Five people have now been charged in an assault that happened last summer in downtown Halifax. Two women, 21 and 23, were assaulted on June 23, 2024, at around 1:50 a.m. by a group of people not known to them, Halifax Regional Police said Friday in a news release.

Unifor is celebrating the federal government's signing of the River-class destroyer (RCD) contract with Irving Shipbuilding – the largest and most significant "Buy Canadian" procurement program, and largest shipbuilding effort since WWII.

The deaths are a reminder that police are rarely the appropriate people to respond to mental-health crises, and that conducted energy weapons can be lethal, criminologists say

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that a byelection is to be held in Halifax on April 14. The Halifax seat has been empty since Aug. 31, when longtime member of Parliament Andy Fillmore resigned to run for Halifax mayor. A byelection must be called within six months of a new vacancy in the House of Commons.

The owner of a Halifax heritage property says she's relieved a nearby development has been ordered to follow stricter conditions after recent blasts had people inside worried they were being "bombed."

If a general election is called before April 14, the byelection will be cancelled and its candidates would join the general election.

U.S. president Donald Trump has given a one-month reprieve to the auto industry and to products covered by the North American free trade agreement. Meanwhile, pushback is coming from players big and small.

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Spryfield educators will soon have to be as quick on their feet as the J.L. Ilsley High championship improv team. Builders, too. The future of housing in Halifax is in Spryfield, at least the kind of housing that appeals to first-time buyers with young children,

Penguins Captain Sidney Crosby teaming up with his fellow Halifax native and friend, Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon, is unlikely besides for Canada.

While acknowledging the Liberals’ historic strength in Atlantic Canada, Shortall says she’s hearing fear and disappointment at the doors these days. Newfoundlanders are feeling squeezed economically amidst rising inflation, housing insecurity, and cost-of-living increases.

If Jalynn Skeir has a super skill, it's the ability to connect with people. It's something she learned early in her basketball career and one that has played a pivotal role in her rise in the Canadian coaching ranks.