Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — The Northern Pulp mill is taking legal action after fishermen blocked survey boats hired to examine a route for a contentious undersea effluent pipeline.

HALIFAX — A man wept in court Wednesday after watching a video that showed a police officer apparently striking him in the face outside a Halifax homeless shelter. Joseph (Patrice) Simard was testifying at the trial of Const.

BLOCKHOUSE, N.S. — The RCMP is asking for tips to help locate four New Zealand military medals stolen from a parked car on Nova Scotia's South Shore.

HALIFAX — They first started appearing along Canada's East Coast about 10 years ago: towering Christmas trees fashioned out of carefully stacked lobster traps.

HALIFAX — A review committee says Nova Scotia's minimum wage — the country's lowest — should be raised 55 cents annually for the next three years. The total increase of $1.65 would see the minimum wage increased from $11 to $12.65 an hour by 2021.

HALIFAX — Premier Stephen McNeil is hinting his government may appeal a court ruling that says the province must consult with a Mi'kmaq community about how public money is provided to the Northern Pulp mill's effluent treatment plant.

HALIFAX — When others were running away from the burning car, Bruce Knocton ran towards it. Knocton, a sheriff's deputy, came across a life-and-death situation while making a familiar highway run between jails in Halifax and Pictou County.

HALIFAX — The emergency department at Atlantic Canada's largest children's hospital is doubling in size to handle a fast-rising number of patients.

HALIFAX — Health officials in Nova Scotia have approved the use of an ultrasound machine at the province's only abortion clinic, a decision a top official says will improve access.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia Supreme Court decision says the province must consult with a Mi'kmaq community about how public money is provided to a pulp mill that has sent its effluent into an estuary near the band for five decades.