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**** RCMP Media Release Colchester RCMP seize loaded handgun from vehicle On​ June 24 at​ 10:55 p.m.,​ Colchester District RCMP responded to a​ 911 reporting​ a two-vehicle collision in the parking lot of a service station in Brookfield.​ The drivers got out of their vehicles and began yelling at one another.​ A third man arrived...

**** CNS Media Release Pride Nova Scotia Network members, Premier Stephen McNeil and government officials were in attendance as the Pride flag was raised at Province House, in Halifax today, June 25. “We raise the Pride flag every year as a direct reflection of how important 2SLGBTIQ+ rights and inclusion are to the people of...

**** HRP Media Release Police Investigate Weapons Call – Shooting At 4:27 p.m., Halifax Regional Police responded to a report of gun shots fired from a small black car at black SUV, on Highway 111 near Mic Mac Blvd, Dartmouth.  Multiple officers have responded to the scene and have not located anyone injured. Investigators with the General...

**** RCMP Media Release Missing person: Help the RCMP find Jacob Croft ​ Lunenburg District RCMP, with the assistance of Lunenburg County and North Queens Ground Search and Rescue (GSAR), were in the Northfield area of Lunenburg County yesterday continuing to search for 29-year-old Jacob​ Croft of Chester Basin. Croft was last seen at approximately...

**** HRP Media Release Police trying to locate lost child Update Release on Missing Child HRP confirm that an extensive search of Kearney Lake and the neighborhood has been completed in joint efforts to locate a girl who was reported missing by a bystander. The reported girl has not been found and there is no...

**** CAF Release Homecoming motorcade procession for Captain Brenden MacDonald, Captain Maxime Miron-Morin, Sub-Lieutenant Matthew Pyke, and Master Corporal Matthew Cousins Captain Brenden MacDonald, Captain Maxime Miron-Morin, Sub-Lieutenant Matthew Pyke, and Master Corporal Matthew Cousins will arrive home in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia, on Thursday, June 25. As previously announced, six Canadian Armed Forces...

**** RCMP Media Release Missing person: Help the RCMP find Tristan James Marchand ​. Update: Missing person located ​The 33-year-old​ man​ who was reported missing from St. Peter’s​ on June 24​ has been located and is safe. The RCMP would like to thank the public for their assistance and retweets on social media. St. Peter’s​...

**** NSHA Media Release NSHA working to address issues with blood collection appointment telephone booking process Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) is working to address issues and delays people are currently experiencing when they call to book a blood collection appointment.​ “We know patients are having difficulty getting through our phone lines to make an...

**** RCMP Media Release Update: Woman and dog die after dog attack On June 9, Halifax District RCMP responded to a report of a possible deceased woman off the Wittenburg Rd. in Middle Musquodoboit and a dog was near the woman. Based on evidence on the scene, witness statements and past known history of violence...

**** FINANCE/TREASURY BOARD Media Release Stronger Regulations to Protect Youth from Harms of Vaping —————————————————————- Nova Scotia is taking action to protect youth and decrease youth vaping by strengthening regulations on the sale of vaping products. That is why Nova Scotia will be the first province in Atlantic Canada to introduce a tax on vaping...