Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is reporting one new case of COVID-19. That brings the total number of active cases in the province to six. Public health officials say one person is currently in hospital as a result of the novel coronavirus.

14-year old Molly Martin had been missing since August 13

ESKASONI, N.S. — RCMP say ground and aerial searches are continuing today along several trails in southeast Cape Breton for an Indigenous teenager who has been missing for more than a week.

HALIFAX — EllisDon construction company has been awarded a $259.4-million contract to design, build, finance and maintain an outpatient centre on the outskirts of Halifax.

HALIFAX — An appeal hearing has been set for a Nova Scotia man fighting the province's decision to revoke a personalized licence plate that bears his surname — Grabher.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's response in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic shrunk its surplus to $2.3 million for the fiscal year that ended March 31 — a figure $31.3 million smaller than initially projected in the 2019 budget.

CAPE BRETON, N.S. — The Native Women's Association of Canada has joined a chorus of voices calling on the RCMP to issue an Amber Alert in connection with the disappearance of a Cape Breton teenager who has not been seen for one week.

HALIFAX — University and college students entering Nova Scotia from outside Atlantic Canada will be required to undergo testing for COVID-19 in addition to self-isolating for 14 days.

HALIFAX — Licensed practical nurses across Nova Scotia are in line to get a significant pay raise.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia will spend $3.5 million on a larger home for children being treated at the IWK Health Centre, which will accommodate more families and eliminate a wait list at the current facility.