Tag Archives: Halifax

Fifteen-year-old Lauchlan McCabe is going to miss his Grade 9 graduation later this month because he is undergoing treatment for leukemia at the IWK Health Centre.  But his class wasn’t going to let him graduate without a proper ceremony.  That’s why his schoolmates and teacher travelled some 230 kilometres to Halifax from …

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 3, 2025 11:21 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A federal judge has ordered Ottawa to rethink its strategy to preserve an endangered shorebird. In a decision released yesterday, Justice Richard Southcott sent the piping plover …

A byelection is scheduled for April 14 to determine the new member of Parliament for Halifax, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Sunday.  The seat has been vacant since Andy Fillmore resigned to run for mayor of Halifax last September. Fillmore had represented Halifax since 2015. Prior to that, the riding had …

The Halifax Infirmary will be getting a walk-thru metal detector installed this week after recent violent incidents at the hospital raised questions about its security measures. Last month, three health-care workers were attacked in the emergency department; two of them were stabbed. “With increased violence that we’re experiencing, we are taking these …

One person is missing and three have been brought to shore after a fishing vessel capsized near Halifax Thursday night. The vessel in question is the 18-metre Fortune Pride, CBC News has confirmed. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax said Friday that it responded to an emergency beacon at around …

In October, Halifax small business owner Laura MacNutt made a few big sales on her e-commerce store, totalling thousands of dollars of merchandise.  The customers picked up the items in person at KingsPIER Vintage, her luxury vintage clothing store. It wasn’t until weeks later that she found out the transactions were fraudulent.  She received an email …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A recent Statistics Canada report finds shoplifting of $5,000 and under has increased, and a Halifax-area grocery store says it’s becoming evident. Gateway Meat Market’s co-owner, Tamara McKay, says as food prices rise, she’s noticed an increase in people resorting to shoplifting. …

The Halifax airport was closed for about 90 minutes Saturday night after a plane arriving from St. John’s experienced a problem landing, which saw the plane skid down the runway and part of it catch fire. Passenger Nikki Valentine, who spoke with CBC from a hangar where many of those …

As the French school board grappled with how to reassure angry parents after a Halifax school bus dropped their children off more than 4½ hours late one day without explanation, the board’s executive director suggested they hold a meet-and-greet where affected students would be given a treat bag from the bus …

First, Floyd Poulain’s landlord said he was evicting him to make room for his brother-in-law. Then he said it was because of bad behaviour. But in the end he ensured that Poulain couldn’t stay by throwing out his possessions and starting renovations to his unit. The landlord said Poulain abandoned his …