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RCMP investigating a serious crash outside Halifax involving 20-year-old driver

RCMP investigating a serious crash outside Halifax involving 20-year-old driver

HALIFAX — Halifax RCMP are investigating a serious single-vehicle crash in Enfield. Police say emergency responders arrived on scene of a reported single-vehicle crash on Highway 102 between exits 6 and 7 at around 11 a.m. on Friday.
Halifax police still looking for information three years after 8-year-old shot dead

Halifax police still looking for information three years after 8-year-old shot dead

HALIFAX — Today is the third anniversary of the unsolved murder of Lee’Marion Shancez Cain, an eight-year-old boy who was shot while sitting in a vehicle with an adult in Dartmouth, across the harbour from downtown Halifax.
Nova Scotia budget update reduces deficit by $220M, mostly due to higher tax revenue

Nova Scotia budget update reduces deficit by $220M, mostly due to higher tax revenue

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s budget deficit for the current fiscal year is now projected at $247.5 million — almost $220 million less than estimated in last February’s budget.
Ottawa's proposed shift of elver wealth has a problem: some recipients don't want it

Ottawa's proposed shift of elver wealth has a problem: some recipients don't want it

HALIFAX — Ottawa has hatched a plan to redistribute the wealth of Nova Scotia's baby eel harvest from large licence holders to hard-working, individual fishers like Suzy Edwards and Mark Weldon.
Nova Scotia against proposal to reallocate commercial elver quota

Nova Scotia against proposal to reallocate commercial elver quota

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government wants Ottawa to reconsider a proposed pilot project that would redistribute the quota for commercial licence holders in the lucrative — and sometimes violent — fishery for baby eels.
Senior Nova Scotia bureaucrats appointed to review pay package for politicians

Senior Nova Scotia bureaucrats appointed to review pay package for politicians

HALIFAX — A panel of senior Nova Scotia government bureaucrats will examine the pay packages for members of the legislature, which have not increased since before they were frozen nearly a decade ago.
Nova Scotia man facing multiple child porn charges after Canada-U.S. investigation

Nova Scotia man facing multiple child porn charges after Canada-U.S. investigation

HALIFAX — A man from Nova Scotia is to appear in court in January on multiple child pornography charges following an investigation involving police in both Canada and the United States. Twenty-six-year-old Bryce Melanson allegedly travelled to the U.
'A sanctuary': How this Halifax choir brings immigrants together to learn English

'A sanctuary': How this Halifax choir brings immigrants together to learn English

HALIFAX — The rain is pattering on the sidewalk as a rendition of The Tragically Hip’s “Ahead by a Century” echoes inside St. Andrew’s United Church in downtown Halifax.
Mik'maq elver fishers hope quotas create safety on N.S. rivers, but critics doubtful

Mik'maq elver fishers hope quotas create safety on N.S. rivers, but critics doubtful

HALIFAX — Indigenous elver fishers who once were at odds with federal fisheries officers say they're hopeful that a new plan to provide them quotas this season will create more peace on the water.
Canada pushes net-zero electricity target to 2050 as Alberta vows legal challenge

Canada pushes net-zero electricity target to 2050 as Alberta vows legal challenge

OTTAWA — The federal government has pushed its target to achieve a net-zero electricity grid back 15 years to 2050 as part of new clean electricity regulations announced Tuesday — though officials maintain that target date was always the goal.