The Chronicle Herald (Metro)

PROJECT ON TRACK

Dug out of the hillside, a metal track is taking shape through the forest at Ski Martock. By this winter, it will be open for adventurers who will rocket down in carts going at around 50 kilometres an hour at top speed. “It will be the very first...

‘IT WAS SPECIAL FOR US’

Michelle Joudrey remembers 9/11 like it was yesterday. Twenty-five years have passed since a co-ordinated series of terror attacks hit the United States and grounded air traffic on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. Joudrey, who was married to Air Canada pilot...

RUNNING UP THAT HILL

Starting Friday, Mike Hamson will run for 24 hours straight in a loop from the Halifax Ferry Terminal to the top of Citadel Hill. By the end, it’s estimated he will have covered 120 kilometres and 4,500 metres of elevation. It’s called Climb for a...

BOAT HARBOUR STILL A TOXIC MESS

Four years after Nova Scotia’s largest environmental remediation project in a generation was supposed to start, Boat Harbour hasn’t been touched. The former tidal estuary in Pictou County that for half a century was used to treat the effluent of...

‘NO ONE SHOULD BE LEFT OUT’

Jessica Hopkinson loves to go downtown and perform DJ sets at Halifax venues but, as a wheelchair user, she said it’s a challenge to find accessible spaces in the area. Hopkinson is a DJ and event organizer based in Dartmouth who goes by lilboofs...

South Shore company looks to take wildfire simulation software to the next level

An Indigenous company based on the South Shore is looking for partners to help take its wildfire simulation software across Canada. Barry Stevens and his son, Noah, co-founded 3D Wave Design to show environmental and infrastructure risks through 3D...

FEDS GET FUNDS TO 27 N.S. BUSINESSES

The federal government is coming to the aid of 27 Nova Scotia businesses affected by the ongoing trade war with the United States. Sean Fraser, minister of justice, attorney general of Canada and the minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada...

Man pleads guilty to murder

A Kings County man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the killing of a popular music teacher two years ago in Greenwood. Dale Allen Toole, 56, of Morden made the plea Tuesday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Kentville. Toole had been...

ART PIECE NOTHING BUT A BREEZE MACHINE

A stationary bike attached to a giant fan? Well, these kids just had to stop and try it out. “With kids you stop everywhere and it was interesting, but we don’t know what it is used for,” said Marilyne Bujold, visiting Halifax from Quebec City this...

HARDEST THREE MINUTES IN SPORTS

Lisa Mcneil was in New Glasgow looking to taste her own blood. “It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” said the Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency service firefighter, former rugby player and cross-fit athlete. “You’ve got to sell your soul a bit...

BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO

For decades, Canadian governments both Conservative and Liberal sought greater economic integration with the United States, the world’s spendiest buyer of imports, including Canadian energy, machinery, lumber and wheat. But now, as U.S. President...

HOW ABOUT A LIFT?

On a sunny, hot day — beach express anyone? A recently released Halifax staff report details options for seasonal transit to Eastern Shore beaches, including Rainbow Haven, Lawrencetown and Conrad’s. The report was commissioned by the transportation...

Parents tired of delay over bus pass news

Although there have been hints about the return of the student bus pass program, with Bedford Basin MLA Tim Outhit saying last month the province and city had struck a deal, parents throughout the Halifax Regional Municipality are getting tired of...

BRAKES SOUGHT FOR MICROMOBILITY

You can add Diane Wile-brumm’s voice to those asking for stricter enforcement of e-scooter regulations. Wile-brumm was recently riding her e-bike near her South Street home in Halifax when she saw a teenager on an e-scooter up ahead. Suddenly, the...

STINKING UP THE VIEW

Tourists pop into her Peggys Cove shop, near the top of the road, and ask for a washroom. “And I’ll say, ‘Oh, they have one up there,’ and they kind of make a bit of a face,” said Juliet Graham. “Like, they don’t say anything, but they’re kind of...

