Nova Scotia News

Nova Scotia government appoints new director of police watchdog agency

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has appointed a senior Crown prosecutor as the next director of the province's police watchdog agency. Alonzo Wright will become director of the Serious Incident Response Team, or SIRT, as of Jan. 9.

Dec 20, 2022 2:47 PM Read more >

Halifax ER sees rise in patients who need community services, not acute medical care

Halifax’s emergency department is reporting a rise in patients admitted solely because of social circumstances — and the number of these patients is expected to spike over the holidays, a physician and researcher said Tuesday. Dr.

Dec 20, 2022 2:29 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia's robust economy and growing population help boost government revenue

HALIFAX — For the second time in three months, Nova Scotia's finance minister has reported $1.3 billion in additional provincial revenue, thanks mainly to a surging economy.

Dec 20, 2022 2:20 PM Read more >

Conflict over new Indigenous lobster fishery continues to smoulder amid some progress

HALIFAX — Federal conservation officers have seized more than 7,000 lobster traps in the two years since violence flared in Nova Scotia when a First Nation tried to assert a treaty right by fishing out of season.

Dec 19, 2022 2:00 AM Read more >

Halifax police respond after robber with axe flees Ultramar with cigarettes and cash

Halifax police are investigating an early morning robbery after a man wielding an axe entered an Ultramar gas station and demanded money and cigarettes from the attendant. Investigators say the robbery took place at about 3 a.m.

Dec 17, 2022 9:18 AM Read more >

Two meningitis cases, including one death, at Halifax university: health officials

HALIFAX — Public health officials in Nova Scotia are investigating two cases of meningococcal meningitis after one university student died and another was recovering in hospital.

Dec 16, 2022 1:35 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia's chief doctor urges holiday caution as flu cases, hospitalizations rise

HALIFAX — Flu season is in full swing earlier than usual across Nova Scotia this year, and the province’s chief medical officer of health is urging the public to exercise caution during the holidays. Dr.

Dec 16, 2022 11:51 AM Read more >

Nova Scotia adds hundreds more beds to redevelopment of Halifax hospital complex

HALIFAX — The planned redevelopment of a sprawling Halifax hospital complex is being reworked to add hundreds more beds and new facilities, the Nova Scotia government announced Thursday.

Dec 15, 2022 1:32 PM Read more >

Sobeys parent Empire selling gas stations in Western Canada as profit climbs

STELLARTON, N.S. — Empire Co. Ltd. is selling 56 gas stations in Western Canada to a subsidiary of Shell Canada for about $100 million in cash. The Sobeys parent company announced the sale of the retail fuel sites to Canadian Mobility Services Ltd.

Dec 15, 2022 8:47 AM Read more >

'Prey-switching' blamed for death of Toronto woman mauled by coyotes 13 years ago

HALIFAX — A new and unusual theory has emerged about the coyotes that killed a young Toronto woman on a Nova Scotia hiking trail 13 years ago. Researchers say that on Oct.

Dec 15, 2022 2:00 AM Read more >