Michael MacDonald A Halifax Transit bus arrives at a terminal in Dartmouth, N.S. on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. A public backlash has forced the Halifax Transit authority to scrap its plans for a Valentine's Day contest it called "Love in Transit." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan February 05, 2021 - 1:19 PM HALIFAX - A public backlash has forced the Halifax Transit authority to scrap plans for a Valentine's Day contest it called "Love in Transit." When the municipal agency asked the public to share stories of love on the city's buses and ferries, many responded with disturbing accounts of verbal, physical and sexual harassment and gender-based violence.