Nova Scotia News

NORTH PRESTON, N.S. — Nova Scotia RCMP announced late Wednesday that a 10-year-old boy who had been missing outside Halifax since Tuesday has been found safe following an intensive daylong search.

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. — A Nova Scotia physician has agreed to give up his licence after a tiny camera was discovered on the wall of the staff washroom at his clinic.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is proposing to enshrine a series of environment and climate change targets in legislation, including a new goal of phasing out coal-fired electricity generation by 2030.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is reporting 26 new cases of COVID-19 today. Officials have identified 22 cases in the Halifax area and four cases in the province's northern zone. The province currently has 146 active infections.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has passed legislation banning protests that block access to hospitals and other health-care facilities.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has registered its 100th death since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials say a woman in her 70s has died in the province's western zone.

HALIFAX — A former Nova Scotia medical student whose murder conviction was overturned last year is appealing a judge's decision to deny him bail.

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.