Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — A Halifax man and his spouse testified Thursday in front of a police review board that they believe race played a role in his 2018 arrest and jailing after they'd stopped in park to make a quick phone call.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia Teachers Union says it has reached an agreement with the province that restores the union rights of school psychologists, speech language pathologists and social workers.

HALIFAX — A law firm representing the families of victims of the April mass shooting in Nova Scotia has hired a criminal investigation firm as it prepares two potential class-action lawsuits.

HALIFAX — Haneesha Relwani, third-year marketing student at Acadia University, would normally be preparing at this time of year to travel home to St. Kitts and Nevis to see family.

HALIFAX — The federal Fisheries Department says data gathered from a Nova Scotia bay where a self-regulated Mi'kmaq lobster fishery has been recently launched shows a decrease in the catch in recent years.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's police watchdog has cleared two officers of wrongdoing following the arrest of a Black woman who was struck in the face by one officer and later alleged she was a victim of racial profiling.

HALIFAX — The Atlantic bubble won't reopen to the rest of Canada "any time soon" given the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in some parts of the country, says Nova Scotia's premier.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia man whose wife tried to stop his medically assisted death in court has died in hospital.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia Police Review Board is allowing a case of alleged racial profiling to proceed after lawyers for two Halifax officers sought to have it ended on procedural grounds.

HALIFAX — A second candidate has jumped into the race to succeed Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil as provincial Liberal leader and premier, ensuring a contest ahead of the party's deadline for entrants.