Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — For years to come, the village of Portapique, N.S., will likely be defined by tragedy.

HALIFAX — Whether it's the auctioning of police light bars or the availability of official RCMP decals, people familiar with the public trade in police gear say it's time to crack down on the potentially dangerous practice.

PORTAPIQUE, N.S. — The victims in one of Canada's worst mass killings include an RCMP officer, a teacher, two nurses, neighbours of the shooter and two correctional officers killed in their home.

HALIFAX — As police closed in on a killer who had already murdered more than a dozen people in a rural corner of Nova Scotia, the suspect narrowly escaped by driving a replica police car through a field under cover of darkness, the RCMP revealed Tues

HALIFAX — As Prince Edward Island became the latest Atlantic province to announce a plan to gradually ease COVID-19 restrictions, Nova Scotia's top doctor offered hope that a plan is in the works, while cautioning it will likely be weeks before anyth

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government has activated a roster of psychologists to help address the mental health challenges facing the province's weary population.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotians struggling with the devastating aftermath of a mass shooting are looking for a commitment from the province's leaders to set up a public inquiry to help answer a long list of unanswered questions.

HALIFAX — An online campaign has begun seeking to change the name of a Nova Scotia high school to honour the RCMP officer killed during the shooting rampage that claimed 22 lives in the province earlier this month.

Police say a truck overturned in median on Highway 104 and the driver was ejected from the vehicle.

HALIFAX — Public Health officials in Nova Scotia reported two more deaths related to COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the provincial total to 24.