Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Disability rights advocates are calling for Nova Scotia to commit to spending the money needed to get people out of institutions and into the community.

HALIFAX — A Halifax-bound Via Rail train derailed Thursday in New Brunswick, but the rail carrier says there were no injuries to the 94 passengers and 15 crew.

HALIFAX — A lawyer for a Nova Scotia motorist whose licence was suspended after her saliva tested positive for cannabis says his firm will use the case to launch a constitutional challenge of Canada's revamped impaired driving laws.

HALIFAX — A court hearing to seek the release of evidence that led to the acquittal of a Nova Scotia man who was wrongfully convicted of murder has been set for early July.

HALIFAX — A Halifax-area pharmacy will be offering free feminine hygiene products to customers in need — and is suggesting other drugstores could do the same.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's premier says he was never told about old allegations of verbal and physical confrontations involving current Education Minister Zach Churchill.

HALIFAX — The court-ordered monitor picking over the remains of the shuttered QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency platform says the insolvent operation should be placed in bankruptcy.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government proposed legislative changes Wednesday that would lift foreign ownership restrictions for Nova Scotia Power's parent company, Halifax-based Emera Inc.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's premier met with the union representing workers at the embattled Northern Pulp mill Wednesday, telling them he thinks the mill has a future — but only if it meets environmental standards.

HALIFAX — A subsidiary of Japan's giant Mitsubishi Corporation has unveiled an ambitious proposal to build salmon farms in Nova Scotia.