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‘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...

ASTRONAUT HANSEN TOUCHES DOWN

He flew around the moon, and then a bit around downtown Halifax looking for parking. Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who recently returned to Earth on the Artemis II mission, greeted schoolchildren from Truro at the Discovery Centre and...

CONSTRUCTION HEADACHES BUILD

Construction along Dutch Village Road continues to affect local businesses after over a year of road and sidewalk disruptions. The project stretched small businesses to a critical point, says Mohammad Ashiq, co-owner of Hello Pets on Dutch Village...

WORKING THE LINE

Volunteers form an assembly line as they prepare zaatar for the opening of the Lebanese Cedar Festival at Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church in Halifax. The festival runs throughout this weekend.

HOPING FOR A BITE

An angler prepares to try his luck at Maccormacks Beach Park in Eastern Passage.

Upset seniors describe deteriorating living conditions inside nursing homes

Carl Snyder paints a troubling picture of what life is like right now inside his nursing home. He is a two-year resident at Ocean View Continuing Care Centre in Eastern Passage and he says living conditions have deteriorated badly ever since the...

MEET THE 85-YEAR-OLD MAN STILL BUILDING LOBSTER TRAPS

On the mornings he’s up early enough, Gerald Hatcher’s hands and mind are occupied with twine. Perched by the window, looking down over the small northern Cape Breton harbour of New Haven, he watches his son, Blair, steam out of the harbour. “Lucky,...

‘EVIL WALKS AMONG US’

Kayla Deveau says she was a little girl when she went to Halifax in the fall of 2010. She came back a broken individual. Now, 16 years later, she is turning the tables on the person who hurt her and who changed the trajectory of her life. She says...

FEDERAL MINISTER POURS MORE COLD WATER ON N.B.’S LNG IDEA

Canada has reached a landmark deal to export liquefied natural gas to Germany — but it’s from the Pacific coast. And federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson has poured more cold water on the possibility of an East Coast export terminal, even as New...

ENERGY TRANSITION

Former Central Nova MP Elmer Mackay at the site of a proposed natural gas plant on his land in Marshdale, Pictou County. Over the coming decade, Nova Scotia is going to onshore much of its power via a hard turn to wind, potentially locally fracked...

Mother of newborn found dead in woods dies in hospital

A woman who was admitted to the hospital in critical condition on May 22 after giving birth to a baby whose body was later found in the woods has died, adding to the tragedy in the case. Halifax Regional Police announced the 23-year-old woman’s death...

COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE FOR ALL INVOLVED AT WANDERERS GROUNDS

A recent city-mandated ticket and drink surcharge is the latest foul for fans looking to enjoy soccer at the Wanderers Grounds, but it may just be the start as HRM looks to recover costs on its investment. The question is: is it possible to find an...

Nova Scotia expands push for onshore natural gas exploration

Premier Tim Houston says Nova Scotia is moving aggressively to explore onshore natural gas development, arguing the province needs to capitalize on its natural resources as it faces mounting fiscal pressures and rising energy costs. The comments came...

MISSING NEWBORN BABY FOUND DEAD NEAR HALIFAX

The search for a missing newborn baby in Halifax ended in tragedy. On Sunday at about 3:20 p.m., searchers found a deceased infant in a wooded area off Old Coach Road in Goodwood. A 23-year-old woman who had arrived at hospital in Halifax on Friday...

POLITICIANS SEEK TO EASE FOOD COSTS, BUT ARE BATTLING MARKET FORCES

Call it the coriander conundrum. Like with parsley, carrots, dill and most other members of the apiaceae family of edible plants, the retail price of coriander has been growing like a weed. While the prices of many items on grocery store shelves have...

POSITIVE FORCE

Mark Hustins of Yarmouth County stands with a collage of photos that spans his 32 years with the RCMP. He had plans for his retirement but many have been sidelined because of his ALS diagnosis. Hustins is ambassador for fundraising walks in Nova Scotia...

Small-business owners share challenges at mayor’s address

The Halifax Convention Centre was packed with politicians and business people of every stripe, a special Haligonian who’s who ahead of Mayor Andy Fillmore’s state of the municipality address. Fillmore outlined the city’s position plainly in his...

‘Nothing less than shocking’

A former Yarmouth man has been sentenced to nine years in prison less remand credit for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl during a trip to Halifax in the fall of 2010. The victim reported Bruce Douglas Hatfield’s actions to police in October 2022....

‘STAFF DIDN’T QUITE ENVISION THIS’

Kate Macintosh’s grandparents built their house on Preston Street in 1929, the first of a series of five bungalows constructed by the same developer nearly a century ago. Today, Macintosh lives in the house, the steward of her family’s legacy in...

