Eastern Passage

• Halifax police charge man following violent sexual assault

  Halifax Regional Police have charged a man with sexual assault and choking, after a woman was assaulted in Dartmouth by someone she didn't know.

  Crime

  Jun 7
• N.S. woman charged with attempted murder after police say man backed over with car

  According to an RCMP news release, a 36-year-old man from Westphal was taken to hospital with serious injuries just before 10 p.m. on Jan. 10. 

  Crime

  Apr 20
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• Two Halifax-area schools unveil new names after efforts to lose controversial namesakes

  Sir John A. Macdonald High School in Upper Tantallon will be renamed Bay View High School, while Tallahassee Community School will be called Horizon Elementary School.

  Canada

  Mar 31
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• Nova Scotia police watchdog finds no charges warranted in fatal July 2020 RCMP shooting

  SiRT says it was reasonable for the officer to believe his life was in danger and the use of the firearm to shoot the suspect "was justified in the circumstances."

  Canada

  Mar 9
• Halifax police charge man with impaired driving after blocking traffic with lawn tractor

  An officer conducted a traffic stop on two men riding a lawn tractor on Cow Bay Road in Eastern Passage on March 6.

  Canada

  Mar 9
• Police investigate robbery at Eastern Passage Needs store

  According to police, the man entered the store with a firearm and demanded cash and cigarettes from an employee.

  Crime

  Sep 19, 2020
• Nova Scotia students want their voices heard in return-to-school plan

  'Those voices might be really productive and constructive in finding opinions and thoughts in how to run (reopening) very efficiently.'

  Education

  Sep 4, 2020
• Blue-green algae found in Lake Major water supply

  While toxins have been confirmed in Lake Micmac last year and this year, James Campbell with Halifax Water says that is not the case with the blue-green algae in Lake Major.

  Jul 16, 2020
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• Police shooting in Eastern Passage raises calls for more mental health supports

  'We need a better solution, we can’t come in guns a-blazing for somebody who is not mentally well.'

  Jul 10, 2020
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• Man dead after police-involved shooting in Eastern Passage

  Few details have been released, but a neighbour told Global News that the incident happened outside of a home along Howard Avenue at around 4 p.m.

  Crime

  Jul 9, 2020