Nova Scotia News

PORTERS LAKE, N.S. — Residents of more than 500 homes that were threatened by a forest fire in an area east of Halifax are being allowed to return now that officials have lifted an evacuation order.

HALIFAX — A procession honouring the Canadian Forces Snowbirds team member killed in a recent plane crash began under blue skies in Halifax Sunday evening, as the remains of the young officer remembered for her bright smile arrived in her hometown.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia reported one new case of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the provincial total to 1,050.

HALIFAX — The repeated threats and isolation a Nova Scotia mass shooter allegedly used against his spouse show why such cruelty should be a criminal offence in Canada, experts on domestic violence say.

PORTERS LAKE, N.S. — More than 1,000 residents in a community east of Halifax were being evacuated from their homes Saturday due to a nearby wildfire that was estimated to cover 40 hectares by late afternoon.

CHESTER BASIN, N.S. — A forest fire covering about 27 hectares of land near Chester Grant, N.S., was deemed 100 per cent contained by Saturday afternoon, a day after the blaze broke out. The Lands and Forestry department tweeted at 4 p.m.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia confirmed one more case of COVID-19 Saturday, bringing the total to 1,049. The province says there are 12 residents and four staff with active cases at the hard-hit Northwood long-term care facility in Halifax.

CHESTER BASIN, N.S. — Crews are fighting a wildfire near Chester Grant, N.S., that has grown is size to more than 20 hectares.

HALIFAX — An early trial of a prospective COVID-19 vaccine that will soon be tested on Canadians has found it to be safe and effective at prompting an immune response.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has identified two new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total of confirmed cases to 1,048.