7+ hour, 11+ min ago  (118+ words) A number of staff members at a Nova Scotia prison were assaulted and sent to hospital. In a news release, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) says it happened Sunday at the medium-security Springhill Institution. The suspect has been identified…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (93+ words) Power restored for 7, 000 in west end of Halifax'Country 103. 5 Roughly 11, 000 Nova Scotia Power customers were put into the dark Monday morning, after a crow came into contact with equipment on Kempt Road. The utility says power was cut around 8 a. m. to a…...

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1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (98+ words) Country 103. 5 The Aberdeen Business Centre in New Glasgow was evacuated after police received reports of a possible bomb threat. Officers and fire crews responded just before 5 p. m. on Sunday and safely cleared the building as a precaution, shutting down the area…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (131+ words) A former bouncer at a bar in downtown Halifax has been sentenced to four years in jail for the death of a patron from over three years ago, according to the province's public prosecution service. Alexander Levy, 40, learned of his…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (204+ words) Fire and Emergency crews in Halifax are responding to multiple fires around the HRM. Fire officials say they were first called to Prospect Road in Hatchet Lake after reports of a house on fire around 4: 30 Friday morning. They say the…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (161+ words) Premier Tim Houston speaks to reporters at One Government Place in Halifax (Jacob Moore/Acadia Broadcasting) Premier Tim Houston says he does not plan on appealing a court's ruling that last year's woods ban violated charter rights but felt it…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (238+ words) Barbara Adams is pictured here. (Source: Government of Nova Scotia) Seniors Minister Barb Adams says there are no plans to go back to the table with the union that represents thousands of long-term care workers who walked off the job…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (192+ words) The fire that caused a huge plume of dark smoke in downtown Halifax, Wednesday afternoon, is now under control. Halifax Professional Fire Fighters say they responded around 1: 30 p. m. to the blaze on Cogswell Street that started in the basement of a…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (227+ words) Nova Scotia's long-term care strike could expand again this week as more homes prepare to join the job action if a deal is not reached. CUPE says workers at four additional facilities have now issued 48-hour strike notice. That means…...