Halifax man charged for leaving municipality after traffic stop in Trenton, N.S.
A Halifax man who was stopped by police for speeding on Wednesday has been charged for travelling outside his municipality, violating the Emergency Management Act.
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Posted: May 06, 2021 7:17 AM AT | Last Updated: May 6
New Glasgow Regional Police stopped the 32-year-old man in Trenton, N.S., and learned he was there for non-essential business. He was travelling to New Brunswick.(Gian-Paolo Mendoza/CBC)
A Halifax man who was stopped by police for speeding on Wednesday has been charged under the Emergency Management Act for travelling outside his municipality.
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HALIFAX - With Atlantic Canada s worst COVID-19 outbreak showing no signs of letting up, Nova Scotia s premier warned Thursday he might impose tougher restrictions to reduce the rapid spread of the deadly virus.
Nova Scotia s new premier, Iain Rankin, leaves after holding his first COVID-19 news conference, in Halifax on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tim Krochak POOL
HALIFAX - With Atlantic Canada s worst COVID-19 outbreak showing no signs of letting up, Nova Scotia s premier warned Thursday he might impose tougher restrictions to reduce the rapid spread of the deadly virus.
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Posted: May 04, 2021 2:53 PM AT | Last Updated: May 4
There is currently no transit service in Guysborough County.(Google Streetview)
People who live in one of the province s largest counties may soon be getting a service most Nova Scotians take for granted public transit.
Although there are 19 community transit providers across Nova Scotia, there is no service available in any of the communities in Guysborough County.
Greg Sewell, director of community transportation at the Department of Transportation and Active Transit, told a legislature committee Tuesday that after years of talk and planning, the province may have found an operator willing to give it a go.
Posted: Apr 30, 2021 3:26 PM AT | Last Updated: April 30
Wanda Robson, sister of Viola Desmond, holds a $10 bank note featuring Desmond during a press conference in Halifax in 2018. A new school in Ontario will bear Desmond s name.(Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press)
A new school being built in Ontario will honour Nova Scotia s civil rights icon Viola Desmond.
The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board announced the new school will welcome 682 elementary students this fall.
Desmond, a businesswoman and beautician, was jailed in 1946 for sitting in the whites-only section of a New Glasgow, N.S., movie theatre.
The theatre s policy forced Black people to sit upstairs in a balcony.