TRADE WAR ASKS HARD QUESTIONS

The first punches in the tariff fight between Canada and the United States appear not to have landed hard on Nova Scotia. With Prime Minister Mark Carney promising “dollar for dollar” retaliatory tariffs that will come into effect Sept. 8 and U.S....

ENCRYPTION REMAINS STICKING POINT TO BILL C-22

Canadian law enforcement leaders are worried Bill C-22 has been defanged, and civil rights advocates say it has gone too far, but the federal government’s bid for “lawful access” to Canadians’ data for crime solving got a big thumbs-up from the...

PLENTY OF HOME WORK

Green grass, goldenrod and Queen Anne’s lace are thigh high in the backyard of Sindy and Dion Schofield. It’s the type of plant life you’d expect to find on a property on the South Mountain of the Annapolis Valley in August. But just beyond the yard...

‘COMPASSION IS A TWO-WAY STREET’

Tyler Best doesn’t deny he does drugs. Crack and cocaine are the addictions he struggles with. “Yes, some of us do drugs; it’s probably because we have a lot of stress,” said Best as he walked down Marsh Street in New Glasgow on Wednesday. “I’ve...

UPWARD KITCHEN ON THE RISE

The air is fragrant with garlic, the sting of onions and the bright zip of peeled carrots at Upward Mobility Kitchen’s industrial space on Nora Bernard Street in Halifax’s north end. A dozen people are working away to make shepherd’s pies Tuesday...

Diagnostic imaging demand clearer

Reducing wait times for diagnostic imaging remains a top priority for the medical professionals who run those departments in Nova Scotia. Dr. Tim Mailman is the senior medical director of the provincial diagnostics and therapeutics network, and Dr....

FRENCH CONNECTION FLOURISHES AT MARKET

Hichem Mefaredj and Fatima Selini have never been afraid to chase adventure around the world. They are originally from the quaint city of Strasbourg in France, right on the border with Germany, but spent close to two decades living and working in...

THE BOOZE BATTLE OVER HANS ISLAND HOLDS LESSON

Battered by fresh U.S. threats of tariffs and annexation, Canada is turning toward Europe, with speculation among some that we might one day even join the European Union. After all, Canada does share a land border with an EU country. This is the...

TAKING AIM AT HISTORY

Mary Allan clutched her baby, George Washington Allan, to her chest as she and her five children huddled among the black spruce. In the cold rain, they watched Loyalist soldiers burn their farm. Pillars of smoke rose along the length of the island on...

‘SOMETHING MUST HAPPEN ON LITTLE TANCOOK’

Residents of Little Tancook Island are tired of waiting for news that never comes. So, frustrated by the provincial government’s lack of communication around the island’s wharf and ferry service, roughly half of Little Tancook’s households met at...

KIDNEY SOUGHT FOR SIX-YEAR-OLD

On a Saturday morning in Herring Cove, six-year-old Ethan Hackney sits with his younger brother, Callum, in their living room. They sort through a collection of small figurines, surrounded by scattered Legos, puzzle pieces and toys. Ethan has been in...

THREAT TARGETS U.S. CONSULATE

A bomb threat against the United States Consulate shut down part of downtown Halifax for several hours at the beginning of the work week. Halifax Regional Police issued an emergency alert Monday at 10:30 a.m. warning of a threat on Upper Water Street...

E-SCOOTER RULES COMING THIS FALL

Kids under the age of 14 will soon be banned from riding electric scooters in Nova Scotia. The change to the province’s Traffic Safety Act will take effect in the fall, completing a process to update the old Motor Vehicle Act that started in April...

A WORLD ON FIRE

Toronto and New York choked under orange and white skies. Madrid and Bordeaux had flames licking at their doorsteps. Vast forests, rural communities and ranchlands full of livestock in Western Canada and the U.S. have burned — and all in the month of...

KEEPING IT LOCAL

Everyone — from the friendly crew of the William G. Ernst ferry to the passengers travelling aboard her — says you can’t go to Big Tancook Island without making an appearance at Hillary Dionne’s gallery. Walking into Dionne’s space, Wishing Stones, is...

