Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said Thursday an agreement in principle has been reached on a new contract for public school teachers.

HALIFAX — As Nova Scotia marked the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting that claimed 22 lives, the province's justice minister was forced to apologize for saying that domestic violence is not an "epidemic.

HALIFAX — The inmate who briefly escaped from a New Brunswick prison on the weekend was Jermaine Carvery, a career criminal known for terrorizing robbery victims and attempting to flee custody, Correctional Service Canada confirmed Thursday.

HALIFAX — The federal government is planning to sell off the historic, century-old armoury in Amherst, N.S., to make way for new housing, but the town's mayor says that could be a bad idea.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has decided to shelve plans for a spring bear hunt after a public consultation revealed a "very divided" population.

ESKASONI, N.S. — Nova Scotia opened its first long-term care facility in a First Nations community on Wednesday, realizing a decades-old ambition for its host community.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is asking the province's residents to pause for a moment of silence at noon on Thursday and Friday to mark the passing of four years since the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia RCMP say three people have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the 2022 killing of Barry Albert. Albert, also known as Barry Mosher, was reported missing on Aug. 28, 2022, and his body was found on Oct.

HALIFAX — Police in downtown Halifax arrested 21 protesters Monday after they blocked traffic during a demonstration about the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

HALIFAX — The president of the Nova Scotia Ground Search and Rescue Association says she’s keeping an open mind as the province gets ready to create a new volunteer corps.