Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Canada's fisheries minister says she wants to shut down this year's lucrative baby eel fishery with only weeks to go before the season opens in the Maritimes.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s auditor general is calling the province’s $34.5-million purchase of an unfinished hotel to convert it into a health facility an “unusual arrangement” that lacked appropriate due diligence.

Halifax's long-serving mayor says he won't run in the municipal election this fall, explaining that he wants to depart the job while he's still capable of winning at the ballot box.

HALIFAX — Another nor'easter is headed for Atlantic Canada, bringing a second big dump of snow in less than two weeks.

HALIFAX — The son of a Cape Breton woman injured last week in a propane explosion caused by sliding snow says his mother has died.

HALIFAX — About 160 faculty, librarians and lab instructors at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax have gone on strike. The university's faculty association said the workers walked out at noon on Monday.

HALIFAX — Carolyn Naylor usually enjoys strolling the streets of downtown Halifax with her guide dog Earl by her side.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Liberal leader is committing to cut the provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax by two percentage points if his party wins the next general election.

SYDNEY, N.S. — The acting fire chief in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality says an explosion that damaged a seniors residence and seriously injured one person was likely caused by snow sliding off a roof and damaging a propane tank line.

SYDNEY, N.S. — One person was hurt and dozens were displaced Friday after what may have been an explosion at a seniors residence in Cape Breton.