Nova Scotia News

Halifax Regional Police say they are investigating a suspicious death case. They say officers responding to a weapons complaint Sunday evening located the body of a deceased male.

HALIFAX — A powerful storm with gusts and rapid snow accumulation is forecasted to create whiteout conditions as it blasts through the Maritimes Sunday evening and into Monday morning, Environment Canada said hours ahead of the projected winter blast

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Liberals named a youthful former cabinet minister and self-described agent of generational change to take the helm as they voted Saturday for Iain Rankin to become party leader and the province's next premier.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil held one of his last briefings with reporters Friday as the Liberal party geared up to choose a new leader.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia said Friday it will begin easing some COVID-19 restrictions because case numbers in the province remained low. Health officials reported zero new cases and said the province had eight active reported infections.

HALIFAX — A public backlash has forced the Halifax Transit authority to scrap plans for a Valentine's Day contest it called "Love in Transit.

PICTOU LANDING, N.S. — RCMP say they’ve charged a man in connection with a shooting late last year near Pictou Landing First Nation involving a dispute over lobster traps. Police said today 39-year-old Cameron Harold Fleury of Caribou, N.S.

NORTH PRESTON, N.S. — Nova Scotia RCMP are asking for the public's help with a recent homicide in the community of North Preston, east of Halifax.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's premier defended the provincial subsidy for the ferry service between Yarmouth and Maine on Thursday, despite operations being cancelled for the third consecutive year.

Halifax police are investigating a possible hate crime after receiving complaints about a smartphone app that used a racial slur to describe a predominantly Black community east of the city.