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Halifax, NS
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Population 503,000 · Atlantic Uplands · Atlantic TimeHalifax is the capital of Nova Scotia and the largest city in Atlantic Canada, with a metropolitan population of approximately 465,000. Situated on one of the world's largest natural harbors, Halifax has been a vital port city since its founding in 1749. The Halifax waterfront...
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📊 City Stats
WikipediaPopulation (2021)439,819
Metro population465,703
Area5475.57 km²
Density80.3/km²
Time zoneAST (−04:00) / ADT (−03:00)
Postal codeB0J, B3A to B4G
Area code902, 782
📰 Halifax News
RSSProvince House reopens to the public, with conditions, after week of restricted access
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
Long-overdue work on Highway 101 stretch will soon begin
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
N.S. man, 18, charged after allegedly arriving outside restaurant masked with loaded rifle
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
RCMP officers forced to leave on foot as protesters surround vehicles during cannabis raid
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
First Nations protest on 3 N.S. highways as tensions escalate over cannabis raids
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
Workers quit emergency care for Nova Scotia’s most vulnerable after CRA audit
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
Tenants of Truro-area landlord repeatedly left without water, heat
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
Russian rookie pursues hockey dream with Halifax Mooseheads
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
CBRM councillor calls for review of volunteer firefighter stipends
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
War disrupts Irving Oil’s longtime Saudi crude supply
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
Halifax council calls on province to create dangerous dog registry, tougher legislation
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
Construction budget for Halifax's Windsor Street exchange jumps $30M
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
Investigators find signs of 'inflight breakup' before fatal helicopter crash near Sussex
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
‘I’m responsible’: Annapolis Valley senior pleads guilty to killing wife in 2022
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
2nd wing of West Bedford transitional care centre opens
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
Missing Antigonish boy found, RCMP say
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
Canadian music producer Cirkut reflects on Grammy, Juno wins
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
Society makes case to lower colorectal cancer screening age in N.S.
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
Celtic Colours faces big cut to its budget
CBC | Nova Scotia News ·
📅 Halifax Events
EventbriteA Taste of Halifax: Borough Market Food Tour
New Bank, Halifax · 1:30 PM
Halifax Hoopers vs. Tri-City Tide (Superhero Night)
Mountain Woods, Moncton · 7:00 PM
EASTER WEEKEND PARTY IN HALIFAX
Downtown, Halifax · 11:00 PM
Halifax Networking Nights
Downtown, Halifax · 6:00 PM
Strategic Finance & Risk Mitigation: 1 Day Session in Halifax
Downtown, Halifax · 9:00 AM
Halifax Networking Nights
4:30 PM
THE HALIFAX PLUGGED IN FESTIVAL
Downtown, Halifax · 10:00 AM
A Taste of Halifax: Borough Market Food Tour
New Bank, Halifax · 1:30 PM
Halifax Wedding Party
Rockingham, Victoria · 6:30 PM
Enjoy Public Speaking with Presentations in Halifax
Downtown, Halifax · 9:00 AM
Halifax Hoopers vs Port City Power
7:00 PM
Halifax Hoopers vs TriCity Tide
7:00 PM
Halifax Career Fair and Training Expo Canada - April 29, 2026
Downtown, Halifax · 10:00 AM
17th Annual Cedar & Maple Gala
Downtown, Halifax · 5:30 PM
Halifax Canadian Immigrant Newcomer Fair
Downtown, Halifax · 10:00 AM
Halifax Hoopers vs TriCity Tide
7:00 PM
The Halifax Beltane Ball 2026
Downtown, Halifax · 7:00 PM
Halifax Hoopers vs Port City Power
3:00 PM
Safe Plates for Food Managers - Halifax
Halifax · 9:00 AM
Halifax Seaport Market
Downtown, Halifax · 10:00 AM
🎵 Halifax Live Music
Live🎵 Roy Orbison and Everly Brothers Reimagined
Casino Nova Scotia - The Bruce Guthro Theatre · Thu, Apr 9 at 11:00 PM
Tickets →🎵 LIVE MUSIC with Low Exposure, Opal Estate, and Scribbler @ Ghost Light
Downtown Hamtramck, Hamtramck · Fri, Apr 10 at 7:00 PM
Tickets →🎵 Ahren Belisle (Kill Tony / AGT) Live In Halifax NS
Rockingham, Halifax, NS · Fri, Apr 24 at 7:00 PM
Tickets →🎵 Triumph: The Rock & Roll Machine Reloaded Tour
Scotiabank Centre · Tue, Apr 28 at 11:00 PM
Tickets →🎵 The Alan Jackson Experience
Casino Nova Scotia - The Bruce Guthro Theatre · Fri, May 29 at 11:00 PM
Tickets →🎵 Meghan Patrick - Golden Child Tour
Casino Nova Scotia - The Bruce Guthro Theatre · Wed, Jun 10 at 11:00 PM
Tickets →🎵 Bruce Guthro's Songwriters' Circle
Casino Nova Scotia - The Bruce Guthro Theatre · Sat, Jun 20 at 11:00 PM
Tickets →🎵 Steve Earle - 51 Years of Songs & Stories
Casino Nova Scotia - The Bruce Guthro Theatre · Sat, Jun 27 at 10:30 PM
Tickets →🎵 Steve Earle - 51 Years of Songs & Stories
Casino Nova Scotia - The Bruce Guthro Theatre · Sun, Jun 28 at 10:30 PM
Tickets →🦋 Bluesky
Bluesky🦋 Silke @skippy74s.bsky.social
I bet that is a nice area. I have only been to Vancouver. But Halifax/Nova Scotia is on my list.
