A record number of travelers passed through Halifax Stanfield International Airport in 2016. In a release, the airport authority says just over 3.9 million passengers traveled through its gates last year. That number represents a new record and a 5.6 percent increase over 2015. Domestic traffic accounted for nearly 84 percent of all travelers visiting the airport. Cargo carried through the airport also saw an increase of 4.1 percent with live lobster shipping accounting for much of the increase. The airport authority says they expect more then 4-million passengers to travel through the airport in 2017.
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Person of Interest in Halifax Murders to Remain in Jail
A person of interest in two Halifax murders last spring will remain behind bars. The CBC is reporting the Parole Board of Canada has ruled Tyrell Peter Dechamp will not be released early. Dechamp is currently serving a 64 month sentence for second degree murder committed while he was a minor and aggravated assault. In it’s decision, the parole board cited Dechamp as a person of interest in two murders committed last April 17th and April 19th in Halifax. Those dates coincide with the murders of local basketball star Tyler Richards and Naricho Clayton. Dechamp was under statuary release after serving two thirds of his sentence at the time but failed to return to his halfway house the night after Clayton was murdered. He was arrested in Ottawa 8 days later.