Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — A commercial logging operation in Nova Scotia's Annapolis County has temporarily halted its work after environmentalists raised the alarm about the presence of several at-risk species of lichens.

HALIFAX — The opening days for two of Canada's largest and most profitable lobster fisheries have been delayed because of bad weather.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's electrical utility has reached a proposed settlement with representatives of its customers for a rate increase of 13.8 per cent over the next two years.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia won’t be using revenue from its fuel tax to help offset the effects of carbon pricing imposed by the federal government, the province’s finance minister said Thursday. All of the tax collected from fuels — including the 15.

HALIFAX — An affordable energy advocate says the imposition of consumer carbon pricing in Nova Scotia is a good idea, but adds that rising energy costs continue to pose problems for people with lower incomes.

HALIFAX — Two Halifax universities are sharing a Mi'kmaq "auntie-in-residence" who is assisting Indigenous students to navigate campus life.

HALIFAX — The organization that represents almost 20,000 RCMP members submitted Wednesday a long list of recommendations to the inquiry investigating the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia, saying the province must do something about chronic und

HALIFAX — Senior officials with Nova Scotia's Health Department were unable to answer a number of questions on Wednesday about the state of the province’s emergency health system, which is struggling with overcrowding and staffing shortages.

HALIFAX — International students who have travelled across the globe to study in Nova Scotia say their Canadian university experience is suffering because most of their classes are taking place at a movie theatre far from campus.

Halifax city council has voted in favour of a pilot project to create a "sobering centre" as an alternative to police lockups, more than six years after the death in detention of a heavily intoxicated man.