UNAUTHORIZED SIGNS TAKEN DOWN BY HRM

Unauthorized signs attached to an official Halifax Regional Municipality signpost at Oathill Lake may be the result of a resident unhappy with the usage of the Dartmouth lake, said a former resident of the area. On Tuesday, a Facebook post by...

Extended heat wave hits Nova Scotia

Longtime meteorologist Cindy Day said on Monday that a stretch of extremely hot weather is hitting Nova Scotia. Environment Canada has issued a heat warning into Friday. “It’s going to be very warm and very muggy, but the overnight temperatures are...

Bedford runner covering a marathon a day across N.S.

Darcy Eygun is running the equivalent of a marathon per day until he makes it from one tip of Nova Scotia to the other. The 21-year-old from Bedford is trying to raise money and awareness for food insecurity in the province, so he carefully charted a...

BRINGING A BAHAMIAN BEAT

COMMONWEALTH GAMES

Newport’s Chloe Dunbar joined Nova Scotia legends Ellie Black and Sarah Mitton with a podium finish at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday in Glasgow, Scotland. The 17-year-old Dunbar, in her first Commonwealth Games, captured the silver medal in the...

FLASH OF COLOUR

‘We are beyond grateful’

Three roommates who lost everything in a weekend fire in Halifax are blown away by the way Nova Scotians have rallied to support them. Divya Chainani, Bhumika Bhumika and Ojas Gitai shared a three-bedroom apartment at Park Victoria that went up in...

Dead great white shark found on the beach

While on a recent kayak adventure off the shores of Pictou County, some members of the Scotsburn 55 Club came across a deceased great white shark on a beach. Sandra Malenfant said the group of four made the shark discovery on a beach on the backside...

Landmark downtown Halifax apartment building catches fire

One of Halifax’s most recognizable buildings caught fire on Saturday. An eighth-floor unit in the downtown apartment complex Park Victoria had flames shooting out its windows by the time Halifax firefighters arrived on the scene just before noon. But...

CBSA PLANS REVIEW AFTER $13.2M COCAINE CASE TOSSED

Canada’s border agency says it is considering policy changes after a Windsor, Ont., judge dismissed a $13.2-million cocaine-smuggling case over what she called “egregious” violations of a truck driver’s Charter rights. The ruling found border officers...

MOVES OF A CHAMP

Elayce Clayton doesn’t know how to lose. But waiting o stage July 10 in Dublin, Ireland, at the biggest international dance competition outside the Olympics, she thought she would lose this one. “I thought I did bad,” says the 10-year-old North...

Homeless woman says camp destroyed

Nytasha Macmullin could see the Halifax waterfront from the camp she built in the Woodside area. She says that on a clear night she could look up and see the stars. It was often quiet, her refuge among the trees, and was where she’d lived on and off...

MOTHER STRUGGLES TO GET CARE FOR SON

In a Pictou County home, a woman looked at a photo of her son taken before it all began. “Oh, that sweet freckled face on my happy-go-lucky boy,” she said. “Do I think he’d hurt me? No. But he also believes he’s Apollo and that he can kill people and...

HOPE FLOATS WITH SCHOONER

A month after the white oak keel was laid, Bill Munroe was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. The same disease that killed his mother four decades earlier was scarring and thickening his lung tissue. The diagnosis came with a three to five-year life...

HALIFAX PRIDE MARCHES ON

Thousands of people lined Halifax streets to celebrate the annual Pride Parade. Dozens of floats from businesses, advocacy organizations, support groups and political parties travelled along the downtown parade route, with participants playing music,...

INTERNAL TRADE BARRIERS STILL COSTING CANADA: CFIB

A leading business group is giving some provinces and the federal government good grades for trying to break down Canada’s costly internal trade obstacles, even as those barriers continue to cost Canadians billions of dollars a year. In its annual...

