Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — The RCMP in Nova Scotia have handed a $1,000 fine to a university student from outside the Atlantic region for failing to self-isolate. The Mounties issued a statement Saturday saying the student in Wolfville, N.S.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is easing but not lifting self-isolation requirements for out-of-province rotational workers when they return home.

SPRINGHILL, N.S. — RMCP say they’re looking to identify a suspect in a possible attempted abduction near Springhill, N.S. Police responded to a complaint around 8 p.m.

MELVERN SQUARE, N.S. — RCMP in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley say a 22-year-old man is dead following a collision between a motorcycle and a car. Police say the accident occurred around 5:30 p.m.

Mounties were told a man may have tried to lure the young child into his car on Valley Rd.

PICTOU LANDING, N.S. — A man in Pictou Landing, N.S., has been arrested and charged after a standoff with police in the First Nation community on Thursday morning, the RCMP said. Authorities were called at 3 a.m.

STELLARTON, N.S. — Empire Co. Ltd., which owns the Sobeys and Safeway grocery chains, reported its first-quarter profit rose nearly 50 per cent compared with a year ago as its sales climbed nine per cent. The grocer says it earned $191.

Mounties say they have a suspect in custody

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Tory leader says the province's attorney general is in conflict of interest when it comes to setting terms of reference for the public inquiry into the April mass shooting.

HALIFAX — Public health officials are working to determine whether a home care nurse in Nova Scotia has been reinfected with COVID-19. Dr.