Police charge four people after search of a Dartmouth residence
**** HRP Media Release Police charge four people after search of a Dartmouth residence Police have charged four people after conducting a search of a residence in Dartmouth on March 6. Members of the Drug Unit of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division, and the East Division Quick Response Unit, conducted a search warrant at...
(Update) Police investigating report of school bus struck by object – Halifax
**** HRP Media Release Update: Officers found no evidence to suggest that someone had thrown or directed an object at the bus. The bus has a jagged two-inch oval-shaped hole near the roof on the driver’s side. At this time, the cause of the damage to the bus remains undetermined. Police investigating report of school...
Two HRP Releases: Police Investigate Bomb Threat – Halifax / Police Investigate Break & Enter with Weapon – Dartmouth
**** HRP Media Releases Police Investigate Bomb Threat – Halifax At 12:50 a.m., 8 March, Halifax Regional Police responded to report of a Bomb Threat at the Liquor Dome Complex 1726 Argyle Street Halifax. Approximately 1,300 patrons and staff were evacuated from the building. Halifax Transit provided a bus as a temporary shelter for those that could...
(Found) Update: The 50-year-old man who was reported missing from Cumberland County on March 7 has been located and is safe
**** RCMP Media Release Update: The 50-year-old man who was reported missing from Cumberland County on March 7 has been located and is safe. The RCMP would like to thank the public for their assistance and retweets on social media. ****** ...
Dartmouth Man and Woman Charged for Animal Cruelty
**** NS SPCA Media Release Dartmouth Man and Woman Charged for Animal Cruelty Mark Davis, 43, and Allison Black, 36, of Dartmouth, have been charged with being a custodian of an animal and permitting the animal to be in distress, contrary to Section 26 (2) of the Animal Protection Act of Nova Scotia. On January...
Halifax health care practitioner facing additional sexual assault charges
**** HRP Media Release Halifax health care practitioner facing additional sexual assault charges Investigators with the Sexual Assault Investigative Team (SAIT) of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division have charged a Halifax health care practitioner in connection with a sexual assault that occurred in 2017. On October 15, 2019, a woman contacted police to report that...
Police charge bus driver in relation to Blind Persons’ Rights Act
**** HRP Media Release Police charge bus driver in relation to Blind Persons’ Rights Act Police have charged a Halifax Transit driver under the Blind Persons’ Rights Act in relation to an incident in January. On January 28, a 58-year-old Lower Sackville man and his guide dog were denied access to a Halifax Transit bus...
Police Investigate Robbery – Halifax
**** HRP Media Release Police Investigate Robbery – Halifax At 2:55 p.m., Halifax Regional Police responded to a robbery that had just occurred Home Depot 367 Lacewood Drive Halifax. Staff reported approached a male suspected to be shoplifting saw blades who produced a box-cutter knife and fled to a waiting dark pickup truck. No one was injured...
RCMP arrests two people following firearm incident – Fall River
**** RCMP Media Release RCMP arrests two people following firearm incident Halifax District RCMP has arrested two people following the report of a firearm near a school yesterday. On March 2 shortly after noon, Halifax District RCMP got a report of a man in possession of a firearm on a path near Lockview High School...
Earthquake zones in Eastern Canada
**** Information via Natural Resources Earthquake zones in Eastern Canada Background on earthquakes in eastern Canada The continual shifting of large segments of the earth’s crust, called tectonic plates, causes more than 97% of the world’s earthquakes. Eastern Canada is located in a stable continental region within the North American Plate and, as a consequence...