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With the rising cost of living, some say it’s best to consider shopping a game.

A wildfire in northwest Halifax has destroyed more than 150 homes and about 50 other structures, the municipality’s executive director of public safety said Tuesday at a news conference.

Sackville High School was built in the midst of a building boom during the early 1970s to serve the community of Lower Sackville and its surrounding areas. Now, the school is celebrating 50 years of graduates.

The president of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU) is weighing in after two staff members and a student, who is also the suspect, were injured in a stabbing at Charles P. Allen High School in Bedford, N.S., Monday morning.

HALIFAX -- Maritimers will be paying more at the pumps Friday morning. Gas prices in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island jumped by several cents per litre overnight Thursday. In the Halifax area, regular self-serve gas increased by 6.1 cents overnight to a new minimum price of $1.301 per litre. Diesel is up 3 cents per litre this morning to a new minimum of $1.191 per litre in the Halifax area. Another week, another spike in prices at the pumps: In Nova Scotia, regular self-serve is up 6.1 cents a litre, the minimum price in the Halifax area is now a 130.1 Diesel is up 3 cents,...