Halifax

Scott Gilmore began his cross-Canada dinner tour on Monday, regretting a column that sparked the idea and dreading the evening. Then something surprising happened.

Douglas Snair—who narrowly avoided the Halifax Explosion, a train wreck, a ship sinking and more, over the course of a century—may be Canada’s luckiest man

It’s not just that a young, black man got elected to Halifax city council for the first time in decades. It’s also how he did it.

With a whirlwind tour, Trudeau makes his last pitch. First stop: the Atlantic, where leaders are circling and strategic voting is in play.

Would you stop and offer HitchBOT a ride? The Canadian hitchhiking robot, who car-hopped all the way from Halifax to Victoria during the summer of 2014, makes for one quirky passenger. This is what it’s like to pick up HitchBOT.

A Q&A with Stephanie Domet, who accidentally started a uniquely Maritime tradition of celebrating storm-ration snacks

Few cities in Canada can match Halifax for ghost sightings. Here are just a few paranormal examples:

What the bleep is going on in Brampton, Halifax and Winnipeg?

University dean suspended, Christmas cards for criminals and more Ikea monkey

Stories of violence at a Halifax home for black children spur calls for an inquiry