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  HALIFAX -- Halifax District RCMP have charged a 51-year-old Dartmouth man with assault with a weapon and impaired driving after a pedestrian was struck in Lower Sackville, N.S. Police said in a news release that they responded to a complaint of dangerous driving on Brooks Street at 6:10 p.m. on Thursday. "Further information indicated the car had also struck someone," the RCMP wrote in a news release. "The man struck did not appear injured." Police say they later located the vehicle on Old Sackville Road where the driver showed signs of impairment. Police say they arrested the drive...

  HALIFAX -- Police are investigating a break, enter and theft at a convenience store in Head of Jeddore, N.S. Sunday night. Halifax District RCMP says they were alerted to an alarm going off at the store, located on Highway 7, around 2 a.m. on April 26. Officers say when they arrived they noticed the lock on the front door was damaged. Video surveillance showed a man entering the store, leaving with a quantity of cigarettes. He drove away in a silver Dodge Caliber, according to police. Police say the suspect is described as thin, with short hair. He was wearing a green and beige jack,...

  HALIFAX -- Halifax District RCMP continue to investigate the murder of a North Preston man who died in the community five years ago, and ask anyone with information to come forward. Friday marks the fifth anniversary of the murder of Daverico Downey, who was 20-years-old at the time of his death. On April 23, 2016 at around 2 a.m., police responded to a report of shots fired on Downey Road. When officers arrived, they found Downey lying dead on a pathway after being shot. His death was ruled a homicide. Police received information that two vehicles were seen fleeing North Preston sho...

  HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia RCMP are investigating after a two-year-old girl was taken to hospital in Halifax with life-threatening injuries. On April 16, Lunenburg District RCMP received a report of a child in medical distress at the Bridgewater hospital. Police began an investigation and learned the child, a two-year-old girl, was being airlifted to the IWK hospital in Halifax with life-threatening injuries. Police say she required emergency treatment at the IWK intensive care unit. N.S. RCMP’s Southwest Nova Major Crime Unit is leading the investigation with assistance from the Lunenb...

  HALIFAX -- A 29-year-old Lower Sackville, N.S., man has been charged with sexual assault and sexual interference related to incidents that occurred in Lower Sackville between May and September 2015. The RCMP/Halifax Regional Police Integrated Special Victim Section say charges were laid against Andrew Thomas Stones. Investigators believe there may be additional victims and are encouraging members of the public to come forward. Anyone who feels they could have been a victim or who has questions can contact the Halifax District RCMP. Stones was released from police custody on conditions...