Nova Scotia News

LITTLE HARBOUR, N.S. — A renowned Nova Scotia artist says she’s been “blindsided” by the theft of five life-sized sculptures she believes were stolen from her property by copper thieves.

HALIFAX — A firm that hoped to generate electricity from the Bay of Fundy's massive tides is instead winding up operations after a regulatory struggle with the federal Fisheries Department. Jason Hayman, chief executive of U.K.

HALIFAX — A provincial safety official says there will be increased inspections at the Donkin coal mine in Cape Breton now that it has resumed operations after an underground fire prompted a stop-work order in April.

HALIFAX — Indigenous and non-Indigenous baby eel harvesters are lamenting that a long-running study on the species has been cancelled because of unlicensed, chaotic fishing.

NEW MINAS, N.S. — Nova Scotia's government is providing some of its surplus land in an Annapolis Valley village to help defray the cost of building 24 co-operative housing units.

HALIFAX — A study published Wednesday details the economic and environmental effects caused by tonnes of lost and discarded fishing gear in some of Canada’s most lucrative fishing grounds.

HALIFAX — A 13-turbine wind farm recently approved by the Nova Scotia government is worrying federal officials, who say there isn't enough information about what impact the project will have on the endangered roseate tern and other birds.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia fire marshal's office is putting the public at risk by failing to manage fire and building safety despite repeated warnings, the province’s auditor general says in a new report.

HALIFAX — Chorus Aviation Inc. says profits last quarter rose 40 per cent year over year, allowing it to pay down part of its hefty debt as the travel industry begins to regain its purchase.

HALIFAX — The federal Fisheries Department says it has spotted endangered North Atlantic right whales in Canadian waters for the first time this year. The department says two whales were seen Sunday by a surveillance aircraft in the Gulf of St.