Nova Scotia News

RCMP lay charges in vehicle fire at lobster pound

31-year-old Michael Burton Nickerson of Yarmouth County charged with setting fire to a vehicle on Oct. 13

Oct 18, 2020 8:41 AM Read more >

Fire burns down lobster pound in southwest Nova Scotia

The fire follows two raids by commercial fishermen on lobster pounds in southwest Nova Scotia earlier this week

Oct 17, 2020 11:14 AM Read more >

RCMP lays charges after two-month drug trafficking investigation

The traffic stop was part of a two month investigation into drug trafficking in Colchester County

Oct 17, 2020 9:28 AM Read more >

Policing must be adequate to keep 'everyone' safe in Indigenous lobster dispute: PM

HALIFAX — Justin Trudeau called Friday for federal agencies to ensure those involved in an Indigenous-led lobster fishery are safe, a day after a Mi'kmaq chief accused him of offering words rather than action.

Oct 16, 2020 3:58 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia reports one new case of COVID-19, has four active cases

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is reporting one new case of COVID-19. Health officials say the new case is in the central health zone, which includes Halifax, and is related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada. The infected person is in self-isolation.

Oct 16, 2020 12:56 PM Read more >

N.S., B.C. police watchdogs to probe officers' destruction of evidence in Assoun case

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's police watchdog agency is asking its British Columbia equivalent to assist in probing whether officers broke the law when evidence was destroyed in the case of a wrongfully convicted man.

Oct 16, 2020 12:32 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia offers loan program for large tourism operators hit by pandemic

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is offering $50 million in loan guarantees for the province's larger tourism operators struggling to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Oct 16, 2020 11:57 AM Read more >

First Nations chief calls on Trudeau to help settle Nova Scotia lobster dispute

DIGBY, N.S. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to do more than send tweets to settle an increasingly violent dispute over an Indigenous-led lobster fishery in Nova Scotia, a First Nations chief said Thursday.

Oct 15, 2020 4:00 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia is last Atlantic province to adopt federal COVID Alert smartphone app

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is the latest province to adopt the federal government's COVID-19 exposure-notification app for smartphones.

Oct 15, 2020 11:45 AM Read more >

Lobster catch destroyed, vehicle burned as tension rises over Indigenous fishery

HALIFAX — A First Nations chief appealed Wednesday for calm and an increased police presence after an angry non-Indigenous crowd damaged two Nova Scotia lobster facilities that handle catches from Mi'kmaq fishers.

Oct 14, 2020 9:26 PM Read more >