Traffic, Weather & Utility

**** HRP Media Release March vehicle/pedestrian collision statistics Halifax Regional Police and Halifax District RCMP release a monthly vehicle/pedestrian collision report to provide police and citizens with more contextual information on this issue. A total of 25 vehicle/pedestrian/bicycle collisions have been reported from January to March 2020 in Halifax Regional Municipality. Of the total collisions...

**** HRP Media Release Police receive multiple reports of thefts from vehicles Halifax Regional Police is investigating multiple reports of thefts from vehicles that occurred last week. Between April 5 and 11, Halifax Regional Police received 31 reports of thefts from vehicles throughout the region. Police are reminding people to: Lock your vehicle, even when...

**** RCMP Media Release Fatal collision closes Highway 104 At approximately 4 a.m. on April 16, a fatal collision occurred on Hwy. 104 when a pickup truck struck a pedestrian between Exits 13 and 14 in the eastbound lanes. The truck driver was not able to avoid the pedestrian. The pedestrian, a 40-year-old man from...

**** RCMP Media Release RCMP investigates fatal single vehicle crash RCMP is investigating a fatal single vehicle crash that occurred last night on Hwy. 246, Oliver. At 11:40 p.m.,​ the RCMP, EHS and Tatamagouche Fire Department responded to a single vehicle crash near the 2300 block of Hwy. 246, where a 30-year-old woman passenger, from Westville, died at the...

**** RCMP Media Release Stunting violation leads to two people charged under the Health Protection Act On Saturday at approximately 3:00 p.m., a member of the RCMP’s South East Traffic Services observed a white Volkswagen Golf travelling at a high rate of speed on Hwy. 101 in Halifax County. The police officer used RADAR to...

**** HRP Media Release Update: Pedestrian dies after vehicle/pedestrian collision last week ​ The pedestrian injured in a collision that occurred last week in Dartmouth has died. ​ At approximately 10:15 a.m. on March 31 police were called to a vehicle/pedestrian collision that had occurred in the 600 block of Portland Street. A vehicle turning...

**** HRP Media Release Police charge female with stunting – Halifax A Halifax woman who was caught driving at a high rate of speed in Halifax has been charged with stunting. At 1:33 a.m. on the 8th of April, Halifax Regional Police observed a white Mercedes sedan driving at a high rate of speed on Quinpool Road near Harvard...

**** Via Environment Canada **** All ended A new special weather statement is in effect via Environment Canada.   Check out the link for more information: http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html?prov=ns “Higher than normal water levels are expected today. Locations: Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia. Time span: during high tide this morning. The combination of storm surge from a passing...

**** RCMP Media Release Driver charged with stunting, flight from police, and impaired driving On April 5, at approximately 2 a.m., a member of Colchester District RCMP was monitoring traffic on Hwy. 102, when he noted a​ vehicle travelling at​ 161 km/hr.​ As it passed the police vehicle, the suspect vehicle accelerated to 178km/hr and...

**** RCMP Media Release Stunting driver charged: 85 km/hr over the posted speed limit ​ On April 4 at​ 5:25​ p.m., a member of the RCMP’s North East Traffic Services in​ Cape Breton observed a grey​ Honda Civic travelling at a high rate of speed. The vehicle​ was between Exits​ 4 and 5, eastbound on...