Police say officers responded to reports of a robbery at the Irving gas station at 200 Waverly Rd. at 10:20 p.m. 

Commodore Richard Feltham says HMCS Harry DeWolf was forced to return to port after its freshwater generator and communications systems didn't work.

The province has previously said that exemptions were granted in only "rare" cases.

Halifax police are investigating a robbery that happened early Friday morning at the Irving gas station on Inglis Street in Halifax.

Glenwood Eugene Oickle is facing four counts of robbery, four counts of possession of a weapon dangerous to the public and 12 counts of breach of probation.

Police say the suspect got into a taxi after the robbery and was dropped off at Cornwallis Street and Gottingen Street.

The HMCS Harry DeWolf is the first armed warship to have been finished through the federal government's multibillion-dollar shipbuilding plan. It arrives two years behind schedule.

The arrival of the tanker off the Saint John coast is being celebrated by Cenovus Energy, who welcomed their "first-ever" transaction with Irving Oil.

The public health official says he has already approved a number of plans but could not provide an except number on how many exceptions have been granted so far.

Under the exemption, the trio were allowed to travel to the United States for work.