Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s public works minister says that after a review by her department, the province will be keeping its current motor vehicle inspection requirement in place.

SYDNEY, N.S. — A Cape Breton man who had a collection of police uniforms, patches and hats has pleaded guilty to a charge under the province's Police Identity Management Act.

HALIFAX — A fourth teen is facing a charge of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old Halifax high school student.

Halifax Regional Police say they have arrested a man who was the subject of an emergency alert and believed to be armed and dangerous.

HALIFAX — An independent committee has released its first report on how governments and the RCMP are responding to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia, but it does not offer any assessment of the progress made so far.

HALIFAX — New data from Statistics Canada show that Nova Scotia’s rates of poverty and food insecurity in 2022 were the highest of any province — and the head of the province's largest network of food banks says things have only worsened since.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia judge received good news Tuesday during an update on the proposed sale of SaltWire Network Inc. and The Halifax Herald Ltd., two financially troubled companies that operate Atlantic Canada's largest newspaper chain.

Halifax police have released the name of an armed and dangerous man who threatened people in the Dartmouth area earlier today then fled on foot, prompting an emergency alert.

Halifax is looking to designate new encampment locations for unhoused people now that the remaining authorized sites have double the number of recommended residents and new tents are popping up in city parks.

HALIFAX — Police in Halifax say a third teen is facing a charge of second-degree murder in the stabbing death last week of a 16-year-old high school student.