Women’s World Hockey Championship Cancelled

**** PREMIER’S Office Release Women’s World Hockey Championship Cancelled ———————————————————- The 2021 IIHF Women’s World Hockey Championship, scheduled for May 6-16 in Halifax and Truro, is being cancelled due to concerns over the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Nova Scotia. Premier Iain Rankin withdrew permission for the event to take place in the province […]

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RCMP Southwest Nova Major Crime investigating injured child

**** RCMP Media Release RCMP Southwest Nova Major Crime investigating injured child On April 16, 2021, Lunenburg District RCMP received a report from a local hospital regarding a child in medical distress. Police began an investigation and determined that the child, a two-year-old girl, had sustained life-threatening injuries and was being airlifted from a hospital […]

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Halifax District RCMP arrest two people, recover stolen property

**** RCMP Media Release Halifax District RCMP arrest two people, recover stolen property Halifax District RCMP arrested two people in a parking lot in Lower Sackville and recovered stolen property.​ On April 20, 2021, at approximately 7:35 p.m., Halifax District RCMP received a report of two suspicious people in a vehicle in a parking lot […]

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Public Health received a report from Halifax Regional Police that a substance seized in Halifax tested positive for Etizaolam

**** NSHA Media Release #DrugAlert Public Health received a report from Halifax Regional Police that a substance seized in Halifax tested positive for Etizaolam. The substance was a blue rectangular tab with 3 bisecting lines, stamped B707 on one side and blank on the other side. The substance may be mistaken for Xanax. Etizolam is […]

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Police issue 71 tickets for driving offences

**** HRP Media Release Police issue 71 tickets for driving offences ​ Halifax Regional Police issued 71 tickets for motor vehicle-related offences over the last two days. ​ The HRP Traffic Unit was monitoring traffic on many of our roadways on Monday and Tuesday. Officers issued 71 summary offence tickets: 20 for speeding, one for […]

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(Update) Police seek public’s assistance finding lost property

**** HRP Media Release Update: The lost jewelry that police had requested assistance in locating yesterday has been returned to the owner. We thank the public for their concern. – Police seek public’s assistance finding lost property Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating property that was lost in Halifax yesterday. At approximately 5:20 […]

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Kings District RCMP investigating fires in North Kingston

**** RCMP Media Release Kings District RCMP investigating fires in North Kingston Kings District RCMP is investigating a series of fires that occurred over a span of 48 hours in North Kingston. Between April 14 and 16, 2021, Kingston RCMP and the Kingston Volunteer Fire Department responded to a series of fires in the North […]

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Certain lots of L’il Critters and vitafusion vitamins recalled due to metal wire fragments

**** Recall via Health Canada Certain lots of L’il Critters and vitafusion vitamins recalled due to metal wire fragments   Issue Church & Dwight Canada Corp. is recalling certain lots of L’il Critters Gummy Vites children’s vitamins, as well as vitafusion Fibre Well and vitafusion MultiVites vitamins for adults, because certain lots may contain metal […]

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