A 37-year-old man is facing charges after a police chase in Halifax ended in a crash Tuesday following a reported theft on Quinpool Road. Halifax Regional Police say officers responded to a theft at the Superstore, where the suspect fled on a stolen bicycle. A short time later, two officers...
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Police say a stolen vehicle has been recovered after being abandoned behind Cole Harbour Place in Dartmouth. Officers spotted the car over the weekend and believed it had been reported stolen several days earlier. When police attempted to pull the driver over, the vehicle took off at a high...
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A 38-year-old man has been reported missing from the emergency department of a Cape Breton hospital, and Nova Scotia Health is asking for the public’s help in locating him. Officials say Hector Anthony LeBlanc was last seen at approximately 11:15 a.m. on Monday, wearing a black jacket, a white...
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A fire broke out at a small commercial building in Goodwood, creating a significant electrical hazard at the scene. Halifax firefighters say crews arrived shortly after 3 a.m. on Tuesday to find the building fully engulfed in flames. Due to heavy smoke conditions, firefighters were forced to...
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by Caitlin SnowIt was a dream come true for a Cape Breton doctor who recently achieved a huge goal at a world-famous marathon. Dr. Kate MacInnes, a hematologist at the Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital (ICMH), became the first female from the Island to run the Boston Marathon in under three hours,...
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by Evan TaylorNova Scotia wildfire officials say any benefits from the province’s wet winter have now faded, as the province moves into a drier and more dangerous stretch of spring fire season. Jim Rudderham, the province’s director of Fleet and Wildfire Management, says dry surface fuels such as grass,...
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Hundreds of CUPE members, joined by several other unions gathered outside Province House early Monday morning to protest the Houston government’s handling of long-term care worker’s strike for fair wages. Unions who showed support for CUPE include NS-GEU, NS Nurses Union, and NS Federation of...
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by NewsOne man is dead and one man is in life-threatening condition after a crash in Shubenacadie. RCMP say it was Sunday around 10 a.m. when two vehicles collided in the 2500 block of Highway 2 while one was driving south and the other was turning left onto Densmore Road. A man, 47, from Manitoba was...
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by Caitlin SnowMore than 7,000 Nova Scotia Power customers are without power in the north end of Halifax Monday morning. As of 9 a.m., the utility’s outage map shows it is due to a transmission interruption. The estimated time of restoration is 1:15 p.m.
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The Aberdeen Business Centre in New Glasgow was evacuated after police received reports of a possible bomb threat. Officers and fire crews responded just before 5 p.m. on Sunday and safely cleared the building as a precaution, shutting down the area to the public for several hours. After...
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