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A pedestrian walks past an encampment site on University Avenue on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

HRM mayor responds to homelessness update

Jen Taplin · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 12 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

Mayor Mike Savage responded to questions about the latest homelessness report on Thursday but wouldn’t discuss new possible sites for designated encampments. After his annual state of the municipality speech on Thursday, Savage was asked about the ...

Mayor Mike Savage talks the crowd gathered at the annual state of the municipality address to members of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, April 25, 2024.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

Savage’s swan song includes advice for next mayor and what’s ahead for Halifax

Jen Taplin · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 13 hours ago |5 min read Premium content

It wasn’t until he reached the end of his last state of the municipality speech to a sold-out crowd of business leaders on Thursday that Mayor Mike Savage was overcome with emotion. That’s the part when he talked about his family. He said his family ...

Truro Town Hall, located on Prince Street. Brendyn Creamer

"I don't give a rat's ass': Truro mayor fires back at councillor for social media use during heated discussion

Brendyn Creamer |Updated 16 hours ago |9 min read Premium content

There's been much talk about rodents' behinds in Truro lately. During a discussion about answering correspondence regarding changing council meeting times, the chambers got heated as Coun. Ian McGrath took criticism for his use of social media, which ...

A 77-year-old man is facing impaired driving charges after a single-vehicle crash in Clarke's Beach on Wednesday evening.

Man, 77, charged with impaired driving following single-vehicle crash in Clarke's Beach

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 13 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

A 77-year-old man is facing impaired driving charges after a single-vehicle crash in Clarke's Beach on Wednesday evening. Shortly before 5:30 p.m. on April 24, RCMP received word that a van had left the roadway before crashing into a fence. Police ...

Officers with the Halifax regional police forensics unit, begin to process the scene inside a parkade at the Halifax Shopping Centre in Halifax Monday April 22, 2024.

TIM KROCHAK PHOTO

Two 14-year-olds charged with murdering boy, 16, in Halifax mall parkade

Steve Bruce · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 13 hours ago |4 min read Premium content

Two teenagers have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed in a parkade at the Halifax Shopping Centre on Monday. Halifax Regional Police announced the charges Thursday afternoon, saying two ...

Retired hockey broadcaster Bob Cole.

Hockey broadcast legend Bob Cole dead at age 90

Lance Hornby · Postmedia News |Updated 15 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

Bob Cole, an iconic voice of Hockey Night In Canada , has died at age 90. The man who called so many huge games on radio and then television, from the 1972 Canada-Russia series, to Red Army versus the Philadelphia Flyers, to Stanley Cup wins by ...

Rejected lemon because it did not fit the food beauty standard

Would you buy an ugly apple? Big stores may reject imperfect produce — and that's wrong, locals say

Warren D'Silva |Updated 15 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

A lemon takes four to seven months to go from flower to fruit. Not to mention the hours taken to tend to the plant, water it and eventually pluck the fruit from the tree. Getting the perfect food picture for social media has cultivated a desire to ...

The Municipality of Barrington has approved a $10,686,954 operating budget, and a $12,251,153 capital budget for 2024/25, maintaining the property tax rate across the board for a third year. Kathy Johnson

Status quo for property tax rate in Municipality of Barrington

Kathy Johnson |Updated 17 hours ago |4 min read Premium content

The Municipality of Barrington has approved a $10,686,954 operating budget, and a $12,251,153 capital budget for 2024-25, and is maintaining the property tax rate across the board for a third year. The residential tax rate has been set at $1.07 per ...

Nova Scotia is set to welcome 30 new paramedics from Australia as part of the province's first in-person healthcare recruitment efforts.

Nova Scotia recruits 30 paramedics from Australia

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 16 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

Nova Scotia is set to welcome 30 new paramedics from Australia as part of the province's first in-person healthcare recruitment efforts. The experienced advanced-care paramedics recruited to Emergency Medical Care Inc. and serving communities across ...

RCMP arrested and charged a Bible Hill man following a fire that destroyed a residence in the town on Oct. 1. File

Beaconsfield, N.B., pair arrested after truck theft, flight from police

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 16 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

Mounties in western New Brunswick arrested a man and woman from Beaconsfield in connection with a Nackawic vehicle theft reported last week. Following a tip on April 21, West District RCMP say a Ford F250 reported stolen last Saturday was seen ...

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