Nova Scotia News

Living with cancer, Mi'kmaq author talks last edition of 'We were not the Savages'

HALIFAX — He's 84 years old and receiving chemotherapy treatments for liver cancer, but Mi'kmaq elder and author Daniel Paul says his mission of sweeping away the "fairy tales" of colonial history must go on.

Dec 23, 2022 2:00 AM Read more >

Nova Scotia emergency rooms closed for staffing shortages twice as often as last year

HALIFAX — Emergency room closures due to staffing shortages in Nova Scotia have doubled year over year, a situation the province's health minister says shows that hospitals are being pushed to their limits.

Dec 22, 2022 2:00 AM Read more >

Nova Scotia Power bond rating downgraded by credit rating agency DBRS Morningstar

HALIFAX — A prominent credit rating agency has downgraded the bonds of Nova Scotia's electrical utility amid the company's conflicts with the provincial government.

Dec 21, 2022 2:37 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia government appoints new director of police watchdog agency

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has appointed a senior Crown prosecutor as the next director of the province's police watchdog agency. Alonzo Wright will become director of the Serious Incident Response Team, or SIRT, as of Jan. 9.

Dec 20, 2022 2:47 PM Read more >

Halifax ER sees rise in patients who need community services, not acute medical care

Halifax’s emergency department is reporting a rise in patients admitted solely because of social circumstances — and the number of these patients is expected to spike over the holidays, a physician and researcher said Tuesday. Dr.

Dec 20, 2022 2:29 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia's robust economy and growing population help boost government revenue

HALIFAX — For the second time in three months, Nova Scotia's finance minister has reported $1.3 billion in additional provincial revenue, thanks mainly to a surging economy.

Dec 20, 2022 2:20 PM Read more >

Conflict over new Indigenous lobster fishery continues to smoulder amid some progress

HALIFAX — Federal conservation officers have seized more than 7,000 lobster traps in the two years since violence flared in Nova Scotia when a First Nation tried to assert a treaty right by fishing out of season.

Dec 19, 2022 2:00 AM Read more >

Halifax police respond after robber with axe flees Ultramar with cigarettes and cash

Halifax police are investigating an early morning robbery after a man wielding an axe entered an Ultramar gas station and demanded money and cigarettes from the attendant. Investigators say the robbery took place at about 3 a.m.

Dec 17, 2022 9:18 AM Read more >

Two meningitis cases, including one death, at Halifax university: health officials

HALIFAX — Public health officials in Nova Scotia are investigating two cases of meningococcal meningitis after one university student died and another was recovering in hospital.

Dec 16, 2022 1:35 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia's chief doctor urges holiday caution as flu cases, hospitalizations rise

HALIFAX — Flu season is in full swing earlier than usual across Nova Scotia this year, and the province’s chief medical officer of health is urging the public to exercise caution during the holidays. Dr.

Dec 16, 2022 11:51 AM Read more >