Category: Kentville

Nova Scotia’s deputy premier will join the prime minister to attend a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge today. Diana Whalen and Justin Trudeau are in France for the ceremony. As many as 25 thousand Canadians will gather at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial to remember the First World War battle. The Battle of Vimy Ridge lasted four days and saw four Canadian divisions fight together as a unified force for the first time

A Halifax cab driver was taken to hospital after being assaulted by four passengers in Dartmouth on Saturday morning. Halifax Police say the taxi driver picked up the four men, all thought to be 17 or 18-years-old, in Halifax and drove them to Dartmouth. When the cab stopped near the corner of Primrose Street and Victoria Road around 5am one of the passengers initially assaulted the driver with a knife before the other three passengers joined in the assault. The suspects stole cash and some personal items from the cab driver before fleeing. The taxi driver was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.