Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — A union says it's troubled that Nova Scotia's government ended a long-standing contract with the agency that administers restorative justice in Halifax — as labour talks with caseworkers were still underway.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s opposition parties say they're skeptical of the province's shrinking family doctor wait-list as they hear from constituents who’ve been removed from the list only to wait months for access to primary care.

HALIFAX — The group behind a project to build North America's first coastal refuge for captive whales in Nova Scotia has renewed its bid to provide a seaside sanctuary for two killer whales living in a shuttered marine park in France. But the U.S.

HALIFAX — Halifax police have charged a 19-year-old man with manslaughter and criminal negligence in the overdose death of an 18-year-old. Police say Darian Clayton-Fleet died of a drug overdose on Nov. 10, 2024, at a home in the Dartmouth suburb.

HALIFAX — Halifax's water utility says it needs to divert millions of cubic metres of wastewater into the Halifax harbour and Bedford Basin as part of maintenance work in the coming weeks.

COOK'S COVE — Police in Nova Scotia say they have suspended the search for a child who fell into the water in Cook's Cove, located on the eastern side of the province. A news release from the RCMP says the search was suspended on Saturday around 5 p.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning consumers across multiple provinces that two brands of frozen pastries have been recalled due to salmonella concerns. The federal authority says Sweet Cream brand and D. Effe T.

COOK'S COVE — Police in Nova Scotia say they are searching for a child who fell into the water in Cook's Cove, located on the eastern side of the province.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia says it has cancelled contracts with two American companies and has not renewed agreements with another nine U.S. suppliers in response to the trade war launched by President Donald Trump.

HUBBARDS — As night falls along the banks of the Fitzroy River, Tabitha Morrison pauses from dipping her net for baby eels, and explains why she believes Ottawa's rules shouldn't govern Indigenous fishers.