Nova Scotia News

Trudeau says dealing with Trump will be 'a little more challenging' than last time

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said dealing with incoming president Donald Trump and his thundering on trade will be "a little more challenging" than the last time he was in the White House.

Dec 9, 2024 4:27 PM Read more >

North anxious over dwindling necessities, no Christmas gifts, due to postal strike

HALIFAX — Community leaders in Northern Canada say the postal strike is choking off the supply of some necessities and could mean children in more remote regions don't receive gifts this year during the holiday season.

Dec 9, 2024 4:11 PM Read more >

In once tranquil N.S. town, intimidation in the lobster industry now all too common

METEGHAN, N.S. — Standing by a bullet hole in his dining room wall, lobster buyer Geoffrey Jobert says such attacks have become an all-too-familiar reality in Nova Scotia's largest fishery. Overnight on Nov.

Dec 8, 2024 5:00 AM Read more >

3 in 10 residential property buyers in N.S. were investors in 2018-2020: StatCan

HALIFAX — Statistics Canada says investors represented three in 10 residential property buyers in Nova Scotia between 2018 and 2020 — the highest volume of such buyers among provinces where data is available.

Dec 7, 2024 3:51 PM Read more >

Not just for your parents: Facebook's buy-and-sell platform drawing back millennials

HALIFAX — A historic 400-kilogram anchor that was dragged up from the ocean floor off Cape St. Mary’s in Newfoundland sits propped up against a tree in front of Tyler Stapleton’s house.

Dec 7, 2024 5:00 AM Read more >

Recruitment program brings more than 100 foreign-trained pharmacists to Nova Scotia

HALIFAX — One year after its launch, a streamlined licensing program aimed at attracting foreign-trained pharmacists to Nova Scotia has drawn more than 100 applicants to the province.

Dec 6, 2024 4:56 PM Read more >

Federal fisheries proposal would slash commercial elver quota in 2025

HALIFAX — Commercial elver fishers in the Maritimes are dismissing new quotas for the 2025 season, saying they would significantly cut their share of the lucrative baby eel fishery.

Dec 6, 2024 2:45 PM Read more >

Canada's housing crisis leads to more unsafe housing for victims of domestic violence

HALIFAX — Women’s advocates say provincial and federal governments need to step up efforts to create housing for people escaping gender-based violence because too many women are forced to remain in unsafe situations after being abused.

Dec 6, 2024 12:54 PM Read more >

Police investigate double murder after burned bodies found in car in Nova Scotia

GREENHILL, N.S. — Police say they're investigating a double murder after receiving the autopsy results on the bodies of two people found in a burned car in northeastern Nova Scotia.

Dec 6, 2024 11:26 AM Read more >

Police investigating after second homeless Nova Scotia man dies in as many weeks

KENTVILLE, N.S. — Police in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley are investigating the second sudden death of a homeless person within the past two weeks, prompting a local social advocate to sound the alarm about worsening weather.

Dec 5, 2024 3:56 PM Read more >