Halifax police have charged a driver with&nbsp;hitting a pedestrian who suffered life-threatening injuries.

The incident happened on Portland Street&nbsp;about 10 a.m. Tuesday, according to a news release from Halifax Regional Police.

A 65-year-old Cole Harbour man was turning his vehicle from Eisener Boulevard onto Portland Street when he struck a 68-year-old Cole Harbour woman as she crossed Portland Street in a marked crosswalk, police said.

The woman was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. She died in hospital a week later, police said on April 8.

The man faces a charge of failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

Truro police ticket two dog walkers for violating emergency measures

Truro police issued summary offence tickets to two women who were running their dogs in a soccer field, which was closed under the Emergency Management Act.

Truro police badge

Truro police responded to a complaint Monday night about two women violating orders under the provincial state of emergency.

Why Halifax needed two phone books in 1982

It's not that the population of Halifax doubled. But in 1982, the telephone company was distributing twice as many telephone books as it used to.  

Bound Yellow Pages roll off the press in Halifax before the cover is added in 1982.

Halifax yellow pages

The new phone books were in, and there were too many pages for just one volume in 1982.

When the Halifax phone book got too big

After mystery donation, Antigonish Superstore staff decide to buy groceries for seniors

As a gesture of thanks, a customer anonymously dropped off 10 cards each containing $40 to staff at the Atlantic Superstore in Antigonish, N.S. Instead of keeping the money, staff have pooled the money to buy groceries for four seniors.

The Atlantic Superstore in Antigonish, N.S.

Atlantic Superstore in Antigonish

'It's going to spread': Springhill inmate pleads for early release amid COVID-19

A federal inmate at the Springhill Institution in Nova Scotia says despite some changes the prison has made to curb the possible spread of COVID-19, the virus would wreak havoc on the prison’s population due to how closely people continue to interact.

Inmate Adam Zinger in his pod at the Springhill Institution.

Adam Zinger

Owners of Bedford, N.S., mall refuse rent deferral for shuttered businesses

Businesses owners in the Sunnyside Mall in Bedford, N.S., are not happy that their landlord is refusing to take part in the commercial rent deferral program the province announced last week.

Sunnyside Mall is located in Bedford, N.S.

Police charge driver after Cole Harbour woman fatally struck in crosswalk

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