RURAL MANHUNT CHAOS

Ambrose Zinck and his partner, Judy Croft, pulled up to their house in Chelsea, Lunenburg County, to find a man standing there in the early afternoon of July 8. Zinck didn’t know the man, who appeared to have a bag on his back and another slung around...

HOW TO HAVE FUN ON THE WATER SAFELY

Safety on the water is a priority this summer for Michael Melenchuk, executive director of the Lifesaving Society’s Nova Scotia branch. “One drowning is too many,” says Melenchuk. About 37 per cent of drownings in the Maritimes occur due to boating...

JUDGE APPROVES N.S. LOBSTER DEALER’S RELEASE ON $50,000 BAIL

A lobster dealer in southwestern Nova Scotia has been granted bail on a raft of charges laid by RCMP last year following a 13-month undercover investigation. Eric David Thibault, 66, of Little Brook, Digby County, has been in custody since November,...

STEPS SOUGHT FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

Two recent road collisions in Halifax resulted in pedestrians taken to hospital with serious injuries. Activists say these crashes are too common. “One of the more disturbing things is that it’s always the same kind of locations, and it’s...

HOW TO EAT OUT ON A BUDGET

Editor’s note: As higher prices continue to squeeze household budgets, our Making It Work series explores how Nova Scotians are adapting to rising costs, sharing practical ideas for saving money on food, travel, recreation and everyday life without...

SPENDING NEEDED FOR ‘GROWTH,’ MINISTER SAYS

The federal government plans to pay for its recent big-ticket spending through a combination of economic growth and deficit increases, Finance Minister François-philippe Champagne says. Prior to officially kicking off the government’s pre-budget...

NO MONEY

There’s no provincial money to save five Annapolis Valley libraries from closing on July 20. Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage Minister David Ritcey made that clear in speaking with reporters following a cabinet meeting. “There’s no more...

EATERIES ON HOOK FOR HADDOCK PRICES

Volatility in the haddock market has forced a few seafood restaurants to cut bait and raise prices on their staple: fish and chips. Restaurateurs have seen the price per pound of haddock jump from around $11 to $16. When Will Gilligan opened the Old...

MURAL FESTIVAL DRAWS ONLOOKERS

On Quinpool Road, a grandscale vision of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, comes to life, one spray at a time. Artist Christophe St-onge Aubut worked through the 35 C heat all weekend to bring his vision to the eyes of Halifax residents. “It’s Nova...

CANADA GOES WITH GERMAN SUBS

En route to meet fellow NATO leaders in Turkey, Prime Minister Mark Carney stopped in Halifax to announce that Canada has selected a combined German-norwegian design to replace this country’s aging submarine fleet. Canada will begin negotiating a...

NOTABLE MORNING

OLAND MURDER STILL OPEN 15 YEARS LATER

For those who were in the packed, fifth-floor courtroom of the Saint John Law Courts on Dec. 19, 2015, it was a scene that cannot be forgotten. Dennis Oland, on trial for the second-degree murder of his dad, Richard, stood next to one of his defence...

Shaffelburg of Port Williams on historic World Cup run with Canada

Soccer fanatics from across Nova Scotia will come together to cheer on local star Jacob Shaffelburg on Saturday. The 26-year-old from Port Williams is a member of the Canadian team that is making a historic run at the World Cup, so there are numerous...

HALIFAX DEVELOPER ORDERED TO REMOVE NORTHWEST ARM INFILL

There’s a new, 10-metre-plus pile of rocks that was dumped into the water at the shoreline. And while that might not sound like a big deal, it is because of which shoreline – the Northwest Arm. This ocean inlet by the Armdale roundabout has been...

WOMAN SUES OVER DEEPFAKE NUDE IMAGES

AARON BESWICK A Halifax-area woman is suing a man she says used artificial intelligence to make a sexualized deepfake of her as a minor and spread it on the internet. “I join many who have come before me in the experience that at every turn I have...

