Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Schools across Nova Scotia were closed or arranged for early closures today as Environment Canada forecast between five and 15 centimetres of snow across the province.

HALIFAX — WildBrain Ltd. warns that its revenue will be negatively affected this year by YouTube's recently introduced new rules for advertising aimed at children under age 13.

HALIFAX — Dozens of people from Nova Scotia's forestry industry pressed their concerns Wednesday over the sector's future to members of a government transition team tasked with providing assistance following the closure of the Northern Pulp mill.

HALIFAX — Rare "intimate" video that captures wild Atlantic salmon spawning in a Nova Scotia brook near a proposed gold mine should help persuade governments to reject the project, conservation groups said Wednesday.

HALIFAX — An acquittal has been upheld in a case where a former Halifax university groundskeeper was accused of sexually assaulting a young woman and recording portions of the incident on his phone.

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S.

HALIFAX — Further measures are coming to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale in Canadian waters, federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan told a meeting on fishing gear innovation Tuesday.

HALIFAX — Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr provided a small window of insight about his life since his return to Canada in 2013 during a rare public speaking appearance in Halifax.

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S.

HALIFAX — The Opposition Progressive Conservatives in Nova Scotia say they'll introduce legislation to welcome ridesharing in the province.