Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative government made an unexpected announcement Wednesday that it will index income assistance payments to keep up with inflation.

HALIFAX — The RCMP released today a strategy that they say will ensure “meaningful change” results from their response to the public inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government will erect prefabricated homes at sites near two hospitals in the province as part of a $45-million program to address housing shortages for health-care workers.

HALIFAX — A senior Bank of Canada official says the need to improve productivity has reached an emergency level as the economy faces a future where inflation may be more of a threat than in the past few decades.

HALIFAX — Notorious Nova Scotia crime figure B.J. Marriott has been designated a dangerous offender and will be locked up indefinitely — a decision his lawyer intends to challenge.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia judge approved a process Monday aimed at finding buyers or investors willing to bid on SaltWire Network Inc. and The Halifax Herald Ltd., the two companies that operate Atlantic Canada's largest newspaper enterprise.

HALIFAX — Lives could be put at risk if the Nova Scotia government doesn't maintain limits on who can access sensitive medical information about patients, a sexual assault survivor told a legislature committee on Monday. Carrie Smith, of Digby, N.S.

HALIFAX — Nelly Furtado flew through the Juno Awards with gusto as Charlotte Cardin, Talk and the Beaches emerged as notable winners in a night of surprises, breakthroughs and political commentary.

HALIFAX — The 2024 Juno Awards rocked Halifax with a televised bash Sunday night.

HALIFAX — Artists from three corners of Canada's music scene emerged as big winners at the Juno Awards industry gala on Saturday as rapper Tobi, alternative singer Aysanabee and pop star Tate McRae came out on top.