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A 31-year-old is facing a list of charges after a collision in Bedford this morning. Police say it was around 6:30 a.m. when they received a report of a vehicle driving recklessly on Hammonds Plains Road. It had also been reported stolen. The driver crashed into a marked police cruiser in the opposite lane, before bein...

A 36-year-old Westphal man is dead after a shooting in North Preston. RCMP say it was Wednesday night when they received a report of a man who had been shot on Downey Rd near the 1100 block. When they arrived on scene, they found the man with gunshot wounds; he was then taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. R...

More schools in the Halifax area are about to get fresh, local vegetables at lunch time, two days a week, as part of a pilot project through the Department of Agriculture in collaboration with the Department of Education. They are food carts that are large, portable salad bars with things like carrots, cucumbers, peppe...

You can get prepared for closures on the bridges this summer. Halifax Harbour Bridges says there will be four weekends when they will have to shut down the Mackay for maintenance and inspection. The Macdonald bridge will also have closures next Sunday then again in August. "We understand traffic disruptions occur ...

A new 26 story building is coming to downtown Dartmouth-right next to the old post office on Queen Street. Harbour East-Marine Drive Community Council gave the go-ahead May 2, for the project, which was designed by Dartmouth-based, RHAD Architects. The tower would have 142 units and is set to go on the parking lot next...

A fire at a restaurant on Spring Garden Rd has been put out. According to Halifax Fire, there was a fire in the exhaust duct at Turkish Delight on Spring Garden Rd, Tuesday afternoon. Around 12:22 p.m., the call came in and 8 units as well as 22 numbers responded. Traffic was blocked briefly as they put the fire out. H...

Spring Garden Rd in Halifax will not look the same this summer. After nearly 50 years, Bud the Spud will not be returning to its familiar spot outside the old library. In a post on social media, the much-loved food truck that is famous for its fries says, it lost the spot to a "blind bid" managed by the city,...

A 42-year-old man was allegedly stabbed multiple times by a youth on Sunday. Halifax RCMP says the man suffered non-life-threatening injuries. RCMP responded to a weapons complaint on Prospect Bay Road at about 9:10 a.m. and learned the man was stabbed on the way to the scene, according to a news release. When officers...

Halifax police are asking the public for help finding a missing 18-year-old woman. Police say Sesily Coburn was reported missing today after last being seen, May 2, in the area of Nadia Drive in Dartmouth. Police say she is described as white, around 5'2, with a slim build, brown hair and a piercing in her right eyebro...

If you are still using the hard shell MACPASS to cross the harbour, you have until the end of the year to switch over to the sticker. Halifax Harbour Bridges says they are phasing out the hard-shells as part of their 'continuing efforts' to upgrade the tolling system. MACPASS transponders were introduced 25 years ago. ...