The vandal who broke into the Halifax Grain Elevator, smashed windows and set off fire extinguishers likely should have been a little more careful about what they left behind. Police got a call about the break-in near the South End Container ...

Before eventually building a marina and interpretive centre, first the Africville Heritage Trust needs to buy a piece of land and a water lot from HRM. On Tuesday, Halifax regional councillors will consider a request from the non-profit Africville ...

A Sydney man is to return to provincial court at the end of the month for a trial and to enter pleas.  Inderjot Singh Padher, 29, is scheduled to stand trial April 29 on two counts of assault and a single count of assault by choking.  He is also ...

The Nova Scotia SPCA’s Cape Breton shelter may have weathered the storm but a new building is still needed.  In February, the shelter on East Broadway in Sydney had to be evacuated after the ceilings and beams began to bow following a four-day ...

Police arrested and charged a man following a stabbing aboard a Halifax Transit bus on Sunday evening. Halifax Regional Police say they were called to the incident in Robie Street’s 2500 block at about 10:20 p.m. after a man approached another man ...

Jackie Van Amburg works in the provincial government and commutes through the Scotia Square mall in downtown Halifax nearly every day. Van Amburg used to always see lineups at the walk-in clinic there until a piece of paper was posted on the door ...

Halifax Regional Police used a “sensory irritant” during the arrest of a man on weapons charges early Sunday morning in Fairview. Officers responded to a weapons call at an Evans Avenue apartment building around 2:40 a.m., arriving to find a man ...

SYDNEY — As part of a nationwide recruiting campaign by the Canadian Army Reserve, the Cape Breton Highlanders infantry regiment welcomed potential recruits to a job fair in Sydney on Saturday. More than a dozen stations were set up at the regiment's ...

While Michael Mondor and Rhonda Scott have more than 50 years of combined experience in the restaurant business, the couple credits their dog with convincing them to finally open their own eatery. The owners of Bistro Phare 756 (bistrophare756.ca), ...

A byelection in the provincial riding of Pictou West will be held May 21. On Sunday, Elections Nova Scotia announced the byelection for the seat, which was vacated by Progressive Conservative MLA Karla McFarlane on April 12. First elected in 2013, ...