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If you take Halifax Transit, you may experience some delays, Wednesday. The city says there are service disruptions due to unanticipated technical difficulties with the communications system. It is not affecting ferry service. There is no estimated time when service will go back to normal. Updates will be provided here...

RCMP charged a British Columbia man with both drug and weapons offences following a search warrant at a residence in Halifax. The 28-year-old man was arrested on Friday, December 12 at the 1400 block of Brenton Street after a lengthy investigation. A quantity of cocaine, methamphetamine, oxycodone, hydromorphone, methy...

Police are looking for information after an SUV hit a house in Pictou County. RCMP say it was December 13 just before 11 p.m. near the intersection of West River Road and High Street. Two or three people got out of the car, removed the plate, and ran away before police arrived. When officers did arrive, they found the ...

Your water bill is about to go up in the new year; but by how much, is still being worked out. In a media release, the Regulatory and Appeals Board says it has approved a rate hike for Halifax Water but not for the 35.6 per cent increase over three months that was requested in the spring. Instead, the NSARB has asked t...

Nearly 1000 customers are in the dark from Porters Lake to East Lawrencetown after a crash. NS Power's outage map estimates the lights went out around 4:30 p.m. and could be back on by 6:45 p.m.

Fire crews are currently battling a blaze at the Exhibition Grounds in Middle Musquodoboit. Halifax Professional Fire Fighters say they responded to the fire around 6:30 p.m., Sunday. The union says due to the scale of the incident, it was upgraded to a 3rd alarm fire. The cause of the fire is currently unknown.

A Sunday evening outage has left Nova Scotia Power customers without electricity in the Musquodoboit Valley and along the Eastern Shore. In a social media post, the utility said the outage is affecting customers from Ship Harbour to Little Liscomb. The utility's outage map shows one outage zone affecting 1,596 customer...

A fatal assault in Beaver Bank Friday night has led to a second‑degree murder charge, according to the RCMP. Officers and EHS were called to a home in the 2400 block of Beaver Bank Road around 8 p.m. for a report of an assault. Police said they found a 28‑year‑old man with life‑threatening injuries. First aid w...

Four people have been arrested after a firearm was used during an extortion in Green Creek early Thursday, according to Colchester County District RCMP. RCMP said officers were called around 1 a.m. on December 11 after four people went to a home and demanded money, with one suspect carrying a firearm. Mounties explaine...

Starting next week, you will have to be careful where you park during snowy weather. The winter parking ban period for the Halifax area begins Monday and goes until March 31. You can still park your car overnight when the weather is fine. But if there is snowy weather, the city will declare the parking ban from 1 to 6 ...