Lower Sackville

• Sackville rallies in bid for ‘Hockeyville’ upgrades to 50-year-old rink

  A group of volunteers recently nominated the Sackville Arena for this year's Kraft Hockeyville competition, in hopes of securing a $250,000 prize to expand the rink in Nova Scotia.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2025
  
• 3 children now dead after tragic house fire near Halifax, family says

  A fatal weekend house fire in Lower Sackville, N.S. that left a six-year-old girl dead has now claimed the life of two other children, a family spokesperson says.

  Canada

  Jan 14, 2025
  
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• 4 taken to hospital, others escape after fire breaks out in Lower Sackville home

  A 40-year-old man and three young children were taken to a Halifax-area hospital after they were rescued from a house fire that broke out Saturday in Lower Sackville.

  Canada

  Jan 12, 2025
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• Man assaulted with bat at Halifax-area tent encampment: RCMP

  RCMP say they were called around 4:45 p.m. Tuesday to the ballfield on Cobequid Road in Lower Sackville.

  Crime

  Feb 29, 2024
• Fight at Nova Scotia restaurant was hate-motivated crime: RCMP

  A Nova Scotia man is facing multiple weapons charges after what RCMP describe as a hate-motivated crime in Middle Sackville. 

  Crime

  Jan 19, 2024
• Halifax-area tent encampment hopes new upgrades will help as temperatures drop

  Volunteers providing assistance to those living in a Lower Sackville ballfield have helped raise enough funds to purchase a military tent and wood stove for the area.

  Economy

  Dec 9, 2023
• A year ago, they had nowhere to live. Now they’ve won the lottery and are giving back

  After winning $100,000 on an Atlantic Lottery ticket, a couple living in the Halifax area have decided to use their good fortune to help a homeless community as winter approaches.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2023
• ‘Do right by the people’: N.S. tent community cautiously optimistic of tiny house construction

  The province and the Halifax Regional Municipality are teaming up on a pilot project that will see small houses built in Lower Sackville to help people experiencing homelessness.

  Canada

  Oct 12, 2023
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• ‘The need is there’: Lower Sackville to get large chunk of N.S. public housing investment

  More than half of the recently announced funding for public housing in Nova Scotia will be allocated towards construction of new units in the Lower Sackville area.

  Politics

  Sep 30, 2023
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• Lower Sackville man dead after being hit by transport truck on N.S. highway

  Police say the victim had parked his truck and was securing a load on the back when he was hit. The 53-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2023