Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier doubled down Friday on his position that he will not accept any attempt by Ottawa to resettle thousands of asylum seekers in the province.

HALIFAX — Police have accused a Nova Scotia man of murdering a woman who had been reported missing from the province's Annapolis Valley, but whose body still hasn't been found. The first-degree murder charge comes one day after U.S.

HALIFAX — An energy firm based in Ireland is planning build a plant in eastern Nova Scotia to produce sustainable aviation fuel using about 700,000 tonnes of wood biomass annually.

HALIFAX — Following an extraordinary reversal by Premier Tim Houston, the Nova Scotia legislature on Thursday adopted a bill declaring domestic violence an epidemic in the province.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's opposition parties say they can't understand why the government insists the province doesn't need an enforcement unit to help settle disputes between landlords and tenants.

WALTON, N.S. — Four boxcars filled with concrete are sitting on the floor of the Bay of Fundy near Walton, N.S., where residents are worried the debris — abandoned by another failed tidal power project — has become a hazard to local fishers.

STELLARTON, N.S. — Empire Co. Ltd. says it earned $207.8 million in its latest quarter, down from $261 million a year ago as its sales edged higher.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government says it could be months before it reveals how many people are on the wait-list for a family doctor.

HALIFAX — Emergency response times across Nova Scotia, which had risen steadily in recent years, are improving, says the head of the province’s ambulance service.

PEGGY'S COVE — Japneet Singh, a security patroller at Nova Scotia's famed Peggy's Cove — a longtime treasure of Atlantic Canada’s coastline southwest of Halifax — is no stranger to the perils of the sea.