HALIFAX – The Nova Scotia government is offering a $150,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in a two-year-old homicide investigation.

Police say 21-year-old Ryan Matthew White was found on Jarvis Lane in Halifax in July 2010 after being shot in the chest.

Late last month, Halifax police scoured a wooded area in the city’s north end, acting on new information in the case.

Police have not disclosed what they hoped to find, nor would they say whether any evidence was found during the search.

The reward is being offered under Nova Scotia’s Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes Program.

Under the program, anyone who comes forward is expected to provide their name and contact information and may be called to testify in court.