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Several homes burned in Halifax wildfire, more than 16,000 evacuated
A helicopter carrying water flies over heavy smoke from an out-of-control fire in a suburban community outside of Halifax that spread quickly, engulfing multiple homes and forcing the evacuation of local residents on Sunday May 28, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Evening Update: NDP MP Jenny Kwan informed she is being targeted by China
NDP MP Jenny Kwan speaks to reporters about her briefing with CSIS where they confirmed that she was a target of foreign interference, in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Monday, May 29, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Halifax wildfire leads to evacuation orders for thousands of homes
Firefighters prepare to load gear at a staged command centre within the evacuated zone of the wildfire burning in Tantallon, N.S., outside of Halifax on Monday, May 29, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Dash cam footage shows Nova Scotia wildfire burning fiercely
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Man killed by Halifax police; N.S. watchdog to investigate
Police officers attend a scene in Halifax on Thursday, July 2, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Halifax education workers strike continues
A classroom at John MacNeil Elementary School in Dartmouth, N.S., is shown on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. Nova Scotia is lifting the mask mandate in the province’s public schools beginning Tuesday. CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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This 57-year-old grandmother didn’t choose the van life. The housing crisis chose it for her
Terri Smith-Fraser, 57, a nursing assistant at a Halifax hospital who is temporarily off work after hurting her back, steps outside the van she lives in full-time while parked at a city park in Halifax on Thursday, April 27, 2023. After being renovicted from her apartment, Smith-Fraser has been living in her 1998 GMC van while rents and home prices continue to skyrocket to historic levels in Halifax, which is also experiencing an all-time low in rental vacancy. Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail
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Decade-high construction levels not enough to meet Halifax’s growing rental demand
A pedestrian is seen in downtown Halifax on Thursday, May 18, 2023. Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail
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Halifax police asking for public’s help as they investigate more vandalism of Pride flags
A Halifax Regional Police emblem is seen in Halifax on July 2, 2020. Police in Halifax are investigating after Pride flags were allegedly torn down by youths on private property. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Halifax company to upgrade 13 Cormorant helicopters for Canada’s military
A Royal Canadian Air Force Cormorant helicopter from 103 Search and Rescue Squadron based at 9 Wing Gander takes off from the airport in Deer Lake, N.L. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. Defence Minister Anita Anand says a Halifax-based firm has been awarded a major subcontract for the $1.2 billion upgrade of the military’s fleet of search-and-rescue helicopters. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Atletico Ottawa, York United advance to Canadian Championship quarters
Atletico Ottawa fans raise their team's scarves before first half Canadian Premier League finals soccer action between the Atletico Ottawa and Forge FC in Ottawa on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. HFX Wanderers FC takes on Atletico Ottawa and York United FC faces Vancouver FC in a Canadian Championship doubleheader Wednesday at York Lions Stadium in Toronto. Atletico Ottawa is looking for its first cup win while CPL expansion side Vancouver is after its first-ever competitive victory anywhere. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Montreal departs Halifax for Indo-Pacific operation
Leslie-Ann Belyea waves to her husband S1 Harry Belyea while parked on NB Jetty for the departure of HMCS Montreal in Halifax on Sunday, March 26, 2023. HMCS Montreal and NRY MV Asterix departed His Majesty's Canadian Dockyard for the Indo-Pacific region on Operation Projection. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Teen accused in Halifax high school stabbing in custody following bail hearing
Police monitor the situation at Charles P. Allen High School, in Halifax, Monday, March 20, 2023. A 15-year-old student accused of stabbing two staff members at a Halifax-area high school earlier this week remains in custody and is to return to court next month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Riley Smith
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Head of Nova Scotia’s teachers union calls on government to draft safety strategy
Police monitor the situation at Charles P. Allen High School in Halifax, Monday, March 20, 2023.The Halifax-area school where two staff members were stabbed earlier this week is expected to resume classes this afternoon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Riley Smith
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Two staff members stabbed at Halifax high school, wounded student in custody
Police monitor the situation at Charles P. Allen High School in Halifax, Monday, March 20, 2023. Halifax police have arrested a student after three people were stabbed at a high school this morning. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Riley Smith
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Halifax university apologizes for inaction on professor’s ‘predatory’ behaviour
A Halifax Regional Police emblem is seen in Halifax on Thursday, July 2, 2020. The University of King’s College in Halifax has released its independent report on the accusations of sexual assault against one of the university’s former professors. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Ottawa will help Atlantic provinces that want to welcome asylum seekers: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a town hall meeting with university students in Halifax on Feb. 23, 2023.
