Two 22-year-olds are&nbsp;facing weapons charges after police seized a handgun during an early-morning altercation in the Argyle and Grafton Street area.

Halifax Regional Police say they intervened in a fight&nbsp;around 2:18 a.m.&nbsp;Police said officers saw a woman with the handgun and disarmed her.

They say several people fled the area after spotting the gun. No one was hurt.&nbsp;

A man is now also facing weapons charges.

This 'underwhelming' roadside Christmas tree has delighted commuters for decades

If you’ve driven on Highway 102 in Bedford, N.S., around the holidays over the last few decades, chances are you’ve spotted an endearingly unamazing fir tree dotted with colourful lights.

Ed McHugh stands with his tree "Charlie," located just past the on-ramp from Hammonds Plains Road on a cliff overlooking the in the northbound lanes of Highway 102.

Ed McHugh Tree

Ed McHugh stands with his tree, Charlie, located just past the on-ramp from Hammonds Plains Road on a cliff overlooking the in the northbound lanes of Highway 102.

A tough commute renews debate around winter tires for transport trucks

The great winter tire debate has come to the transport truck industry. A blast of winter weather last week drove the big rigs off the road, prevented them from climbing hills and added to traffic delays that impacted thousands of motorists in and around Halifax.

A transport truck drives on a snowy road. 

It is not mandatory for transport trucks to have winter tires, according to Jean-Marc Picard, executive director of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association.

Transport truck on slightly snowy road 

It is not mandatory for transport trucks to have winter tires in Nova Scotia.

Phone line created for patients to report sexual complaints against doctors

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia has set up a confidential phone line for patients to report sexual misconduct allegations against doctors.

Dr. Gus Grant says people can talk through their situation with a social worker before deciding if they want to file a formal complaint of sexual-misconduct against a physician. 

Dr. Gus Grant

Dr. Gus Grant says people can discuss their situation with a social worker before deciding if they want to file a formal complaint of sexual-misconduct against a physician. 

'A really positive thing': Wider prescription range for pharmacists applauded

Sexual health experts are calling changes to pharmacists' scope of practice in Nova Scotia a step in the right direction, but say they'd like to know more about what's involved.

A person holds a bottle of pills as they speak to another person.

The pharmacist who launched the complaint to the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal did get a second opinion when he balked at abstinence as having no scientific basis as successful. That doctor agreed.

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Under new regulations that came into effect Dec. 1, pharmacists can write prescriptions for birth control, routine bladder infections and shingles.

Anaconda Mining plans changes to proposed Goldboro mine

The company withdrew its project from the environmental assessment process earlier this fall, but that doesn't mean the mine is dead in the water.

An excavator fills a dump truck with crushed rock in the open-pit mine.

Open pit mine

An excavator fills a dump truck with crushed rock in Anaconda's open-pit mine in Newfoundland.

Man and woman charged after handgun seized around Argyle Street

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