Nova Scotia News

Nova Scotia opens key facility in its major health-care overhaul for Halifax area

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's massive health-care redevelopment plan will cross a key milestone next week with the opening of an outpatient centre in suburban Halifax that is expected to treat 280,000 patients a year.

Nov 15, 2023 3:17 PM Read more >

After July floods took four lives, Nova Scotia plans flood plain mapping by 2026

HALIFAX — A plan is now in place to create the kind of detailed flood plain maps that some of Nova Scotia's emergency managers have said they lacked when torrential flooding occurred in July.

Nov 15, 2023 2:46 PM Read more >

Unions say better working conditions needed for Nova Scotia's home-care sector

HALIFAX — Better working conditions and more safety considerations are needed to ensure Nova Scotia can recruit and keep workers in its overstressed home-care sector, a pair of union leaders told a legislature committee Tuesday.

Nov 14, 2023 3:54 PM Read more >

In Halifax, a city surrounded by forests, citizens call for wildfire escape routes

HALIFAX — As she stood outside her Halifax home recently and recalled the acrid smoke that filled the horizon last spring, Antoniella Assalone wondered whether she will have a safe escape route if another wildfire comes.

Nov 13, 2023 3:00 AM Read more >

N.S. man charged with attempted murder after stabbing

MIDDLE SACKVILLE, N.S. — RCMP in Nova Scotia have charged a 41-year-old man with attempted murder following an alleged stabbing that left another man with life-threatening injuries.

Nov 12, 2023 4:13 PM Read more >

Halifax Rifles to mark Remembrance Day with parade on city's Common

HALIFAX — A historic Halifax-based military unit is returning to the city’s Common for the first time in decades with a parade to mark Remembrance Day.

Nov 10, 2023 1:27 PM Read more >

'The monsters and opioids had her.' N.S. minister describes daughter's addiction

HALIFAX — The scourge that is Canada's opioid addiction crisis was laid bare in the Nova Scotia legislature this week as politicians of every stripe rose to share personal stories about their struggles with this notorious class of drugs.

Nov 10, 2023 6:55 AM Read more >

N.S. legislature ready to consider changes to avoid sitting until midnight most days

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia legislature was set Thursday to conclude a fall sitting marked by rancorous debate and opposition delay tactics after the government extended work hours to push through its agenda.

Nov 9, 2023 4:08 PM Read more >

Advocates laud Halifax disaster registry to aid vulnerable, but want system expanded

HALIFAX — Advocates are welcoming a new registry in Halifax that helps vulnerable citizens receive specialized help during emergencies, but they say the service should be available across the province.

Nov 9, 2023 3:19 PM Read more >

Four Nova Scotians awarded province's highest award for bravery

HALIFAX — Talbot Boyer had seen a lot during his four years as a Halifax transit bus driver, but nothing like the life-threatening scene he encountered on a downtown street early on Jan. 29, 2021.

Nov 8, 2023 1:50 PM Read more >