| | | Good evening, these are your top stories for Wednesday, August 21, 2024. Get up-to-date news any time on our website. | | | | | August 21 , 2024 at 07:49:59 p.m. ADT • : | The Nova Scotia government says it's making amendments to Halifax Regional Municipality's charter in an effort to further speed up new housing developments. | Read more | | | | August 21 , 2024 at 05:47:26 p.m. ADT • : | Const. Jacob Farr has been given a year of probation after pleading guilty to assault stemming from a confrontation at a downtown restaurant in October 2020. | Read more | | | | August 21 , 2024 at 04:26:34 p.m. ADT • : | Gudie Hutchings, the federal minister of rural economic development and the minister responsible for ACOA, was in Lunenburg, N.S., on Wednesday to announce investments of nearly $2.2 million on the South Shore. | Read more | | | | | August 21 , 2024 at 04:37:26 p.m. ADT • : | More than three years have passed since Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) agreed to ease up restrictions on access to mental health services for the families of troubled soldiers, sailors and aircrew — and the country's veterans ombudsperson says very little has changed in that time. | Read more | | | | August 20 , 2024 at 03:10:25 p.m. ADT • : | Police say they shot and killed three dogs that were attacking a woman inside her Halifax home. | Read more | | | | | | August 21 , 2024 at 07:15:00 p.m. ADT • : | | Watch | | | | | | August 21 , 2024 at 01:06:11 p.m. ADT • : | | Read more | | | | | | August 21 , 2024 at 03:45:45 p.m. ADT • : | | Read more | | | | | | August 20 , 2024 at 07:20:00 p.m. ADT • : | | Watch | | | | | | August 21 , 2024 at 05:12:11 p.m. ADT • : | | Read more | | | | Enjoying this newsletter? You may also like CBC News Morning Brief, the news you need to know to start the day. Delivered weekday mornings. Sign up here | | | August 20 , 2024 at 07:15:00 p.m. ADT • : | | Watch | | | | August 21 , 2024 at 07:20:00 p.m. ADT • : | | Watch | | | | August 21 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • : | | Read more | | | | August 21 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • : | | Watch | | | | August 20 , 2024 at 07:00:00 p.m. ADT • : | | Watch | | | | | That's all for now. Check cbc.ca/news throughout the day for the most recent headlines. | | | | | |