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19-year-old female employee dies at Halifax Walmart, police investigating

19-year-old female employee dies at Halifax Walmart, police investigating

HALIFAX — Police say they are investigating the sudden death of a 19-year-old female employee at a Halifax Walmart on Saturday night. The city's regional police force says officers were called to the store on Mumford Road at around 9:30 p.m.
Voters elect mayors and councillors in municipal elections across Nova Scotia

Voters elect mayors and councillors in municipal elections across Nova Scotia

HALIFAX — Former Liberal MP Andy Fillmore has been elected as Halifax's newest mayor, as municipalities across the region took to the polls on Saturday.
RCMP investigating two suspicious deaths near Halifax

RCMP investigating two suspicious deaths near Halifax

ENFIELD, N.S. — Police in Nova Scotia are investigating two deaths in the Halifax area that they're treating as suspicious. RCMP say they were called to a home in the community of Enfield on Friday morning for a well-being check on two people.
Homelessness is not stopping this Halifax man from running for mayor

Homelessness is not stopping this Halifax man from running for mayor

HALIFAX — With a crowded field of 16 candidates vying to be Halifax's next mayor, candidates have not always found it easy to stand out.
N.S. minister fears deposit won't cover removal of bankrupt tidal firm's moorings

N.S. minister fears deposit won't cover removal of bankrupt tidal firm's moorings

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia cabinet minister says the cost of removing huge moorings abandoned in the harbour entrance of a Bay of Fundy community likely won't be covered by a deposit left by a bankrupt tidal energy firm.
Nova Scotia government hiring 47 new staff members to prevent violence in schools

Nova Scotia government hiring 47 new staff members to prevent violence in schools

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is hiring 47 "specialized staff" to keep its public schools safe, following calls from within the education system to stem a rise in violence.
Nova Scotia's waiting list for family care dips about 15,000 people, to 145,144

Nova Scotia's waiting list for family care dips about 15,000 people, to 145,144

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's health authority says the wait-list for family care has dipped by about 15,000 people in four months — a drop the premier credits to programs aimed at reducing the doctor shortage. The figures for Oct.
Nova Scotia offers retirement fund top-ups for doctors, hoping they'll stick around

Nova Scotia offers retirement fund top-ups for doctors, hoping they'll stick around

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is offering to pay up to $15,000 a year into a new retirement benefits program for doctors in hopes the public money will keep more physicians in the province.
Candidates vying to be Halifax's next mayor combat apathy and lack of awareness

Candidates vying to be Halifax's next mayor combat apathy and lack of awareness

HALIFAX — Candidates running to be Halifax's next mayor are fighting apathy and a lack of public engagement with municipal politics, experts and candidates say.
Man, woman charged in theft of 54 anchors in Nova Scotia

Man, woman charged in theft of 54 anchors in Nova Scotia

METEGHAN CENTRE, N.S. — Police in Nova Scotia have charged a man and a woman in the theft of 54 anchors. RCMP say the anchors were stolen overnight on Oct. 9 from a business in Meteghan Centre, about 210 kilometres southwest of Halifax.