Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — More than 6,000 power customers in Nova Scotia were still without electricity Sunday morning, following a storm Friday that swept the province with freezing rain and high winds.

DIGBY, N.S. — An all-terrain vehicle rider is dead following a crash near Digby, N.S. Friday night. RCMP say they responded to the crash off the South Range Cross Road in North Range shortly before midnight.

LUNENBURG, N.S. — RCMP in Nova Scotia are warning the public about a phone scam in which callers pose as family members.

HALIFAX — Tens of thousands of people were still without power across Nova Scotia by midday Saturday in the wake of snow, freezing rain and strong winds that swept the province. Nova Scotia Power reported 37,000 customers still affected by 11 a.m.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is continuing to entertain the idea of selling a section of rugged, Crown-owned land along the Eastern Shore to a private developer, despite growing public opposition.

HALIFAX — The Transportation Safety Board says the driver of a vehicle struck by a freight train at a private crossing outside Halifax last summer did not obey the posted stop sign.

ABERCROMBIE, N.S. — The parent company for the Northern Pulp mill has announced former Nova Scotia premier John Hamm has resigned from a board connected with the mill.

HALIFAX — Schools across the Maritimes were closed today amid a messy mix of ice pellets, freezing rain and snow, courtesy of a storm that moved into the region overnight.

HALIFAX — Talks are ongoing regarding the repayment of millions of dollars in outstanding loans owed to the province by the mothballed Northern Pulp mill, Nova Scotia's premier said Thursday.

HALIFAX — A 31-year-old man shot in Halifax last month has died in hospital, police said Thursday. Police said the cause of the man's death has not yet been determined, adding they won't release his identity until it is. The man was shot on Jan.