Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's electric utility has been fined $750,000 for failing to meet 2022 performance targets set by the provincial regulator.

HALIFAX — A man who was working security at a Halifax bar on Christmas Eve has been charged with the killing of an Ontario man.

HALIFAX — The next time you order a meal in Nova Scotia, you could get a discount on your bill – if you know some Gaelic.

SYDNEY, N.S. — A 12-year-old boy from Sydney, N.S., is facing charges for allegedly stealing a truck on Monday morning. Cape Breton Regional Police say the truck was stolen from a driveway on Webster Street around 8 a.m.

HALIFAX — A migrant worker diagnosed with cervical cancer shortly after arriving in Nova Scotia has been granted health insurance under a federal program, but advocates continue to call on the province to expand health coverage to people without perm

HALIFAX — Mounties in Nova Scotia are investigating a violent home invasion. RCMP say officers were dispatched to a rural community east of Halifax early Saturday after three men abruptly entered the residence and proceeded to ransack the property.

TANTALLON, N.S. — It doesn't make sense to Robie Holland that — as 250 millimetres of rain poured down in rural Nova Scotia — there was nothing to stop his father from travelling down a rapidly flooding road.

HALIFAX — A Canadian forecaster says a revised outlook predicting more storms than average in the Atlantic Ocean this hurricane season increases the chance of a significant storm hitting Eastern Canada.

HALIFAX — A volunteer firefighter who battled one of Nova Scotia’s biggest wildfires must now shell out thousands of dollars to replace the fishing gear he lost to the flames.

HALIFAX — A stop-work order issued following a rockfall last month at Cape Breton’s Donkin coal mine will remain in place until a consultant can determine that the mine is safe, Nova Scotia Labour Department officials said Thursday.