Skip to content

Nova Scotia News

Nova Scotia's robust economy and growing population help boost government revenue

Nova Scotia's robust economy and growing population help boost government revenue

HALIFAX — For the second time in three months, Nova Scotia's finance minister has reported $1.3 billion in additional provincial revenue, thanks mainly to a surging economy.
Read more >
Conflict over new Indigenous lobster fishery continues to smoulder amid some progress

Conflict over new Indigenous lobster fishery continues to smoulder amid some progress

HALIFAX — Federal conservation officers have seized more than 7,000 lobster traps in the two years since violence flared in Nova Scotia when a First Nation tried to assert a treaty right by fishing out of season.
Read more >
Halifax police respond after robber with axe flees Ultramar with cigarettes and cash

Halifax police respond after robber with axe flees Ultramar with cigarettes and cash

Halifax police are investigating an early morning robbery after a man wielding an axe entered an Ultramar gas station and demanded money and cigarettes from the attendant. Investigators say the robbery took place at about 3 a.m.
Read more >
Two meningitis cases, including one death, at Halifax university: health officials

Two meningitis cases, including one death, at Halifax university: health officials

HALIFAX — Public health officials in Nova Scotia are investigating two cases of meningococcal meningitis after one university student died and another was recovering in hospital.
Read more >
Nova Scotia's chief doctor urges holiday caution as flu cases, hospitalizations rise

Nova Scotia's chief doctor urges holiday caution as flu cases, hospitalizations rise

HALIFAX — Flu season is in full swing earlier than usual across Nova Scotia this year, and the province’s chief medical officer of health is urging the public to exercise caution during the holidays. Dr.
Read more >
Nova Scotia adds hundreds more beds to redevelopment of Halifax hospital complex

Nova Scotia adds hundreds more beds to redevelopment of Halifax hospital complex

HALIFAX — The planned redevelopment of a sprawling Halifax hospital complex is being reworked to add hundreds more beds and new facilities, the Nova Scotia government announced Thursday.
Read more >
Sobeys parent Empire selling gas stations in Western Canada as profit climbs

Sobeys parent Empire selling gas stations in Western Canada as profit climbs

STELLARTON, N.S. — Empire Co. Ltd. is selling 56 gas stations in Western Canada to a subsidiary of Shell Canada for about $100 million in cash. The Sobeys parent company announced the sale of the retail fuel sites to Canadian Mobility Services Ltd.
Read more >
'Prey-switching' blamed for death of Toronto woman mauled by coyotes 13 years ago

'Prey-switching' blamed for death of Toronto woman mauled by coyotes 13 years ago

HALIFAX — A new and unusual theory has emerged about the coyotes that killed a young Toronto woman on a Nova Scotia hiking trail 13 years ago. Researchers say that on Oct.
Read more >
New N.S. top Mountie says public wants to keep force despite mass shooting response

New N.S. top Mountie says public wants to keep force despite mass shooting response

HALIFAX — The RCMP's new commanding officer in Nova Scotia believes the public wants a renewed relationship with his police force despite its widely criticized response to the 2020 mass shooting.
Read more >
Nova Scotia government announces $115 million in inflation-relief measures

Nova Scotia government announces $115 million in inflation-relief measures

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier announced a new $115.4-million funding package Wednesday aimed at helping low- and middle-income earners with inflation.
Read more >