Nova Scotia News

Halifax Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre gets $28.8 million from Ottawa for new home

HALIFAX — With an additional $28.8 million from the federal government, Halifax’s Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre plans to build a spacious downtown complex to better serve the growing population of urban Indigenous people.

Oct 27, 2022 2:17 PM Read more >

Cape Breton Regional police officer facing two charges related to domestic assault

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's police watchdog agency has laid two assault charges against 52-year-old Lawrence Doucette, a constable with the Cape Breton Regional Police.

Oct 27, 2022 1:04 PM Read more >

N.S. Court of Appeal rules injunction on COVID protest shouldn't have been granted

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has ruled a lower court judge went too far last year when he banned protests against COVID-19 measures at a hearing that proceeded without the protesters present.

Oct 26, 2022 2:44 PM Read more >

First deployment for American aircraft carrier includes visit to Halifax this weekend

HALIFAX — One of the world's largest aircraft carriers, the USS Gerald R. Ford, is scheduled to visit Halifax this weekend as part of its first deployment. The U.S.

Oct 26, 2022 11:50 AM Read more >

Mountie who recorded Lucki meeting first told investigators tape lost on stolen phone

HALIFAX — An affidavit by an RCMP security investigator details how the force obtained recordings of a tense meeting at the centre of allegations of political interference into the Mounties' investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting.

Oct 25, 2022 2:55 PM Read more >

Federal minister calls utility's pause on Atlantic energy corridor 'bump in the road'

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Power's decision to "pause" its participation in a proposed megaproject aimed at ending reliance on coal is just a temporary setback, says the federal cabinet minister charged with moving the electrical grid off fossil fuels.

Oct 25, 2022 1:25 PM Read more >

Population of endangered North Atlantic right whales continues decline: study

HALIFAX — The population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales isn't declining as fast as it was five years ago, but researchers say the latest numbers show the species is still having a tough time surviving and reproducing.

Oct 24, 2022 3:55 PM Read more >

Fertility care in Atlantic Canada comes with lengthy travel and wait times

HALIFAX — When Ledon Wellon started trying to have a baby, she assumed it would happen quickly. She was young — 24 at the time — and she was watching her friends start families.

Oct 24, 2022 1:16 PM Read more >

Hundreds of school staff in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley on strike over wages

HALIFAX — Hundreds of school staff in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley are on the picket line today in a dispute over wages. More than 600 workers at the Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education walked off the job at 8 a.m.

Oct 24, 2022 10:17 AM Read more >

Ex-orphanage reopens as business incubator, hub for African Nova Scotian community

HALIFAX — A former orphanage for Black children in Nova Scotia has been renovated and reopened as a community hub and incubator for Black businesses.

Oct 23, 2022 3:05 PM Read more >