Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Liberal leader is committing to cut the provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax by two percentage points if his party wins the next general election.

SYDNEY, N.S. — The acting fire chief in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality says an explosion that damaged a seniors residence and seriously injured one person was likely caused by snow sliding off a roof and damaging a propane tank line.

SYDNEY, N.S. — One person was hurt and dozens were displaced Friday after what may have been an explosion at a seniors residence in Cape Breton.

GLACE BAY, N.S. — When hockey coach Darrell MacAulay was asked to help an elderly neighbour who needed snow cleared from her walkway in Glace Bay, N.S., he knew he was going to need some extra muscle.

ANTIGONISH, N.S. — RCMP in northeastern Nova Scotia say a 27-year-old man faces a second-degree murder charge in connection with a death on the Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation.

HALIFAX — Oceana Canada wants Ottawa to exercise caution as it prepares to reopen the redfish fishery this spring following a decades-long moratorium.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is aiming to cut wait times for driving tests by spending $2.3 million to hire more examiners.

HALIFAX — A senior politician in Nova Scotia's rural Pictou County said Thursday his municipality was still struggling to clear last weekend's massive snowfall, partly because the area had been overlooked by the provincial government.

SYDNEY, N.S. — A family of five are among the survivors after a remarkable rescue from an apartment building that caught fire in Cape Breton during last weekend's paralyzing snowstorm.

HALIFAX — The Halifax Regional Municipality is telling people living at five of 11 authorized homeless encampments that they must leave, but some unhoused residents say they won't go until they have an option that's better than staying in a tent.