Winter weather warnings for parts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia have caused health officials in both provinces to cancel several H1N1 vaccination clinics.

Cape Breton Regional Police have disbanded their special 12-member arson team in the Northside region after a quiet month without any suspicious fires.

A committee of Canadian Heritage has recommended reversing a cut to the Canadian Musical Diversity fund that was planned for April.

Police have charged a 27-year-old woman with running a brothel in a quiet Halifax neighbourhood.

First Nations, Inuit and Métis people display higher rates of volunteerism, informal learning and community involvement than non-aboriginal Canadians, according to a new study.

It looks like the Halifax Common will be rockin' again next summer. Metro Halifax has learned Power Promotional Concepts is about to announce a two-day country concert extravaganza on Aug. 6 and 7 featuring mega-superstar Alan Jackson. The concert will include other well-known country acts, although no other details were available. When contacted by Metro Wednesday, Michelle MacKay of Power ...

A 23-year-old man is facing several charges including robbery as Halifax Regional Police say a gun-carrying suspect held up the Petro-Canada gas station on Joseph Howe Dr. late Monday evening. Police say at about 10 p.m., a man entered the station wearing a mask and pointed a handgun at the clerk and demanded cash. The man fled the scene with a small amount of money and lottery tickets, police ...

Mayor Peter Kelly and the rest of Halifax Regional Council will be getting an unexpected infusion of cash this year after an error was discovered in the formula used to calculate their salaries. The total cost of the city’s blunder is estimated at $246,096, and every penny will come out of this year’s municipal budget, said HRM spokesperson Shaune MacKinlay. “We discovered the error in mid ...

The Crown dropped charges yesterday against a Dartmouth man involved in a fist fight that left another man dead this summer. Dennis Baxter, 20, had a count of aggravated assault dropped against him at Dartmouth provincial court when prosecutors looked at the evidence and determined there was “no realistic prospect of conviction.” On Aug. 13, Baxter and 51-year-old Dale Nichols, who knew each ...

If nothing changes, the Halifax Regional Municipality is set to overstretch its budget by $30 million next year. The municipality’s finance director, Cathie O'Toole, delivered her year-end financial forecast at yesterday’s regular council meeting - and it prompted more than a few raised eyebrows around the room. “This is probably a larger gap then we’ve had to deal with in the last couple of ...

As the provincial government faces criticism for it's Copenhagen climate change conference delegation, one businesswoman says more should be going. Lill McPherson, owner of Wooden Monkey restaurant in downtown Halifax is already on her way to Copenhagen.

Honda civic owners, beware. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says once again the two-door coupe is at the top of the list, of the most stolen cars in Canada.

The premier is maintaining a positive attitude despite the province's gloomy financial outlook. Premier Darrell Dexter gave his first state of the province address since becoming premier, and he gave the packed crowd a rosy picture.

After a two month investigation, Halifax Regional Police have arrested and charged a 27-year-old woman with operating a brothel in Clayton Park. Police are not releasing details about which house is under investigation.

The town of Truro wants to put up a gate at the entrance of a favorite hookup spot for gay men. "I think it's absolutely ridiculous and I think it's the wrong way to go," says Al McNutt with the Northern Aid Connection Society.

Last week’s news of NSCAD student Tyler Mumford ’s photos of bouncers at the Halifax Alehouse (look for a news story tomorrow) has drawn a lot of online discussion about public space and privacy. But if this was, as what is being suggested by Mumford’s schematic illustration on a Facebook page, intentionally meant to provoke and video a bouncer’s aggression in order to capture a photo, it would ...

[image-1] If you were too broke or too worried about your own emissions to jump the bandwagon in Copenhagen, there’s still lots you can do right here in Hali to be part of “the most important human gathering ever.” On Thursday, December 10 at 7:00 pm there will be a movie and discussion at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotia Environment Network will be showing The Age of Stupid , the ...

Negotiations are heating up in Copenhagen. Tuvalu has demanded that any agreement coming out of negotiations be legally binding. Their reasoning: they’d prefer not to sink. Back in 1992, at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, parties signed a treaty called the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Signatories agreed to create protocols setting mandatory emissions caps. But because ...

The album in question The Clash ’s London Calling enjoys it’s 30th anniversary on December 14, and while that means we can no longer trust it, we can also enjoy a tribute show to the album at the Paragon on Wednesday, December 16. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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What are your expectations for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen?

Dalhousie professors Susan Bryson, Marie-Claude Gregoire and Brian Hall are honoured with Discovery Awards for Science and Technology.

Dalhousie professors Ian Hill and Michael Dunbar are given Dalhousie Innovation Awards.

Wayne Groszko doesn't just talk about sustainability, he lives it.

Dalhousie student Sunisha Neupane is named Nova Scotia Volunteer of the Year by the nonprofit development agency CUSO-VSO.

Three businesses  in Celtic Place targeted

PICTOU – A group of Pictou musicians are Living the Dream. That’s the name of a new CD just out by local band Small Packages, which features band members Jenny Cameron, Susan MacDonald, Marty Freeman and William Skrynsky.

PICTOU LANDING – Support is growing for the Pictou County Watershed Coalition. Just a few months after its formation, the coalition has received support from the Nova Scotia Environmental Network, Environmental Health Association of Nova Scotia, former members of Citizens Against Pollution (CAP) and W.

NEW?GLASGOW?– Summer Street Industries of New Glasgow is continuing its successful Learning Essential Skills Bridging to Employability Strengths and Talents project with a $22,000 grant from the Department of Community Services.

SUNDRIDGE?– A Sundridge couple is one step closer to bringing their adopted son home. Last spring, Melvin and Maxine Frosst believed they’d have their son by Christmas.

ENGLISHTOWN — The Torquil MacLean is now back in service. The Englishtown ferry had been out of service throughout the day Tuesday, due to engine problems.

SOUTH BAR — A Cape Breton boy who stole the hearts of an entire island has broken them after succumbing to hypothermia in hospital.

SYDNEY — A mother of three children who set up a Facebook group to help find James Delorey said she is amazed at the response the social networking site generated.

SYDNEY — Construction of a pumping system designed to move water around the tar ponds site is behind schedule, but it won’t affect the overall project, said Sydney Tar Ponds agency spokesperson Tanya Collier MacDonald.

SYDNEY — It was the kind of news the community did not want to hear. A little boy who captured the hearts of an island died earlier this morning after spending two days in the woods.

Police say victim was a 45-Year-old woman from Cole Harbour...

Mulgrave man will return to court Monday...

Committe member says once again something is awarded to the HRM...

Ban is in effect until mid-April...

X-Flux Environmental Technologies and Bill-Did-It move into final round of competition...