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Nova Scotia updates policing standards for the first time since 2003

Nova Scotia updates policing standards for the first time since 2003

HALIFAX — The commander of the RCMP in Nova Scotia says the province’s implementation of a set of new standards will help improve policing across the province.
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Ottawa threatens to pull funds for Chignecto Isthmus if N.B., N.S. don't partner

Ottawa threatens to pull funds for Chignecto Isthmus if N.B., N.S. don't partner

HALIFAX — Federal cabinet ministers are threatening to pull an offer of $325 million to protect a vital land link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick unless the two provinces agree to share costs.
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Teen homicide: Two men charged in Halifax following discovery of human remains

Teen homicide: Two men charged in Halifax following discovery of human remains

HALIFAX — Two men have been charged in connection with what Halifax police now say is the murder of a 16-year-old who went missing two years ago.
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Mila Mulroney named chancellor of St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S.

Mila Mulroney named chancellor of St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S.

ANTIGONISH, N.S. — Mila Mulroney has been named the 11th chancellor of St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, the alma mater of her husband, former prime minister Brian Mulroney. Brian Mulroney died Feb. 29 at the age of 84.
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Two youths arrested after emergency alert issued in New Brunswick

Two youths arrested after emergency alert issued in New Brunswick

MONCTON, N.B. — New Brunswick RCMP say two youths have been arrested after an emergency alert was issued Monday evening about someone carrying a gun in the province's southeast.
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Rent cap loophole? Halifax-area landlords defend use of fixed-term leases

Rent cap loophole? Halifax-area landlords defend use of fixed-term leases

HALIFAX — Some Halifax-area landlords on Monday defended their use of fixed-term leases as necessary to recoup costs under Nova Scotia’s rent cap, despite criticism the leases help property owners skirt the rules.
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Federal $500M bailout for Muskrat Falls power delays to keep N.S. rate hikes in check

Federal $500M bailout for Muskrat Falls power delays to keep N.S. rate hikes in check

HALIFAX — Ottawa is negotiating a $500-million bailout for Nova Scotia's privately owned electric utility, saying the money will be used to prevent a big spike in electricity rates.
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Suspicious deaths of two N.S. men were the result of homicide, suicide: RCMP

Suspicious deaths of two N.S. men were the result of homicide, suicide: RCMP

Nova Scotia RCMP say their investigation into two suspicious deaths earlier this month has concluded that one man died by homicide and the other by suicide. The bodies of two men, aged 40 and 73, were found in a home in Windsor, N.S., on Sept. 3.
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Saint John homeless advocates mourn death of man who had been living in an encampment

Saint John homeless advocates mourn death of man who had been living in an encampment

SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK — A 58-year-old man living in a homeless encampment in Saint John, N.B., has died, leaving his community and volunteers who knew him with "a lot of sadness," says the head of a group that helps unhoused people.
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Federal money and sales taxes help pump up New Brunswick budget surplus

Federal money and sales taxes help pump up New Brunswick budget surplus

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's finance minister says the province recorded a surplus of $500.8 million for the fiscal year that ended in March. Ernie Steeves says the amount — more than 10 times higher than the province's original $40.
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