Atlantic News

Margaret McCain donates $10M to Halifax's Mount Saint Vincent University

HALIFAX — Margaret Norrie McCain has donated $10 million to Mount Saint Vincent University to support teaching and research on early childhood education. The Halifax university says it's the largest gift in the school's 150-year history.

Oct 31, 2023 2:25 PM Read more >

Halifax-area man faces first-degree murder charge after woman run down by car

Halifax-area RCMP say a Cole Harbour man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with an alleged abduction and hit-and-run that killed a 30-year-old woman.

Oct 31, 2023 2:23 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia education minister says naloxone in schools being discussed for new year

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's education minister says the government is discussing the idea of making naloxone kits available in the province's schools, as the Liberal opposition presses for rapid action.

Oct 31, 2023 1:31 PM Read more >

Budget update: Newfoundland and Labrador projects $154-million deficit

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government is inching closer to balancing its books, according to a fiscal update on Tuesday.

Oct 31, 2023 12:54 PM Read more >

N.S. axe attack: Victim dies, suspect charged with second-degree murder

THORBURN, N.S. — A 61-year-old Nova Scotia man has been charged with murder after a woman was attacked with an axe on Monday in Thorburn, N.S.

Oct 31, 2023 11:57 AM Read more >

Spooky harvest: Droughts, heavy rain create challenge for Canada's pumpkin season

FREDERICTON — Extreme weather caused by climate change — droughts followed by heavy rains — wreaked havoc with the pumpkin harvest across Canada this year. Nova Scotia pumpkin farmer Danny Dill said the spring planting season was extremely dry.

Oct 30, 2023 2:37 PM Read more >

Halifax street renamed after Mi'kmaq activist and 'unsung hero' Nora Bernard

HALIFAX — The Halifax street that had long honoured a colonial governor who issued a bounty on the scalps of Mi’kmaq people has been renamed to commemorate a Millbrook First Nation activist and “unsung hero” of residential school survivors.

Oct 30, 2023 2:16 PM Read more >

Cape Breton municipality pitches changes to provincial bill it says will raise taxes

HALIFAX — A pitch by Nova Scotia's second largest municipality to change proposed provincial legislation it contends will raise taxes for its residents failed on Monday to move the government majority on a legislative committee.

Oct 30, 2023 1:42 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia emergency alert lifted after man arrested in alleged axe attack

THORBURN, N.S. — Nova Scotia RCMP have arrested a suspect in an alleged axe attack in Thorburn, N.S., that left one person in serious condition. Police say they lifted an emergency alert after they took 61-year-old John Douglas Cress into custody.

Oct 30, 2023 9:13 AM Read more >

Nova Scotia legislature rife with frustration over government's move to extend debate

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s legislature is mired in procedural wrangling as frustrations grow over extended hours and opposition delay tactics aimed at keeping the government in the House of Assembly.

Oct 28, 2023 11:55 AM Read more >