Category: Halifax

Halifax Transit is advising passengers to prepare for schedule and service adjustments that will affect a number of bus routes, including the MacKay Bridge shuttle, going into effect next week.

Halifax Harbour Bridges has advised that it should conclude the all-weekend bridge closures on the Macdonald Bridge by the end of 2016. Therefore, beginning on Monday, Nov. 28, Halifax Transit will discontinue the Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday daytime MacKay Bridge shuttle service that has been in place as a result of the Big Lift project. Bus routes that normally travel the Macdonald Bridge will instead operate on detours across the MacKay Bridge, until such time that the Macdonald Bridge reopens on weekends.

Please note that the Sunday to Thursday evening MacKay Bridge shuttle service will continue at this time. Halifax Transit will also continue to implement Macdonald Bridge Shuttles on Sunday to Thursday evenings should the Macdonald Bridge be open unexpectedly.

A 22 year old man, described in court as a cheerleader for a plan to kill shoppers at the Halifax Shopping Centre, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his part in the mass murder plot.

Randall Steven Shepherd pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and will get credit for time already served in custody since his arrested in February last year.

Crown lawyer Shauna MacDonald said Shepherd planned to kill himself before the attack and while he wasn’t the main plotter, he knew of the plan and participated in the conspiracy with two other people.

An American woman, Lindsay Souvannarath, still faces trial on the charges next year. 19 year old James Gamble committed suicide before he could be arrested.