Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — A councillor with Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia says a cleanup plan approved by Ottawa will mean further delays in the removal of contaminated sludge that been a scourge on his community for decades.

HALIFAX — The group behind a plan to build a coastal refuge in Nova Scotia for captive whales says its bid to provide sanctuary for two orcas from a marine park in France has been rejected by the French government. Lori Marino, president of the U.S.

HALIFAX — Ottawa has issued the latest version of how it is proposing to distribute licences for the lucrative baby eel fishery in the Maritimes.

HALIFAX — The Royal Canadian Navy has identified the sailor who died Friday after a small military boat capsized in the north end of Halifax harbour.

TORONTO — Peavey Industries LP says it is closing its stores across Canada.

HALIFAX — Federal Transport Minister Anita Anand has ordered an audit of the ferry service between Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island after a season plagued by delays and interruptions.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government says a program to bring wind-generated electricity to 11 large customers is keeping the province on track to meet its goal of producing 80 per cent of its electricity with renewables by 2030.

HALIFAX — The Royal Canadian Navy says a sailor has died in the Bedford Basin after a boat capsized. The Navy says two sailors were operating a rigid-hull inflatable boat in the Halifax-area bay when it overturned and capsized around 10 p.m.

TRURO, N.S. — Police in Nova Scotia say they've charged a woman with attempted murder after a man was stabbed in Truro, in what authorities allege was a case of intimate partner violence.

HALIFAX — The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs says it has rejected an offer from the federal Fisheries Department regarding the establishment of livelihood fisheries.