Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Federal fisheries officials shut down the lucrative baby eel fishery in the Maritimes on Saturday amid growing concerns of illegal poaching and violence.

HUBBARDS, N.S. — A man who police say was assaulted with a pipe is now facing a charge for uttering threats during an argument that occurred just before the alleged attack.

HUBBARDS, N.S. — Police in Nova Scotia say they've charged two men after an attack early today in a small community on the southern outskirts of Halifax following an argument that involved fishing for baby eels.

HALIFAX — At the heart of the multi-volume report into Canada's worst mass shooting lies a recommendation calling for governments to replace 19th-century principles about law enforcement with a revised notion of what police are for.

UPPER NAPPAN, N.S. — A largely rural municipality in northern Nova Scotia is looking into replacing the RCMP as its local police force almost three years after a mass shooting claimed the lives of four residents.

HALIFAX — The senior Roman Catholic bishop in Nova Scotia is holding meetings this weekend along the province's Acadian shore to discuss offers on two huge and historic churches.

HALIFAX — A six-year-old girl and her parents were at the Nova Scotia legislature Tuesday to lobby for the province to cover the cost of using cannabis oil to treat her seizures.

HALIFAX — A historic building in the Halifax Public Gardens was damaged by a suspicious fire late Monday, marking the third time in less than a year that the beloved downtown park has been damaged while it was closed.

SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. — An investigation is underway after a man was found dead following a boating collision on a small lake in western Nova Scotia, police said Monday.

YARMOUTH, N.S. — A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at the Yarmouth Regional Hospital, in western Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotia Health Authority issued a statement on the weekend saying fewer than 10 patients had been infected.