Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Relatives of a 60-year-old man who took his own life in a Nova Scotia jail after long periods of confinement in his cell have launched a lawsuit against the province.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia woman has applied for a medically assisted death, saying after years of battling to receive out-of-country surgery for an illness that causes "indescribable" pain, she struggles to maintain the will to live.

HALIFAX — The federal Fisheries Department says an endangered North Atlantic right whale has become entangled in gear in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

HALIFAX — The head of a committee monitoring the response of police and governments to the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass killing says she’s pleased with progress made so far, though she offered few details.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s NDP are accusing the government of prioritizing landlords over residents who need an affordable place to live, as the opposition party tables a bill aimed at addressing the housing crisis.

HALIFAX — Transport Canada has ordered a bankrupt tidal power company and a bankruptcy trustee to produce a plan to remove four huge moorings abandoned in the water near Walton, N.S.

HALIFAX — A prisoner rights group is calling on the Nova Scotia government to pass a law requiring independent monitoring of the province's jails.

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.

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.

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.