Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia food banks and community groups are calling for an immediate increase in income assistance for the growing number of residents in a state of "crisis" who cannot afford housing or food.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Justice Department said Tuesday it won’t pursue legal action against a politician who posted information about a woman who died in hospital after a seven-hour wait for a doctor.

HALIFAX — A jury started hearing evidence Tuesday in a murder trial involving a former medical student accused of fatally shooting a fellow Dalhousie University student and disposing of his body after a drug deal turned violent in downtown Halifax.

FIVE ISLANDS, N.S. — The RCMP are investigating a woman's death in central Nova Scotia after officers responded Monday to a report of shots fired. Criminal investigators say the woman's body was discovered at about 7:05 p.m.

HALIFAX — For the second time in less than two weeks, police in Halifax have confirmed that a man has been killed while allegedly taking part in a home invasion. In the latest case, police said Monday that on Jan.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia securities regulator is warning about a cryptocurrency scam that has so far cost residents hundreds of thousands of dollars.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is updating its air quality regulations as the province conducts an environmental assessment for one of its first green hydrogen and ammonia projects.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next seven years on highways, bridges and ferry services.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador are now reporting cases of the XBB.1.5 variant of the virus that causes COVID-19, reflecting a spread being reported south of the border.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government must guarantee housing for the 65 health-care workers it recently recruited from a Kenyan refugee camp, opposition parties said Thursday.