Nova Scotia News

A woman was pronounced dead at the scene, while another female and a male were transported to hospital with undisclosed injuries.

HALIFAX — A Halifax man is alleging racial profiling played a role in his arrest and jailing after he and his spouse pulled their vehicle into a park to make a cell phone call during a winter night in 2018.

HALIFAX — Health officials in Nova Scotia are reporting one new case of COVID-19 today. They say the latest case was identified Tuesday and involves a person in the Central Zone of the province, who is in hospital.

HALIFAX — The family of a Dartmouth, N.S., woman alleged to have swung a dog by its leash during a roadside dispute is denouncing racist abuse directed at her after video of the incident went viral.

PICTOU, N.S. — The RCMP are investigating a racist letter sent last week to the leader of a First Nation who successfully battled for the end to decades of pulp effluent being poured into a lagoon near her Nova Scotia community.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's auditor general says the COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to raise costs for a health care expansion project that represents the largest capital output in the province's history.

HALIFAX — A group of students, alumni and some staff at St. Francis Xavier University are pushing back against a legal waiver that students are required to sign if they want to return to classrooms in the fall amid a global pandemic.

The 31-year old Halifax-based artist won for Country Recording of the Year and Rising Star Recording of the Year

DARTMOUTH, N.S. — Halifax Regional Police are investigating a suspicious death case in Dartmouth. They say officers were dispatched to an address on Lynwood Drive late Saturday morning where an 85-year-old woman was found deceased.

METEGHAN, N.S. — RCMP in Nova Scotia say they have laid more than a dozen charges related to a shooting that damaged several vehicles and a home.