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  DARTMOUTH, N.S. -- Christine Moir has been checking on her Gaston Road apartment regularly for the past week hoping she can return home soon. Last Monday, an electrical fire forced the more than 100 people who live in the building out. "I'm lucky enough to have the bestest friend in the world," Moir says, "who luckily has an apartment available in the downstairs of her house." That's where Moir, her husband, and her son have been living for the past week. Today, she came back to her apartment to check on it and get some Christmas presents wrapped. Her Christmas tree stands decorated...

  HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in solving an arson, after a fishing boat in Eastern Passage, N.S. was set on fire last week. Early on the morning of Dec. 18, police reported to a boat on fire at Government Wharf Rd. in Fisherman’s Cove, Eastern Passage. No one was on the boat at that time, and Halifax Fire extinguished the fire. Police say they obtained surveillance video from the area and determined that the fire was intentionally set. On Monday, police released the surveillance video, which lasts just over two minutes, with a time stamp of 12:...

Posted: Dec 15, 2020 10:12 AM AT | Last Updated: December 15, 2020 Crews work to repair a power pole on Maple Street in Dartmouth on Tuesday morning, after issues with the pole left thousands in the area without electricity.(Craig Paisley/CBC) Thousands of customers in Dartmouth, N.S., lost electricity for more than hour Tuesday morning after a power pole issue. Halifax Regional Police said they were called to help control traffic on Maple Street in downtown Dartmouth around 8:15 a.m. Photos of the scene on social media showed clouds of smoke and flames around the top of the pole. The power l...