Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Cities across Canada are reporting a rise in fires, sometimes deadly, in tents and other shelters used by unhoused people — a situation advocates say is a tragic consequence of the country's homelessness crisis.

TRURO, N.S. — The head of the independent committee overseeing how governments and the RCMP are responding to recommendations from the Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry says she has no complaints so far.

HALIFAX — Thousands of residents across the Maritimes spent Tuesday without electricity as utility crews scrambled to repair power lines damaged by a powerful windstorm that roared over the region on Monday.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government says it’s very concerned about safety at Halifax’s homeless encampments after tents caught fire at two sites over the weekend.

HALIFAX — Strong winds across the Maritimes have knocked out power to tens of thousands of electrical customers in the region. The bulk of the outages are in Nova Scotia, where nearly 41,000 customers were without power as of 3:30 p.m.

HALIFAX — As he stands near a Nova Scotia forest with soaring 150-year-old trees, Mike Lancaster sees a natural, long-term solution to the threat wildfires pose to city dwellers. The director of the St.

HALIFAX — Three residents of a tent that caught fire at a downtown Halifax encampment narrowly escaped, said the volunteer who responded to the blaze.

SYDNEY, N.S. — Police have charged a Cape Breton man with 64 crimes, including human trafficking and sexual assault, after an investigation involving multiple agencies.

HALIFAX — The immediate future of Cape Breton’s Donkin coal mine remained murky Thursday following a meeting between company officials and Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston.

HALIFAX — Two Halifax police officers who fatally shot a man who pointed a fully drawn bow and arrow at them have been cleared of any wrongdoing by Nova Scotia's police watchdog.