Halifax Communauté Nouvelles

Welsh college students spend 16 days volunteering in Halifax and Truro: ‘It’s about having empathy for other people’

From student to author to hospital volunteer, this N.S. teen is making waves from China

The 15-year-old African Nova Scotian was born with a life-threatening condition that has since pushed her to study medicine to one day help kids like her. Simmonds, who is originally …

East Hants calls for volunteer firefighters in new recruitment video

Ensuring that there are enough volunteers trained and available to respond within local fire and emergency services for the East Hants municipality is an ongoing struggle.

Volunteers purchase ice-fishing shelters for people without homes in Halifax

Volunteer groups have purchased ice-fishing shelters to help homeless people brave the cold, wet weather in Halifax, which received its first significant snowfall of the season overnight Sunday. Stephen Wilsack, …

3,000 volunteers set to make North American Indigenous Games a reality

As the 2023 North American Indigenous Games begin in Halifax and surrounding areas, thousands of volunteers are working behind the scenes to make it happen. At a site for volunteers …

‘Please help us’: Halifax’s Ukrainian Store about to be displaced

Donation operation in Halifax looking for a new home on the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine