Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — An Indigenous fisherman appeared Thursday in a northern New Brunswick courtroom, where he began a constitutional challenge that could prove pivotal for First Nations across the Maritimes.

DARTMOUTH, N.S. — A Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq leader swore the oath of her new office on Thursday, wearing a headdress with hieroglyphics that evoke her life and passions.

BIG BRAS D'OR, N.S. — RCMP say they are now investigating the recent disappearance of a Cape Breton woman as a homicide. Police confirm that human remains found by a police dog team Friday in Big Bras d’Or, N.S.

HALIFAX — As temperatures drop and winter storms arrive in Atlantic Canada, some cities are scrambling to find ways to keep people in homeless encampments warm. In St. John’s, N.L.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's housing shortage is a generational challenge that must be met with effort similar to what was needed to rebuild after the Halifax explosion, says the head of the province's construction association.

HALIFAX — Ontario's police watchdog has been called in by its Nova Scotia counterpart to review new information unearthed by the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in the Maritime province.

HALIFAX — An endangered green sea turtle found on a Nova Scotia beach has been revived and shipped back to warmer waters after nearly dying in the frigid Bay of Fundy.

HALIFAX — Atlantic Canada’s largest city is examining a proposal that would add safety officers to its buses and ferries to counter a growing trend of violence in the transit system.

HALIFAX — Standing in a homeless encampment on the outskirts of Halifax, Aaron Haynes says food, advice and supplies from volunteers warm his spirits — even as winter's bitter cold draws closer by the day.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Public Works Minister Kim Masland says the federal government must maintain full ferry service between Digby, N.S., and Saint John, N.B., next year because it is crucial to the region.