Nova Scotia News

BIBLE HILL, N.S. — Nova Scotia RCMP announced today they are investigating the suspicious death of a woman whose body was found last week in Bible Hill.

PICTOU, N.S. — A Nova Scotia woman has pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and forgery after thousands of dollars in funds were taken from Premier Tim Houston's riding association.

HALIFAX — A Cape Breton paper mill says a federal investment in 24 new wind turbines completes the financing of a project that will secure its future electricity needs. The Canada Infrastructure Bank has announced it will provide $224.

MAHONE BAY, N.S. — RCMP in Nova Scotia are investigating two suspicious deaths Sunday afternoon. At approximately 1:05 p.m., Lunenburg District RCMP responded to a request for a well-being check at a home in Mahone Bay.

HALIFAX — Experts on domestic violence say a series of deaths in Nova Scotia over the past three months highlight the need to improve funding for the programs that battle the root causes of intimate partner violence.

HALIFAX — Halifax police say the 39-year-old man who allegedly killed a woman and her father on New Year's Eve was a fugitive wanted in a 2019 Toronto nightclub shooting.

HALIFAX — The grim details of the stabbing death of a 16-year-old Halifax boy last April were revealed in court on Friday as convictions were recorded for two teens who had pleaded guilty to taking part in the crime.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's decision to start indexing income assistance is a positive step, but it isn't enough to lift people out of poverty, says the head of a non-profit that supplies 140 food banks in the province. Income assistance rates rose by 3.

HALIFAX — Two people killed in Halifax on New Year's Eve were victims of intimate partner violence, police said Thursday, the latest deaths in a series of similar crimes in the province less than four months after lawmakers declared domestic violence

FREDERICTON — Maybe it was sick. Maybe it was just exhausted. Whatever the reason, a golden eagle flapped down in the middle of a road in central Prince Edward Island one late afternoon in November.