Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — A former RCMP officer told a Nova Scotia public inquiry on Tuesday that a tweet warning the public about the mass shooter driving a replica police vehicle should have been sent immediately after he ordered it, not two crucial hours later.

HALIFAX — The company contracted by Nova Scotia to monitor convicts serving community sentences isn't fulfilling its responsibilities, and probation officers aren't fully complying with corrections policies, the province's auditor general said Tuesda

HALIFAX — When a man disguised as a Mountie started killing people in northern Nova Scotia two years ago, there was considerable confusion over who was in charge of the RCMP operation, newly released documents show.

Halifax police say they are investigating a homicide after a woman was stabbed earlier in the day. Police say a 37-year-old woman died in hospital after being stabbed in the area of Sylvia Avenue and Herring Cove Road, in the city's south end.

HALIFAX — The RCMP's treatment of their tactical team in the days following the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia was characterized as “absolutely disgusting” Monday during testimony before the public inquiry examining the killings.

HALIFAX — A workplace death investigation is underway following a fatality last week at a Michelin tire plant in Nova Scotia.

HALIFAX — Eighteen months after a public inquiry was established in Nova Scotia to investigate the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history, lawyers representing most of the 22 victims say they are troubled about its slow progress and lack of w

HALIFAX — One person is in hospital and two suspects are in police custody after an altercation in Halifax's West End. Police were called to Rufus Avenue shortly before 7:30 p.m. Saturday for reports of an assault, possibly with a weapon.

ONSLOW MOUNTAIN, N.S. — Nova Scotia RCMP say a 35-year-old man is dead following a highway collision between two pickup trucks. Police say they responded around 9:30 p.m. Friday to a crash on Laybolt Road in Onslow Mountain, N.S.

HALIFAX — Questions about how a scallop dragger sank suddenly in 2020 are lingering for a crew member's mother, who this week installed a stone monument close to where the boat was lost.