Point Pleasant Park

• N.S. premier calls some of new Halifax encampment sites ‘completely nuts’

  Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said Halifax council's decision to designate an area of Point Pleasant Park to serve as a homeless encampment was what shocked him most.

  Politics

  Jul 11, 2024
  
• Point Pleasant? Popular park as a homeless encampment site faces scrutiny

  Halifax approved nine designated homeless encampment sites at several parks in the city. The city's community safety director said the locations will act as a "pressure release."

  Economy

  Jul 11, 2024
  
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• Dozens show up at Halifax park for shoreline cleanup amid Ocean Week

  For Ocean Week, volunteers gathered at Point Pleasant Park in Halifax, N.S., to raise awareness about plastic pollution in the Atlantic Ocean and beaches.

  Environment

  Jun 11, 2022
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• Halifax woman wants off-leash dog regulations to be strengthened following attack

  A Halifax woman wants to see off-leash dog regulations strengthened after being bitten in Point Pleasant Park.

  Features

  Oct 18, 2021
• Halifax man ticketed $1,000 for failing to social distance at a bus shelter

  Police say the man was ticketed for failing to comply with regulations under the Health Protection Act.

  Health

  Apr 2, 2020
• Man, 77, ticketed for leaving scene of crash at Point Pleasant Park

  Halifax Regional Police say at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, park staff reported that earlier in the day a vehicle had struck the locked lower gate of Point Pleasant Park

  Crime

  Apr 2, 2020
• Halifax police seize vehicle, issue ticket to woman violating COVID-19 emergency order

  HRP reminds residents to educate themselves on the restrictions under the emergency measures act during the 'unprecedented COVID-19 crisis we are facing.'

  Crime

  Mar 29, 2020
• B.C. man charged after allegedly exposing himself to women at Point Pleasant Park

  Halifax Regional Police say they received a complaint from a woman just before 1 p.m., who said a man began a conversation with her, then exposed himself.

  Crime

  Mar 1, 2020
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• ‘It’s worth it’: 60 brave the water at Point Pleasant for mental health

  Sixty people dipped in freezing cold water to support youth mental health programs in Halifax.

  Health

  Dec 1, 2019
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• Halifax ceremony marks 50th anniversary of Navy’s worst peacetime accident

  An explosion and fire aboard HMCS Kootenay killed nine of its crew members and injured 53 others as toxic smoke filled the vessel.

  Canada

  Oct 23, 2019