Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia will remove the provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax from the construction of new rental apartment buildings, Premier Tim Houston said Thursday.

HALIFAX — An environmental group has concluded that about 2,300 lobster boats operating off Nova Scotia are suitable candidates to switch from diesel to electric motor, a change that would slash the industry's emissions.

HALIFAX — A woman arrested during a housing protest two years ago in Halifax has been found not guilty of two of four charges after being accused of assaulting three police officers.

HALIFAX — The commander of the Nova Scotia RCMP says his force's planned apology to the province's Black community for street checks should have occurred some time ago.

HALIFAX — A New Brunswick senator has introduced a bill that would declare the narrow land link between his province and Nova Scotia a federal responsibility. Sen.

HALIFAX — Utilities in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were working Tuesday on remaining outages caused by post-tropical storm Lee. As of 4:30 p.m.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia RCMP are promising to formally apologize for excessive street checks on Black citizens in the province.

STELLARTON, N.S. — David Sobey, a former chief executive and chair of the Sobeys Inc. grocery store chain, has died. He was 92 years old. Empire Co. Ltd.

HALIFAX — Jen Powley, who pushed back with her writing and wisdom against systems that limited the lives of Nova Scotians with disabilities, has died at the age of 45.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's electric utility worked on Monday to restore outages affecting thousands of customers after post-tropical storm Lee blew through the Maritimes over the weekend, knocking down trees and power lines.