Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s housing minister says any request for the province to buy homes damaged in a Halifax suburb in flooding last July would have to come from the municipality.

HALIFAX — A report published Thursday says the rising costs of shelter and food in Nova Scotia have contributed to a large jump over the last year in what’s considered a living wage in the province.

HALIFAX — With tensions rising over unauthorized lobster fishing in southwestern Nova Scotia, the province's fisheries minister says he intends to increase the maximum fine to $1 million for commercial buyers who are caught selling out-of-season lobs

HALIFAX — David Oxford says he hopes the Nova Scotia government will consider buying and demolishing his flood-damaged home in the Halifax area, as he fears climate change will bring more dangerous downpours to his street.

HALIFAX — Bruce Guthro, a legendary singer-songwriter from Cape Breton whose career spanned four decades and both sides of the Atlantic, has died. He was 62.

HALIFAX — The federal Fisheries Department is remaining silent while it reviews last week’s court ruling that affirms Ottawa’s decision to transfer part of the lucrative Maritimes elver fishery quota in 2022 to First Nations fishers.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia inquiry that investigated why former Canadian soldier Lionel Desmond fatally shot three family members and himself in 2017 is set to resume for at least one day of hearings next week.

TIDNISH, N.S. — RCMP in Nova Scotia are searching for a 64-year-old man who went boating and hasn't returned. Police say the man took his boat on the Tidnish River on Saturday. Cumberland County RCMP began looking for him on Sunday morning.

INDIAN HARBOUR, N.S. — Paul Service can still remember the smell of jet fuel wafting through the air after the deadly crash of Swissair Flight 111. Service was one of hundreds of first responders who took part in the recovery mission in St.

HALIFAX — Premier Tim Houston is marking 25 years since the crash of Swissair Flight 111 off Nova Scotia claimed the lives of 229 passengers and crew. The MD-11 passenger jet plunged into the waters near Peggy's Cove on Sept.