Mark Hodgins

5 days ago | halifax.citynews.ca | Mark Hodgins

The RCMP in East Hants has laid charges against a man accused of sexual offences against a child. The Mounties say on June 2, police were called to reports of an abduction on Mosher Road in Admiral Rock. "Officers learned that two children were riding their bicycles when a man standing at the end of a driveway flagged them down," police wrote in a news release.

5 days ago | halifax.citynews.ca | Mark Hodgins

A special meeting of Halifax council is happening Tuesday morning, with just one item on the agenda. A first look at a new regional plan for the municipality. The regional plan establishes long-range, region-wide planning policies outlining where, when, and how future growth and development should take place between now and 2031. In 2020, just before the pandemic hit, council initiated a review of the regional plan, which has been in its current form since 2014.

6 days ago | halifax.citynews.ca | Mark Hodgins

The RCMP says a man was in court on Monday facing charges including mischief after a weekend incident in Timberlea. According to police, officers were called just after midnight on June 1 to a home on Lakehigh Crescent. "Investigators learned that a man armed with a knife had gained entry into the home through the front door and threatened to harm himself," police wrote in a media release.

6 days ago | halifax.citynews.ca | Mark Hodgins

The RCMP has laid several charges against a Kentville man in connection to a crash that killed two people and left a third seriously injured last year. On the morning of October 12, RCMP officers were called to a five-vehicle crash on Highway 101 in Wolfville. According to a release issued at the time, police said an eastbound transport truck slammed into four vehicles stopped for construction on the highway. Two people, a 62-year-old woman and a child from East Kingston, were killed in the crash.

6 days ago | halifax.citynews.ca | Mark Hodgins

The province says an expanded "pathway" will help improve access to psychiatric assessments and consultations across Nova Scotia. The Mental Health and Addictions Program, according to the province, will improve that access for people referred by their primary care provider. "Timely access to the right level of support can be life-changing for Nova Scotians navigating mental health issues," said Brian Comer, Minister of Addictions and Mental Health.