Month: January 2025

Nova Scotia The seven-month-old Bernese mountain dog and the Dodge Ram 2500 were reported stolen in Central North River Friday evening. A seven-month-old Bernese mountain dog was in a Dodge Ram 2500 reported stolen Friday evening CBC News · Posted: Jan 31, 2025 7:58 PM EST | Last Updated: 37 minutes ago Nova Scotia RCMP … Read More “RCMP recover truck and puppy stolen in Colchester County” »

The Nova Scotia Police Review Board overstepped its authority by trying to close a disciplinary hearing to the public, according to lawyers for Halifax’s police department and the mother of a man who died in a jail cell. A judicial review of the board’s decision last year to hold an appeal by a former special constable … Read More “N.S. police board didn’t have authority to close disciplinary appeal to public, lawyers say” »

A young woman who died Monday after she was hit by a vehicle in Halifax is being remembered for her compassion, fierce advocacy for social justice and dedication to helping others. Alexandria Wortman, 21, studied at the University of King’s College in Halifax from 2021 to 2022 before transferring to Dalhousie University’s faculty of arts and social … Read More “Dalhousie and King’s to lower flags in honour of student killed in Halifax collision” »

Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney will abandon his party’s consumer carbon tax and replace the policy with an incentive program that rewards Canadians for making green choices.  The former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor will make the announcement at an event in Halifax later Friday morning. CBC News will stream the event … Read More “Carney says he’ll scrap the carbon tax, introduce green incentive program if he becomes leader” »

The Halifax municipality has reversed a decision that would have seen a man and his dog lose their housing. Matthieu Tetreault has been living in the RV and small attached addition on his mother’s property in Wellington, a rural community just north of Fall River in the Halifax Regional Municipality, since last summer. After a recent complaint, HRM staff issued Tetreault … Read More “Halifax-area man ordered to leave RV can stay — for now” »

A U.S.-based analyst says he believes the undersea coal mine in Donkin, N.S., will reopen someday. Joe Aldina, who writes for thecoaltrader.com, said the Cline Group, whose company Kameron Coal owns the Donkin mine, has made significant investments there that it will likely want to recover. “They’ve invested a few hundred million dollars US in [capital … Read More “Donkin coal mine will likely restart production when world prices rise, says U.S. analyst” »

The 21-bed shelter Jodi McDavid runs for women fleeing domestic violence in Sydney, N.S., is consistently full, sometimes to the point that extra beds have to be set up in the living room.  She says there’s often a waiting list of women trying to get out of a dangerous situation, with nowhere else to go.  “The biggest … Read More “Housing remains ‘biggest issue’ for women fleeing domestic violence, say front-line groups” »

Nova Scotia Finance Minister John Lohr said Thursday that it was “too early” to talk about what the province plans to do to help businesses that could be affected by new U.S. tariffs. Since being re-elected in November, President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to impose up to a 25 per cent duty on all Canadian imports to … Read More “‘Too early to say’ what N.S. government will provide in tariff aid: finance minister” »

Police have charged a man with nine offences including attempted murder and aggravated assault after several health-care workers were attacked Wednesday afternoon in the emergency room of the Halifax Infirmary. Nicholas Robert Coulombe, 32, remains in custody. A legal aid lawyer appeared on his behalf in Halifax provincial court on Thursday. Coulombe returns to court on Tuesday for … Read More “Man charged with attempted murder after 2 Halifax hospital employees stabbed” »