Nova Scotia News

Nova Scotia traffic stop led to major cocaine seizure by U.S. Homeland unit

HALIFAX 鈥� American and Canadian police displayed a table full of drugs and cash on Monday as they described how a traffic stop in Nova Scotia in May led to one of the largest cocaine busts in western New York state a few months later.

Sep 26, 2023 2:50 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia ambulance service plagued by continuing poor response times, says auditor

HALIFAX 鈥� Nova Scotia鈥檚 ambulance service is in a 鈥渃ritical state鈥� and is failing to meet mandated response times for emergency calls and for patient transfers at hospitals, auditor general Kim Adair reported Tuesday.

Sep 26, 2023 12:42 PM Read more >

N.S. hospital administrative staff hold rallies across province for higher wages

HALIFAX 鈥� Dozens of unionized hospital administrative staff swapped their keyboards for placards Monday as they rallied for higher pay outside of a Halifax hospital.

Sep 25, 2023 1:55 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia expands immigration program in bid to fill pharmacy, paramedic jobs

HALIFAX 鈥� Nova Scotia is expanding a fast-tracked immigration program to include international students who want to become paramedics and pharmacy technicians, in its latest move to address health worker shortages.

Sep 22, 2023 12:39 PM Read more >

Federal Fiona recovery fund providing $9 million for community comfort centres

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. 鈥� Communities hit last year by post-tropical storm Fiona can access $9 million in federal funding to help bolster facilities that can offer refuge to residents affected by the next big storm.

Sep 22, 2023 12:07 PM Read more >

A year after Fiona: Nova Scotians still fear blackouts as utility claims improvements

HALIFAX 鈥� Vaughn Mullen has grown weary of Nova Scotia Power's promises for improvement, as fall hurricane season brings lengthy power outages he feels could be avoided.

Sep 22, 2023 2:00 AM Read more >

Nova Scotia RCMP street check apology needed, says minister who cites own experience

HALIFAX 鈥� The RCMP's promise to apologize for street checks that targeted Black people is being welcomed by the new African Nova Scotian Affairs minister, but she says she is more interested in what it will mean for future police conduct.

Sep 21, 2023 3:09 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia to mirror Ottawa and remove sales tax from new rental constructions

HALIFAX 鈥� Nova Scotia will remove the provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax from the construction of new rental apartment buildings, Premier Tim Houston said Thursday.

Sep 21, 2023 2:22 PM Read more >

Most of Nova Scotia's lobster fleet well-suited to go electric: study

HALIFAX 鈥� An environmental group has concluded that about 2,300 lobster boats operating off Nova Scotia are suitable candidates to switch from diesel to electric motor, a change that would slash the industry's emissions.

Sep 21, 2023 11:14 AM Read more >

Halifax housing protester cleared of kicking police but guilty on two other charges

HALIFAX 鈥� A woman arrested during a housing protest two years ago in Halifax has been found not guilty of two of four charges after being accused of assaulting three police officers.

Sep 20, 2023 2:03 PM Read more >