Halifax Latest News

• Striking Halifax school support workers, employer head back to bargaining table

  More than 1,800 school support workers in the Halifax area went on strike on May 10. The union said a meeting with the Halifax Regional Centre for Education is set for Friday.

  Education

  2 hours
• Meet 2 Halifax firefighter heroes. Even PM Trudeau came calling

  Two Halifax firefighters are being honoured for driving through "a wall of fire" to rescue an elderly man during the wildfire evacuations.

  Canada

  4 hours
• Nova Scotia launches new online platform to share emergency room wait times

  On Tuesday, the Nova Scotia Health Authority launched a new service to provide patients with hourly updates of wait times at several emergency departments throughout the province.

  Health

  4 hours
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• RCMP investigate threat of shooting at N.S. university this fall

  RCMP in Nova Scotia say they're investigating a threat that was posted online. 'The threat indicated that a shooting would occur at Acadia University in the fall of 2023.'

  Crime

  7 hours
• Group seeking court review of approval for wind farm project in northern Nova Scotia

  A volunteer group in northern Nova Scotia says it is requesting a judicial review of the province’s decision last month to approve a wind farm in the Wentworth Valley.

  Canada

  8 hours
• More evacuation orders to be lifted for Halifax area residents affected by wildfires

  Halifax Mayor Mike Savage said more evacuation orders will be lifted on Friday for residents in subdivisions that sustained the most damage during the wildfire.

  Canada

  9 hours
• Canada’s wildfires to get more U.S. aid after Biden speaks with Trudeau

  The White House said Joe Biden ordered to rapidly deploy all available U.S. firefighting assets to Canada after speaking with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the wildfires.

  Environment

  Jun 7
• Halifax council looking into second exits for communities after recent wildfire evacuations

  Halifax city council passed a motion Tuesday night to look at building a second exit for the Westwood Hills neighbourhood in response to wildfire evacuation challenges last week.

  Fire

  Jun 7
• Missing baby from Nova Scotia found safe and sound in Quebec

  Quebec provincial police say a missing baby girl has been found safe and the Amber Alert issued Wednesday afternoon has come to an end.

  Canada

  Jun 7
• Cyber gang behind N.S. breach says it erased stolen data, but experts urge caution

  A threat analyst with cybersecurity company Emsisoft says the cyber gang's claim to have deleted data belonging to public sector bodies should be assumed to be false.

  Canada

  Jun 7
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• Rebuilding homes after Nova Scotia wildfires could take up to three years

  A construction industry leader said in an interview on Wednesday that it may take up to three years to rebuild the homes lost in the fires, due to an existing provincial backlog.

  Canada

  Jun 7
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• After ‘heartbreaking’ fire, Waegwoltic Club moves forward with summer plans

  Despite the facility's main building burning in a fire last week, the Waegwoltic club remains resilient as it continues to focus on rebuilding.

  Canada

  Jun 7
• Irving Oil considers selling business, company launches strategic review

  Irving Oil says a strategic review of the company is underway and that it is looking at a series of options about its future, including a possible sale of the business.

  Economy

  Jun 7
• Huge wildfire in southwestern Nova Scotia ‘being held’ after burning for 11 days

  Natural Resources Minister Tory Rushton said about 60 homes and cottages and another 150 structures had been destroyed in Shelburne County.

  Fire

  Jun 7
• N.S. wildfires: Donations, relief efforts show ‘in the hardest times is when we shine’

  A Wildfire Recovery Concert will be held at the Scotiabank Centre on Friday, featuring high-profile local talent. Proceeds will go to the United Way Wildfire Recovery Appeal.

  Fire

  Jun 6
• Lower Sackville, N.S. church dishes out free meals to help ease wildfire impacts

  Rock Church in Lower Sackville, N.S., launched a pop-up comfort center last week to help meet the needs of Black communities within the wildfire evacuation zone.

  Fire

  Jun 6
• ‘We’re still here’: 4 weeks into Halifax school support workers strike and no end in sight

  More than 1,800 school support workers in Halifax went on strike on May 10. While schools remain open, EPAs and other workers are off the job, and pre-primary programs are paused.

  Education

  Jun 6
• ‘Many, many destroyed homes’: The devastation left by the wildfire near Halifax

  During a grim tour through through the most impacted area Tuesday, piles of charred rubble could be seen where houses once stood, with burned out cars parked in driveways.

  Canada

  Jun 6
• Nova Scotia estimates up to 100,000 people affected by online security breach

  The province says social insurance numbers, addresses and banking information of current employees of the public service, including Nova Scotia Health and the IWK, were taken.

  Canada

  Jun 6
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• Arctic will likely see summer free of ice by 2030, research says

  That would mean that by the end of the melt season in September, the Arctic would have less than one million square kilometres of sea ice, even under low emissions.

  Canada

  Jun 6
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• Wildfire risk for most of Nova Scotia expected to remain unusually high this summer

  Although most wildfires in Nova Scotia are now considered under control – with the exception of the blaze raging in Shelburne County – officials are predicting a long season ahead.

  Canada

  Jun 5
• Halifax-area wildfire evacuees grateful to begin returning home

  About 4,886 residents are still displaced from evacuation areas after a wildfire in the Tantallon and Hammonds Plains areas forced more than 16,400 people from their homes.

  Canada

  Jun 5
• Extent of MOVEit software breach in N.S. still unknown, Microsoft blames ransomware

  Officials in Nova Scotia are still trying to determine how many people had their data stolen through a global privacy breach to a third-party file transfer system called MOVEit.

  Canada

  Jun 5
• N.S. wildfires: Some evacuations lifted; Shelburne blaze remains out of control

  Some people who were forced to evacuate due to a wildfire in the Halifax area can return home as some areas begin to reopen after the devastation.

  Fire

  Jun 5
• Canada could hit ‘record levels’ of area burnt by wildfires this year

  New modelling shows that the risks of wildfires is set to increase in June and remain 'unusually high' throughout the summer in Canada, natural resources minister said.

  Canada

  Jun 5