Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — As speculation mounts about a pending provincial election in Nova Scotia, a member of the Opposition Liberals crossed the floor Tuesday to join the governing Progressive Conservatives.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia doesn’t provide effective cybersecurity for its digital health networks, and as a result is exposed to unnecessary risk, says a new report by the province’s auditor general.

HALIFAX — The estimated population of North Atlantic right whales increased in 2023, but marine scientists say human behaviour still poses a significant threat to the critically endangered species.

The head of the East Coast Music Association says she's working to address concerns some in the local music community are raising over a slate of recent changes.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government has released a code of conduct for municipal politicians across the province.

HALIFAX — Police say they are investigating the sudden death of a 19-year-old female employee at a Halifax Walmart on Saturday night. The city's regional police force says officers were called to the store on Mumford Road at around 9:30 p.m.

HALIFAX — Former Liberal MP Andy Fillmore has been elected as Halifax's newest mayor, as municipalities across the region took to the polls on Saturday.

ENFIELD, N.S. — Police in Nova Scotia are investigating two deaths in the Halifax area that they're treating as suspicious. RCMP say they were called to a home in the community of Enfield on Friday morning for a well-being check on two people.

HALIFAX — With a crowded field of 16 candidates vying to be Halifax's next mayor, candidates have not always found it easy to stand out.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia cabinet minister says the cost of removing huge moorings abandoned in the harbour entrance of a Bay of Fundy community likely won't be covered by a deposit left by a bankrupt tidal energy firm.