Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — The Halifax Regional Municipality and Nova Scotia government are opening a temporary homeless shelter near the city's downtown in two weeks.

MARGAREE VALLEY, N.S. — Nova Scotia RCMP say a 48-year-old Inverness man has died after a snowmobile crash in Margaree Valley. Police say the man was operating a snowmobile on a marked trail when he struck a tree Friday morning.

HALIFAX — A secluded and overgrown cemetery in rural Cape Breton, the final resting place for some of Nova Scotia's earliest settlers, is slowly crumbling into a nearby river. "They would be descendants of the Scots ...

HALIFAX — A former student at Acadia Divinity College has filed a lawsuit against the school in Wolfville, N.S.

HALIFAX — A homeless man who died at a Halifax encampment last month had been fighting for improved income assistance for people living in tents, his lawyer said Wednesday.

HUBBARDS, N.S. — Hundreds across Canada are set to celebrate 2024 with a polar bear plunge Monday, maintaining a long-held tradition of braving the January cold for a swim to mark the new year. Joanie McNally, from Sackville N.S.

HALIFAX — Not so long ago, the largest community in Cape Breton was best known as home to one of the most toxic waste sites in North America: the infamous Sydney tar ponds.

BIBLE HILL, N.S. — Nova Scotia RCMP say they are investigating a suspected arson in Bible Hill following an early morning house fire and the discovery of an abandoned car on a nearby highway.

Halifax area RCMP say they are looking for a suspect in a home invasion and robbery in Gaetz Brook. Police say a man was operating an excavator on a property in the community on Friday when another man appeared and pointed a gun at him.

HALIFAX — Environment Canada says residents in New Brunswick and some parts of Nova Scotia should prepare for icy, slippery conditions as freezing rain turns to snow.