Posted: Mar 13, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: March 13 Halifax police say a man broke into the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation store on Agricola Street in February.(Paul Palmeter/CBC) Smashed-in doors and stolen goods: it's a familiar sight and hard-hitting financial reality for some Halifax-area businesses as the number of break-ins continues to rise in the municipality. Restaurants, liquor stores and even hobby shops have all been hit. "In a sense it is a personal violation," said Paul MacKinnon, the CEO of the Downtown Halifax Business Commission. "Then of course there's the cost that comes with that, the cost of repairing a door or repairing a window ... and of course the cost of the product being stolen."