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Halifax jury finds former medical student guilty of second-degree murder
William Sandeson, left, arrives for his preliminary hearing at provincial court in Halifax on Thursday, February 11, 2016.A jury started its third day of deliberations today in the trial of a former Halifax medical student charged with first-degree murder in the 2015 shooting death of a fellow student. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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How to hustle: Program helps Black women entrepreneurs think bigger
Peta-Ann Leon poses for a photograph at the Cornell Community Centre in Markham, Ont., on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail
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In Halifax, Mary Munson found the love of her life and the story of a lifetime
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WestJet temporarily suspends service between three Canadian cities and Europe
A WestJet Airlines Boeing 737 Max aircraft taxis to a gate after arriving at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. The B.C. Court of Appeal has rejected WestJet's efforts to overturn the certification of a class-action lawsuit on baggage fees. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Strike action likely at Memorial University of Newfoundland, says faculty union
29 AUGUST 2015--ST. JOHN'S, NL--MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY: Student residences on the campus of Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, on August 29, 2015. Photo by Paul Daly
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Canada-wide warrant issued for man scheduled to appear as a witness in William Sandeson’s murder trial
Halifax Regional Police badge is seen during a police memorial parade in Ottawa Sunday September 26, 2010. The Canadian Press Images/Francis Vachon
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Community rallies behind bid to preserve home of Nova Scotia’s first Black doctor
Peggy Cameron, from the non-profit Friends of Halifax Common, stands in front of a stately home that the group is seeking heritage designation to save it from demolition in Halifax on Thursday, January 19, 2023. The home was owned by Dr. Clement Ligoure, the first Black doctor in Nova Scotia, where Dr. Ligoure operated his clinic in the early 1900s—treating hundreds of people injured by the Halifax Explosion on Dec. 6, 1917. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Marine geologist Alan Ruffman shed new light on several historic disasters
Marine geologist and Titanic researcher Alan Ruffman is seen in the Killam Library at Dalhousie University in Halifax on Tuesday April 3, 2012. The author and academic was involved with identifying the "unknow child", Sidney Leslie Goodwin, who perished in the disaster. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Emergency departments are in a state of crisis, Halifax ER chief says
Chief of the central zone’s network of emergency departments Dr. Kirk Magee said Thursday that emergency medicine is in a state of “crisis” amid a shortage of nurses, physicians and hospital beds coupled with a rise in patients and patients with more complex needs. Paramedics are seen at the Dartmouth General Hospital in Dartmouth, N.S. on July 4, 2013.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Mattea Roach to appear on Jeopardy! spinoff show
This image released by Sony Pictures Television shows Mattea Roach, a Canadian contestant on the game show "Jeopardy!" Canadian "Jeopardy" champion Mattea Roach will face off against her peers in a new spinoff show just picked up by ABC. "Jeopardy! Masters" will pit six recent super-champions against each other. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tyler Golden-Sony Pictures Television via AP *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Second trial begins for former Halifax med student facing first-degree murder charge
William Sandeson pictured in Halifax on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. A retrial started today for a former Nova Scotia medical student accused of killing a fellow Dalhousie University student and disposing of his body after a drug deal in downtown Halifax. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Bald eagle receives rare surgery in PEI, heads to new home in Halifax
The bald eagle that was brought into the Atlantic Veterinary College hospital in Prince Edward Island after being hit by a car in October 2021 is shown in a handout photo. The eagle is doing well and settling in a new home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Atlantic Veterinary College **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Canada beats Czechia in overtime to repeat as world junior champions
Team Canada poses while celebrating winning over Czechia during overtime of the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship gold medal game in Halifax on Thursday, January 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Nova Scotia court upholds review board ruling that said police went too far in 2018 arrest of couple in park
A Halifax Regional Police emblem is seen on a police officer in Halifax on July 2, 2020. A Halifax man is alleging racial profiling played a role in his arrest and jailing after he and his spouse pulled their vehicle into a park to make a cell phone call in 2018. Adam LeRue, who is Black, and his wife Kerry Morris, who is white, attempted to bring their complaint today before the Nova Scotia Police Review Board. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Can my employer legally change my contract from full-time to freelance?
Woman candidate giving her resume to HR manager during a job interview in office. Young female applying for open position.
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Man dies after attempted home invasion in Halifax, police say
Halifax Regional Police attend a crime scene in north end Halifax on Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Police in Nova Scotia say they are investigating a homicide following an attempted home robbery, which they determined was not random. Police say they are investigating a homicide after an attempted home robbery at a Halifax home, which investigators determined was not random. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Owen Beck replaces injured Colton Dach on Canadian junior men’s hockey team
Owen Beck shoots during the Canadian World Junior Hockey Championships selection camp in Moncton, N.B., Friday, December 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ron Ward
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U.S. wins Group B in world junior hockey, beating Finland 6-2
Finland's Joakim Kemell tries to take the puck from the USA's Jack Peart during third period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship hockey action in Moncton, N.B., Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ron Ward