Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Police in Nova Scotia are getting serious about imposing fines on people caught ignoring provincial orders aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is confirming three workers at separate long-term care homes have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in two days. The latest case is a worker at the Magnolia residential care home in Enfield.

NEW WATERFORD, N.S. — Fires that occurred overnight Saturday in Cape Breton have resulted in the death of one person in a seniors complex and forced over 40 other people out of their homes.

HALIFAX — The global COVID-19 pandemic is being described as the latest addition to the "perfect storm" facing Nova Scotia's beleaguered sawmill industry, leading some companies to cease purchasing fresh supplies of logs.

Those who attended a Bantam AAA Provincial Hockey Championship in Antigonish on March 12 are asked to monitor for COVID-19 symptoms

HALIFAX — The online theatrical piece starts in a faraway forest, moves across a parched desert, roiling seas and towering mountains before ending with a savage battle involving a furry beast. Not bad for a production that spans five minutes.

HALIFAX — As test results emerged Thursday showing Atlantic Canadian health and transit employees are testing positive for COVID-19, union leaders called for stepped-up safety precautions to protect their members.

HALIFAX — The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the province of Nova Scotia's bid to appeal whether it must consult with a Mi’kmaq community on how public money is provided to the Northern Pulp mill's effluent treatment plant.

HALIFAX — Health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador reported a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, announcing 32 new presumptive positive results — almost doubling the province's previous total.

HALIFAX — For Canadians awaiting life-changing operations, the novel coronavirus is creating deepening distress as cancellations and delays roll through the public health system.