Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's health authority has been ordered to conduct a "violence in the workplace" assessment in the wake of an attack by a patient on a pregnant nurse at the East Coast Forensic Hospital over a year ago.

SHEET HARBOUR, N.S. — Police say they made two arrests after responding to a threat of violence at a high school on Nova Scotia's eastern shore. RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Jennifer Clarke says investigators responded to the threat at about 12:38 p.m.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation says it sold $33 million worth of cannabis in its most recent fiscal year, but the Crown agency also reported a lower profit margin.

HALIFAX — The former CEO of Atlantic Canada's largest children's hospital has chosen to face a potentially lengthy and complex fraud trial in provincial court, her lawyer says.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's official Opposition leader says a marathon court battle for details on public ferry subsidies shows that the province's information commissioner needs more legally binding powers.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotians are being asked to remove bird feeders and close up bird baths as a fatal disease spread by damp, human-provided seed is killing purple finches.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia Securities Commission has issued an alert to investors about a Toronto-based investment manager. The commission says Weizhen Tang is not registered to sell securities in Nova Scotia.

HALIFAX — Endangered birds filmed swooping above the canopy of a Nova Scotia forest have helped convince the province to halt further logging in the area.

AMHERST, N.S. — Simple signs with a pair of blue hearts capture a small town's sentiments over the rescue of two young Maritime women from kidnappers in Ghana. A sign on the main street of Amherst, N.S.

WOLFVILLE, N.S. — Nova Scotia's Acadia University is advising students to be on the lookout for aggressive crows.