Category: Halifax

Mayor Savage and members of Regional Council are inviting residents to join them in celebrating the arrival of 2017 at the annual New Year’s Levee.

It will be held New Year’s day from 9:30am – 11am, at Halifax City Hall on Argyle St..

All residents are welcome to attend this holiday event. Light refreshments will be provided.

At 819 pm Halifax Regional Police responded to the Convenience store located at 60 Rosedale Avenue for a robbery. The suspect entered the convenience store and physically assaulted the clerk in addition to spraying the clerk with a sensory irritant. The suspect was able to flee the store with a quantity of cash and cigarettes. A track was attempted by K9 however the suspect was not located. The clerk was transported to the QE2 for the treatment of minor injuries.
The suspect is described as follows
A White male in his 20’s, clean shaven with sharp features, pointy nose, sunken cheeks, very skinny. He was wearing a dark jacket that was too large for him, black or dark blue toque, and a balaclava that covered only the lower portion of his face.
The suspect was carrying a Goodlife bag and armed with a clear squirt bottle of what appears to be homemade pepper spray, and a large knife.