Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — A Halifax-based biologist who helped to document the first recorded case of an orca caring for the offspring of another species says the finding sheds light on a complex animal relationship.

HALIFAX — Atlantic provinces that are willing to welcome some of the thousands of asylum seekers who have entered the country outside official ports of entry will get help from Ottawa to shoulder the cost, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.

HALIFAX — The family of a 37-year-old Nova Scotia woman who died in hospital on New Year's Eve after a seven-hour wait to see a doctor is suing the province's health authority, alleging that negligence is to blame.

HALIFAX — A former Liberal member of the Nova Scotia legislature has received a one-year licence suspension and a $1,000 fine after pleading guilty to a charge of impaired driving. Hugh MacKay, the former member for Chester-St.

HALIFAX — The public inquiry that investigated the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia announced today it will release its final report on March 30.

HALIFAX — A jury found a former Halifax medical student guilty of second-degree murder on Saturday in the 2015 shooting death of a fellow student whose body has never been found.

GRAND LAKE STATION, N.S. — A 23-year-old man has died in a single-vehicle crash north of Halifax after his car left the highway and went into a ditch.

HALIFAX — The Halifax jury that will decide the fate of William Sandeson, an ex-medical student accused of murder, has concluded its deliberations for the day without reaching a verdict.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia man accused of killing a couple in their Hants County home more than 22 years ago will face a new trial after the Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday refused to hear a Crown appeal.

HALIFAX — Opposition parties in Nova Scotia say they’re concerned the province lacks the housing and health-care resources to support newcomers as immigration to the province reaches new highs.