Today's top headlines from CBC Nova Scotia

Good evening, these are your top stories for Wednesday, February 28, 2024.
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Halifax Transit adds and cuts routes, looks to raise fares in September

February 28 , 2024 at 07:02:32 p.m. AST • :

Halifax Transit will add new bus routes and cut others this year to improve service, but a proposed fare hike for the fall might be denied.

Halifax starts cleaning up encampment sites

February 28 , 2024 at 04:14:03 p.m. AST • :

In an update on Wednesday, the municipality said electricity will be disconnected at Grand Parade and Correctional Centre Park on Friday morning.

Strong winds, heavy rain and another flash freeze set to hit Nova Scotia

February 28 , 2024 at 02:22:37 p.m. AST • :

CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon says the incoming storm will bring the risk of power outages, localized flooding and a flash freeze as temperatures plummet.

Woman and 3-year-old boy found dead in rural Nova Scotia community

February 27 , 2024 at 01:20:52 p.m. AST • :

A 36-year-old woman and three-year-old boy have been found dead on the shoreline of a rural community on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore.

Construction prep will begin this spring at site of new Halifax Infirmary acute-care tower

February 28 , 2024 at 03:52:34 p.m. AST • :

Health Minister Michelle Thompson has announced that fencing and excavation work will begin this spring at the site of a planned acute-care tower at the QEll Health Sciences Centre's Halifax Infirmary.