CORVETTE RECOMMISSIONED

Royal Canadian Navy veteran Lorne Baird wore his old uniform for a ceremonial recommissioning event for HMCS Sackville, Canada’s last surviving Flower-class corvette from the Second World War, on the Halifax waterfront. Baird said he did five...

UNDERCOVER WORK

Amanda Rundle was 40 feet in the air and revealing the Eye of God. “It’s painstaking but satisfying when you reveal the brush strokes,” said Rundle. “No one has seen these in a lifetime.” Rundle and fellow conservator Ruth del Fresno-guillem peeled...

Halifax Transit boss rides ahead

Time flies when you’re riding the bus, and no one knows that better than Halifax Transit executive director Robin Gerus. Gerus, who started his role 15 months ago, publicly committed to riding transit as he aimed to help guide the organization forward...

DARTMOUTH GENERAL HOSPITAL OUTPACES ORTHOPEDIC STANDARDS

The Dartmouth General Hospital continues to grow as a regional leader in orthopedic surgeries. The hospital’s doctors already handle the highest load of hip and knee procedures in the province, but they are poised to become busier and even more...

15 YEARS OF FOOD, COMMUNITY IN NORTH END

“When you give, it’s coming back to you.” Abdul Kadar Sadieh – better known as Chef Abod of Chef Abod’s Café and Catering – said he lives by this sentiment. It helped propel him from humble beginnings in Syria to working as the personal chef for a...

NO MICROMOBILITY, NO TRANSIT, NO PROBLEM

EV car shares just might be the transportation solution Mahone Bay needs. Too small a population for transit, too big an area for micromobility, rural communities like this are looking for green options for their residents to get around. “The town is...

SUPREME COURT SET TO WEIGH IN ON HUGE INDIGENOUS TITLE CLAIM

The clock began ticking April 7 on what could be one of the most important Supreme Court of Canada cases in New Brunswick’s history. That’s the date the country’s top court told several law firms involved in the Wolastoqey Nation’s landmark title...

STAR POWER

A couple, nestled into a booth, is about to get into an argument, and one of them is going to make a really bad decision. “Here we go,” yells out Wanda Arab, first assistant director. “Let’s roll sound.” “Rolling!” echoes across the bar as dozens of...

TENTS POP UP IN PARK

P.J. Mckay watched four new tents be set up at the Green Road Park homeless encampment in Dartmouth over the weekend. She said it’s part of a cycle she’s seen before, having just wrapped up her third winter at the camp, with warm weather inviting...

Old Burying Ground secrets explored

Halifax’s first cemetery is said to have close to 10,000 unmarked burials. On Friday, a group of Saint Mary’s archeology students, in partnership with the Old Burying Ground Foundation, were able to confirm the location of several of those burials,...

HOSTS DIVE INTO SMALL-TOWN N.S.

HGTV stars Colin and Justin found themselves in Louisbourg – tears streaming down their faces. They were shooting an episode of their latest project called Small Town Escapes. “There were 19 couples and only one single … Michelle was our single...

‘WE HAVE A VOICE’

After more than a year without seeing his neurologist and a hefty list of cuts in the recent provincial budget, Jorge Mora decided to write to Premier Tim Houston about his experience navigating multiple sclerosis care in Nova Scotia. For the Bedford...

WHY IS WASHINGTON STILL SO ANGRY OVER BANS ON U.S. ALCOHOL?

LONDON, ONT. It has been more than a year since most provinces banned U.S. alcohol from liquor store shelves, but the United States government is still feeling the hangover. Late last month, the issue of U.S. alcohol bans by every province except...

SEARCH FOR ANSWERS

All of Lansdowne Station is hurting. “Every day I look out my kitchen window and think of them,” said a neighbour who didn’t want her name published. “There’s not a person in this neighbourhood who doesn’t wake up every morning with the children on...

MAPLE SYRUP FARM DISPUTE GETS STICKY

The dispute between the embattled owners of a Nova Scotia maple syrup farm and the provincial government took another heated turn. Chris and Anna Hutchinson, who own Hutchinson Acres in Lake Paul, near Aylesford, have been given notice by the Nova...

Rising bills, confusing charges

Editor’s note: Electricity powers every home and business in Nova Scotia, yet few understand how the system works or why the rates keep rising. In our four-part series, Power Play, we examine rising costs, potential solutions, and lessons from last...

DIEHARDS TOAST PATIO SEASON

Although poet T.S. Eliot declared April the cruelest month, establishments across the region are happily opening for patio season, with some Haligonians stirring for fresh air and drinks with friends. Joe Mcguinness, who owns Durty Nelly’s, said he...

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