Quinpool Road reopened Saturday night after a fire in a two-storey building early Friday destroyed several business and drove several people from their homes.

No one was injured in the fire. The&nbsp;Red Cross of Canada said Saturday it was providing emergency accommodations for six people.

Jim Stymeist&nbsp;of the Halifax Regional Fire &amp; Emergency Service fire crews&nbsp;left the fire scene at around 3:50&nbsp;p.m on Saturday to allow vacuum trucks to collect and dispose of the water used to fight the blaze.

Stymeist said any last of the debris would be hosed down after that.

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Firefighters work on the roof of a building after a neighbouring structure was destroyed by fire on Quinpool Road in Halifax.

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An alert sent on Friday said&nbsp;home and business owners in the area should keep windows and doors closed and "turn off systems that bring in air from the outside."

Quinpool Road was closed between Oxford Street and Preston Street. Crews demolished the building on Friday.

Four businesses — Naan n Curry, Quinpool Billiards, Define Hair Studio and Barbershop, and Misty Vapes — were located on the first floor.

Judge grants psychiatrist more time to assess woman charged in Halifax stabbing

A forensic psychiatrist has been granted more time to complete an assessment of a woman accused of stabbing a child on a street in downtown Halifax on Feb. 23.

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Elliott Chorny, 19, was charged with attempted murder after a six-year-old boy was stabbed in Halifax on Sunday. 

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Elliott Chorny, 19, is charged with attempted murder after a six-year-old boy was stabbed in Halifax in February. 

Nova Scotia Health warns of possible hepatitis A exposure in Bridgewater

People who dined at Sushi Bay Japanese Cuisine between March 8 and March 28 are being advised to monitor for symptoms.

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Nova Scotia Health is advising people who ate or drank at Sushi Bay Japanese Cuisine in Bridgewater, N.S., to monitor for symptoms of hepatitis A after one case was confirmed.

Search called off for missing boater in lake northeast of Halifax

RCMP have ended search efforts for a man who went missing at a lake northeast of Halifax on Thursday.

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The RCMP logo is seen on the shoulder of a superintendent during a news conference, Saturday, June 24, 2023, in St. John’s, Newfoundland. The B.C. Coroners' Service has called an inquest into a 2019 police shooting that left two people dead, including the hostage officers were trying to save. 

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RCMP have a called off a search for a boater reported missing at Cousins Lake, near Halifax.

Record-setting N.S. election win cost Progressive Conservatives about $1.4M

The Progressive Conservatives got plenty of bang for their buck on the way to a resounding win in the last provincial election, according to documents released this week by Elections Nova Scotia.

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Houston and his Nova Scotia PCs won a supermajority in a snap election last November.

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Premier Tim Houston and the Progressive Conservatives' winning election campaign last year cost about $1.4 million.

Digby Arena gets $1.5M from province for structural, mechanical upgrades

The Digby Arena will soon receive the upgrades needed to reopen after it closed earlier this season. The provincial government is providing $1.5 million toward structural and mechanical repairs.

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Digby-Annapolis MLA Jill Balser, centre, presents the Digby Area Recreation Committee with a cheque for $1.5 million. The funding will be use to repair the aging Digby arena.

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Digby-Annapolis MLA Jill Balser, centre, presents the Digby Area Recreation Committee with a cheque for $1.5 million.

A Halifax firefighter looks on as another sprays water on the rubble of a Quinpool Road building destroyed by an early morning fire on Friday. 

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