 2 days’ business” »