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🦋 The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social
Province House in Halifax reopens to the public with new limits on access and behaviour
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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🦋 Steve Postman 🇨🇦 @steve1970peng.bsky.social
We own a lobster fishery here on the East Coast!
Halifax, Nova Scotia!
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🦋 Old School Cool @oldschoolcoolsub.bsky.social
My paternal grandparent's wedding day, 1946
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🦋 accounts-leaving-x.bsky.social @accounts-leaving-x.bsky.social
Vivian Zhou (a Chinese-Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, and storyboard artist currently based in Halifax, Nova Scotia; she focuses on visual storytelling that often blends fantasy with personal narra…
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🦋 Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social
Media Advisory: Infrastructure Announcement in Halifax for April 7, 2026 #Halifax #NovaScotia #Canada #Cdnpoli
Location:
3770 Kempt Road (outdoors)
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3K 4X8
www.canada.ca/en/ho…
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🦋 William @wilcre.bsky.social
Halifax Nova Scotia Canada interrupter Fuel Price adjustment Wed, Apr 03, 2026
⛽ REGULAR Up 4.1¢/L = 187.9¢/L
⛽ DIESELDown 3.0¢/L = 243.7/L
Effective as of 12:01am Wed, Apr 03, 2026 #ns #NovaScotia…
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🦋 The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social
Halifax Water says no evidence hackers accessed customer banking information
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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🦋 The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social
Province House in Halifax reopens to the public with new limits on access and behaviour
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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🦋 The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social
Easter weekend 2026: What’s open, what’s closed in the Halifax area www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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🦋 Ready Aye Ready - Royal Canadian Navy #RCN @ready-aye-ready.bsky.social
Acceptance Ceremony and cold move of the future HMCS FREDERICK ROLETTE, at HMC Dockyard in Halifax Nova Scotia on 29 August 2024. Photo by: Pte Brendan Gamache, Canadian Armed Forces Photo #RCN #Photo…
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🦋 TheWholeTruthXX 🎨 ❤️ 🍁 🛡️ @adwright.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
RE: https://urbanists.social/@straphanger/116335501832863044
Canada's billionaire class opposes rail as a concept.
They oppose high speed rail with the heat of a thousand suns.
There's a reason it…
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🦋 Kamloops.me @kamloops.me
Starting soon: Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston speaks with reporters in Halifax
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🦋 Lyndsay Armstrong @lyndsayarmstrong.bsky.social
A rowdy protest is part of democracy and should not result in the public being denied access to the Nova Scotia legislature for more than one week, say opposition parties and a Halifax journalism prof…
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🦋 The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social
Tolls on Windsor Street Exchange considered, then tossed as Halifax stares down $180-million price tag
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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🦋 MonikaW @monikawalker.bsky.social
NS Health didn’t follow procurement rules
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia Health needs to follow procurement rules to ensure a competitive, fair, and transparent process results in best value for taxpayers’ mo…
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🦋 Next Tech @newsnexttech.bsky.social
NS Health didn’t follow procurement rules
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia Health needs to follow procurement rules to ensure a competitive, fair, and transparent process results in best value for taxpayers’ mo…
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🦋 hobnail.bsky.social @hobnail.bsky.social
Repose, CN Rail Track, Halifax, Nova Scotia
#Halifax #NovaScotia #Photography
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🦋 hobnail.bsky.social @hobnail.bsky.social
Departing Crow, Bedford Basin, Halifax, Nova Scotia
#Halifax #NovaScotia #Corvid #Photography
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🦋 Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social
Nova Scotia adds 110 beds to stand-alone transitional health centre in Bedford--to help more patients transition from hospital to home. #Halifax #NovaScotia
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
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💬 r/halifax
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💡 Did You Know?
Trivia“The Halifax Citadel National Historic Site is the most visited National Historic Site in Canada.”
Source: Halifax Tourism