Albro Lake Beach Closed to Swimming
**** HRM Media Release Albro Lake Beach Closed to Swimming The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents that Albro Lake Beach in Dartmouth is closed to swimming until further notice due to high bacteria levels in the water. Albro Lake Beach is a supervised beach. Municipal staff regularly test the water quality at all supervised...
HRP will no longer retain existing historical street check records in their current form beyond December 2020
**** HRP Media Release As recommended in Dr. Scot Wortley’s report in 2019, HRP will no longer retain existing historical street check records in their current form beyond December 2020. Data will be de-identified after that. Anyone interested in obtaining their personal information that they believe may be contained in these historical records can use...
Police investigate Impaired Driving / Flee from Police in Halifax.
**** HRP Media Release Police investigate Impaired Driving / Flee from Police in Halifax. On July 15, 2020 at approximately 2:45 pm. Halifax Regional Police responded to a report of a driver operating a motor vehicle while impaired in the area of Sambro and West Pennant, Halifax. Police located the vehicle...
Robert Erikson wanted by police on province-wide warrant
**** RCMP Media Release Robert Erikson wanted by police on province-wide warrant Halifax District RCMP has obtained a warrant for the arrest of a man who has been charged with a number of offences which include Assault, Breach of Recognizance, and Breach of Probation. The offences occurred in the Halifax Regional Municipality in 2018...
Dakota Maloney wanted by police on province-wide warrant
**** RCMP Media Release Dakota Maloney wanted by police on province-wide warrant Colchester District RCMP has obtained a warrant for the arrest of a man who has been charged with a number of offences which include Assault, Uttering Threats, Mischief, and related offences. The offences occurred in Colchester County between May and July of this...
(Update) NS SPCA: Bilbo Waggins is fighting for his life and needs your help!
**** NS SPCA Media Release Update below Bilbo Waggins is fighting for his life and needs your help! Our SPCA Enforcement Officers were heading back to the shelter when they spotted Bilbo running at large. He was nothing more than skin and bones. As a direct result of Bilbo’s poor physical condition and a pending...
The Nova Scotia ACORN Society calls for government support to stop slum lords
The Nova Scotia ACORN Society held a rally in Dartmouth, calling for better government action against slum lords. The following is their event information: “The tenants at Nivens Ave. have been in unsafe, and substandard conditions for TOO LONG! The landlords have neglected their properties and failed to maintain basic standards of living – the...
Police release name of woman in suspicious death investigation
**** HRP Media Release Police release name of woman in suspicious death investigation Halifax Regional Police are releasing the name of a woman who was found deceased at an address in Dartmouth on the morning of July 11. Police received a report of a death that occurred at an address on Lynwood Drive...
Police Investigate a Weapons Call (Stabbing) – Halifax
**** HRP Media Release Police Investigate a Weapons Call (Stabbing) – Halifax At 6:09 p.m., on the 12th of July, Halifax Regional Police responded to a report of a physical altercation between a group of adults with knives and bats near the intersection of Brunswick Street and Cornwallis Street, Halifax. Multiple patrol officers responded and located some of...
Police investigating stabbing in Dartmouth, searching for suspects
**** HRP Media Release Police investigating stabbing in Dartmouth Members of the General Investigation Section of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division are investigating a stabbing that occurred this morning in Dartmouth. At approximately 8:20 a.m. Halifax Regional Police patrol members responded to a report of a male who had been stabbed on the...