Nova Scotia News

SYDNEY, N.S. — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston today announced the province's first urgent treatment centre, to open Nov. 1 in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Houston, who was in North Sydney, N.S.

TRURO, N.S. — A 20-year-old man charged with second-degree murder in the death of Prabhjot Singh Katri had two court dates set Monday during a brief hearing in Truro, N.S.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is reporting one new death related to COVID-19, and 57 new cases of the virus since its last update on Friday.

WESTPHAL, N.S. — Before Howard Benjamin heard about the East Preston Empowerment Academy outside Halifax, shortcomings in his math and reading comprehension skills were holding him back in his desire to find work as an electrician.

HALIFAX — The critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population is continuing to decline, with the estimated number of whales at its lowest level in nearly 20 years. The U.S.

HALIFAX — An aerospace engineer who lives in Halifax has been elected as the new leader of the Nova Scotia Green Party.

TRURO, N.S. — Police in Truro, N.S., have laid a murder charge against a 20-year-old man in relation to the death of Prabhjot Singh Katri. Investigators say officers responded to a call at about 2:07 am. on Sept.

HALIFAX — A former Nova Scotia medical student whose murder conviction was overturned last year has failed in his third attempt to be released on bail.

HALIFAX — Alberta-based AltaGas has abandoned its plan to create huge salt caverns north of Halifax to store natural gas, saying the Alton Gas storage project is no longer part of its business focus.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is making some road safety changes by amending an old act because a wide-ranging bill passed in 2018 that transforms the rules of the road in the province still hasn't been proclaimed.