Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's police watchdog is investigating after a Halifax police officer fired a service weapon Tuesday evening. Police said Tuesday a man was taken to hospital following an interaction with officers.

SYDNEY, N.S. — A 47-year-man has appeared in court on one count of abducting a child in connection with the disappearance of a 14-year-old Cape Breton Indigenous teenager who was recently found safe.

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. — Police in New Glasgow, N.S., are investigating after racist graffiti was spray-painted on a building and on several streets over the weekend. Const.

HALIFAX — A Halifax-area company is rolling out five automated drug dispensers across Canada this week, which can provide safe, doctor-prescribed medication to opioid addicts by scanning their palm.

Halifax police say a 39-year-old man faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of a 40-year-old man in early July. Police say they arrested Ian Matthew Huskins today at Halifax Provincial Court.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's police watchdog says there are no grounds to charge two Halifax police officers who responded during an April 7 incident that resulted in the death of a man who jumped off an apartment balcony.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia RCMP say they plan to release more information today about potential charges against a man who was found Saturday with an Indigenous girl who had been missing for over a week.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is reporting one additional death linked to COVID-19, and two new cases of the virus. The province says a man over age 80 died in the Northern Zone, which encompasses the Colchester-East Hants, Cumberland and Pictou areas.

ESKASONI, N.S. — The entire We'koqma'q Mi'kmaq First Nation in Nova Scotia is breathing a sigh of relief, Chief Rod Googoo said Saturday, after an Indigenous girl who had been missing for more than a week was found safe.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Liberal party says it will host a leadership convention in February 2021 to announce the next head of the party — and crown a new premier.