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Dozens of striking workers and supporters gathered outside the Sobeys-owned grocer Pete’s Frootique in Halifax on Sunday as employees called for an improvement to wages and benefits.

Seat Ibiza hit a wall near Halifax. The 19-year-old driver was declared dead at the scene and an 18-year-old passenger was admitted into hospital. He remains critical. Four other passengers received serious injuries, but these were not life-threatening. Immediately after the incident, West Yorkshire Police was called to Brow Lane in Shelf.

Wendy Luther was a Vancouverite, through and through. She was born in the city, went to university there and, like many get-up-and-go West Coasters, she embraced the great outdoors with gleeful abandon as a mountain biker, skier and competitive sailor and coach.

Home prices should remain relatively stable throughout the rest of the year, according to Royal LePage, which is downgrading its end-of-year forecast amid slower real estate activity and high rates of borrowing.

cost of living, six provinces raised the minimum wage over the weekend. However, advocates who have been calling for these increases say it may not be enough to ease pressure on working-class Canadians.The largest increase comes in Manitoba, where the minimum wage increased from $14.15 to $15.30 on Sunday.

This article is part of Global News’ Home School series, which gives Canadians the basics they need to know about the housing market that they never learned in school.

Calls to search a Manitoba landfill for the remains of slain Indigenous women will be heard across the country tomorrow.

Lee made landfall at near-hurricane strength Saturday in Nova Scotia, Canada, after bringing destructive winds, rough surf and torrential rains to a large swath of New England and Maritime Canada that toppled trees, swamped coastlines and cut power to tens of thousands. One person was killed in Maine when a tree limb fell on his vehicle. With sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph), the center of the post-tropical cyclone came ashore about 135 miles (215 kilometers) west of Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia, according to the U.S.

Storm Lee made landfall late Saturday afternoon in Nova Scotia, Canada, at near-hurricane strength, but not before it brought high winds, rough surf and torrential rains to a large swath of New England and Maritime Canada, toppling trees, swamping coastlines, cutting power to tens of thousands and claiming one life. With sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph), the center of the post-tropical cyclone came ashore about 135 miles (215 kilometers) west of Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

aggressive winds and rain from post-tropical cyclone Lee on Saturday, dozens of people still flocked to Peggy’s Cove to watch waves rise several metres and crash onto the shoreline near the famous lighthouse.A security guard was present at the lighthouse site Saturday morning to escort people away from potentially hazardous areas near the water as waves continued to break.Earlier in the day, Halifax Regional Municipality released a statement saying that Peggy’s Cove had since been closed to the public.“Residents are advised to avoid shoreline areas as they pose an extreme risk, especially during peak tides,” the statement read.In addition to Peggy’s Cove, the Eastern Shore, and Bedford, Halifax and Dartmouth Waterfronts were all listed as areas of significant concern.Although waves continued to crash and make their way over the shoreline, not everyone decided to err on the side of caution as dozens headed to the Halifax waterfront to get a first-hand glimpse of the storm’s impact.One man decided to take it another step further by doing a flip into the harbour in a full-body swimsuit.During a news conference on Saturday afternoon, Halifax Mayor Mike Savage doubled down on calls to avoid the shorelines and urged locals to stay away from the coast.“This is no time to go wave watching,” he said, adding that seawater, downed trees, and power lines have blocked several roads in the Halifax area.“Stay away from the waters … for your own safety and the safety of first responders that might be called to assist.

By Brendan O'Brien

Hurricane and tropical cyclone watches have been issued in parts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick as Hurricane Lee continues on its path toward eastern Canada.

By Name List, there are 1,012 people experiencing homelessness in HRM, an almost 60 per cent increase since August of last year and an approximately 500 per cent increase since 2018.While those numbers don’t include people who may be sheltering in rural HRM, sleeping in their car or staying at a friend or family member’s house.“We’re forgotten, you know, everybody forgets about us,” said Tanner.

living wage calculations reflect costs in June 2023, and take into account government transfers added to the family’s income, like child benefits, as well as deductions subtracted, like taxes and EI premiums.“The wage should be enough for the family to avoid severe financial stress, support the healthy development of their children, and participate in their social, civic, and cultural communities,” the report said.The report, released Thursday, said the living wage is $7.85 to $11.59 higher than what the minimum wage will be next month.“Working people deserve to work to live, not just live to work,” the report said.

Two years ago, Scott Hutchins was on his way to work in Halifax when his bus unexpectedly stopped. He hopped off to find traffic blocked by a commotion in a downtown park — there were police, protesters and the buzz of a chainsaw.

U.S. safety regulators have sent a team to investigate a fatal crash in Virginia involving a Tesla suspected of running on a partially automated driving system

Friends of a man who died following an aggravated assault on the Halifax waterfront Sunday night are mourning his loss.

Canadian police say the body of a child who went missing when the province of Nova Scotia was hit with extreme flooding has been recovered

Four people are missing after intense thunderstorms dumped record amounts of rain across a wide swath of Canada’s Atlantic-coast province of Nova Scotia, causing flash flooding, road washouts and power outages

Canada Post says collection and delivery operations in Nova Scotia are on hold as the fallout continues from the devastating floods that swept through the region over the weekend, which destroyed homes and infrastructure and left four people missing.

Premier Tim Houston, adding that at least seven bridges would have to be replaced or rebuilt. "The property damage to homes ... is pretty unimaginable," he told a news conference.