ONE MAN’S SHELTER ODYSSEY

Michael Bramwell loved fishing as a kid and grew up in Eastern Passage, never more than a stone’s throw from the water. He got his first tattoo at 15. And he aims, despite his circumstances, to never miss a Toronto Blue Jays game on the radio. To...

A cruel irony of the war on drugs

It took Corey Tochor three years to get to this point. The Conservative MP turned heads on Parliament Hill when, in the midst of the House of Commons’ final dizzying days of passing legislation before adjourning for the summer, he emerged with an...

CHEERS TO SUCCESS

When you walk into Poet Comeau’s Lake City Cider and Darty Brewing taprooms on Portland Street, there’s more on the menu than meets the eye. “I sell cider and beer, but I also sell downtown Dartmouth because I do think it’s great,” said Comeau, a...

FAMILY FIGHTS FOR LEGACY BALL FIELD

Bob Merrick is fighting to keep his father’s legacy alive. Halifax sta chose the Arthur H. Merrick Memorial Ball Field on the Dartmouth Commons to convert into a much-needed cricket pitch. “The Merrick family, countless Dartmouth residents, and the...

Heartfelt tribute nearly hijacked

When Vincent Masse’s beloved dachshund died, he wanted to find a meaningful way to honour him. The Halifax man explored all sorts of options like having the ashes turned into a memorial stone but eventually settled on something even more unique. He...

THANK YOUS, FIGHTS AND PRIDE

The bus is running four minutes late but Christopher Ottaway doesn’t mind. It’s a sunny Tuesday afternoon in the city, the beginning of his work week, and he stands patiently at Mumford Terminal dressed in his blue Halifax Transit uniform. As a bus...

TOP-FLIGHT ACTION

Los Gallos of Spain took its first Sailgp win of the 2026 season at the Canada Sail Grand Prix in Halifax after a weekend of changing weather conditions and new race formats. With different wind speeds each day, Diego Botín, driver for Los Gallos,...

MILITARY POLICE WARNED ABOUT OFFICER’S CLAIMS OF ACCESS TO ANAND

A Canadian Forces officer in charge of a private organization raising funds for Ukraine told a civilian she not only had access to then-defence minister Anita Anand, but suggested she may be able to shape how federal government funds were spent on the...

SPLASHY SPECIAL DELIVERY

The Canada Sail Grand Prix kicks off today in Halifax Harbour, and the waterfront is transforming in order to host the international competition. The two-day event will see 13 teams on 50-foot catamarans flying across the harbour at up to 100...

CITATION GETS ARTFUL RESPONSE

Jason Pyett was briefly taken aback when he found a notice of violation from the Halifax Regional Municipality regarding the upkeep of his property. Instead of lashing out, he developed a plan to beautify the front of his property. On Monday, a notice...

Couple seize car, dog back from thieves

On June 11, Maggi Macdonald used her pink metal water bottle to defend herself from a man who was attempting to steal her boyfriend’s car for the second time that day. This was not how her Thursday was supposed to go. She’d only wanted to cook supper...

NEW GRAD SCORES WITH PUTTER

Joining golf’s elite putter market is starting to sink in for a young Halifax entrepreneur. Just two weeks ago, Drew Somers graduated from Dalhousie University with a degree in mechanical engineering. On June 25, Somers will see the release of the...

DEMOLITION OF OLD LIBRARY IN THE BOOKS?

Halifax may pull a U-turn on its decision to demolish part or all of the Halifax Memorial Library and turn the space — on top of a historic public burial ground — into a public park. It would be a victory for William Breckenridge, who is leading the...

Lax border policies fostered one of Canada’s most dangerous gangs

At the immigration hearing for an accused Indian gangster earlier this month, an Edmonton police officer attempted to illustrate the scale of the criminal operation that law enforcement was now dealing with. The hearing concerned Jashandeep Singh, an...

CANADA KICKS OFF

Alex Donahoe mimics Atlas while posing with a prop game ball at the Garrison Grounds in Halifax. Fans of the beautiful game gathered for a viewing party to watch Canada play its first men’s FIFA World Cup match on home turf against Bosnia and...