Halifax Regional Municipality News

Motorists battle the elements in Dartmouth, N.S. on Jan. 2, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS PORT ELGIN, N.B.A local state of emergency remained in effect in Port Elgin, N.B., on Sunday after a huge storm surge crashed in off the Gulf of St.

Ten occupants, including one man rescued from an adjacent rooftop, managed to escape safely after a fire early Friday morning destroyed a two-storey apartment building in Dartmouth.

Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter in Labrador Friday Nov. 20, 2009, in Churchill Falls, NL following a meeting on energy with his Atlantic counterparts.

More than a year after a native man was killed by a Mountie in Cape Breton, the mysterious shooting of John Simon continues to haunt the RCMP in Nova Scotia - and may become the subject of a high-profile public inquiry in the new year.

A 14-year-old Nova Scotia boy was treated in hospital for frostbite Wednesday after he was found wandering the streets without a coat or footwear in sub-zero temperatures.

While tourists in the area are keeping their eyes out for local wildlife, they may see bears in many local businesses that will have them looking twice as part of "Bears on Parade." Of course the only business in these two towns where one can see real bears is Clarks Trading Post, but 24 fiberglass bears that stand 36 inches tall are making their ...

Canada's new commercial air agreement with the European Union has opened the door to new opportunities for Halifax Stan field International Airport.

Competing visions of how to wean Atlantic Canada from fossil fuels and hook it into a greener hydroelectric grid have caused premiers to clash and old hopes of regional unity to falter.

RCMP and Halifax Regional Police continue to look for information to help solve the homicide of Paula Gallant, as the anniversary of the Glace Bay women's discovery draws near.

HALIFAXa 'Drew Smith is 50 years old and $100,000 in the hole. The burly lobster fisherman from Woods Harbour, N.S., is struggling to make ends meet because the price he gets for his catch at the wharf is hovering around $4 a pound a ' about a dollar below his break-even price.

A young Bangladesh couple accused of seriously injuring their infant daughter, who died later in a Halifax hospital, will stand trial in April.

Two arrested in Halifax shooting Pair held in custody until bail hearing By DAN ARSENAULT Crime Reporter Thu.

Fire chases family of 5 from their Halifax home Quick-thinking 13-year-old shouted for parents, sisters to wake up, escape from burning house By CLARE MELLOR Staff Reporter Thu.

Halifax cops arrest two in shooting Young man wounded inside apartment building in Halifax By DAN ARSENAULT Crime Reporter UPDATED AT 9:52 A.M. Wed.

A young man was apparently shot in the face just after 1:30 p.m. today at an apartment building on Bayers Road in west-end Halifax.

Parkland Income Fund says it will become the largest independent petroleum distributor in Canada with the $214-million purchase of Bluewave Energy LP, a privately held company based in Dartmouth, N.S. Bluewave distributes Shell-branded fuels and has operations across in the country except in Manitoba, Quebec and Newfoundland.

Michael MacDonald Halifax - Published on Monday, Dec. 21, 2009 6:59PM EST Last updated on Monday, Dec.

A man walks during snowfall on Spring Garden road in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dec.

About 100 used cars were destroyed in a fire at a salvage yard east of Halifax late Saturday night.

A fierce storm that pounded the U.S. is slowly moving into Atlantic Canada while Americans dig out from the aftermath.