Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — A commercial lobster fishing group in Nova Scotia has gone to court seeking $10 million in damages against companies it alleges are buying illegally caught lobster.

HALIFAX — Low-income tenants in Nova Scotia who fall behind on their rent could soon turn to a rent bank for a no-interest emergency loan if the Liberal party wins the provincial election on Nov. 26.

COLE HARBOUR, N.S. — As police investigate the killing of a 71-year-old woman in Nova Scotia by her male partner, the head of an Ontario research group on violence against women says the situation is all too familiar.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservatives promised on Tuesday to introduce a universal shingles vaccine program for people 65 and older if re-elected Nov. 26, the latest in a series of targeted health announcements.

HALIFAX — Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is riding a wave of popularity in most parts of Canada these days, but you wouldn't know it if you asked the leader of Nova Scotia's incumbent Progressive Conservatives.

HALIFAX — A new memorial recently dedicated in a small Nova Scotia community honours eight brothers whose story of service in the Second World War had been all but lost to local memory. The Harvie brothers from Gormanville, N.S.

HALIFAX — An ambitious target for housing and a replacement for federal carbon pricing are among the major promises contained in the Nova Scotia Liberals' election platform, which commits to $2.3 billion in spending over four years.

HALIFAX — The leader of Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservatives made clear last week that if he's re-elected, a key change that he once supported to increase the power of the province's information commissioner is on the back burner, if not dead.

A woman who was forced to seek out-of-country treatment that cost more than $100,000 for her agonizing chronic condition said she welcomes a recent apology from Nova Scotia's premier, but worries for others who are still suffering in pain without ade

HALIFAX — A group advocating for seniors believes Nova Scotia's elections agency has made a mistake by opting not to mail out voter information cards in the current provincial campaign, calling the move short-sighted and arguing it risks excluding a