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A construction crane has collapsed off a building in Halifax as the city is pounded by heavy winds from Hurricane Dorian. 0:37 Dorian lashed Nova Scotia on Saturday, sending trees tumbling onto cars, blowing roofs off and toppling a massive crane onto an under-construction building amid powerful winds and torrential rain. Halifax bore the brunt of the storm Saturday afternoon, as it moved into the region as a Category 2 hurricane with winds gusting up to 141 km/h. Dorian had diminished to a post-tropical storm by about 7 p.m. Saturday when it made landfall in Halifax. There was a lull in the storm at that time, however winds and rain were expected to pick up again in the evening, as the storm continued it track across Nova Scotia. By 9 p.m. Saturday, 131 millimetres of rain had fallen in Baccaro Point, N.S. — on the province's southwestern tip — while 70 millimetres was recorded at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. Ryan Snoddon ✔ @ryans...