Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Two Nova Scotia fire chiefs have lost their volunteer posts after municipal officials found they were not being truthful when explaining what happened after the fire truck they were in struck an injured snowmobiler who later died.

HALIFAX — Richard MacInnis lives with the haunting memory of finding his friend's body in a Halifax jail cell. That experience at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility on Jan.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has agreed to resume taking part in media scrums in the legislature after facing accusations he was curtailing press freedom.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government has announced a $300,000 pilot program to help people buy local.

LOCKEPORT, N.S. — Halifax-based Clearwater Seafoods announced Thursday plans to change its lobster operations, which will result in permanent and temporary job losses in Nova Scotia.

HALIFAX — A mother's lament that she had been desperately seeking treatment for her daughter, who was later charged with stabbing a child in Halifax, points to the need for better mental health care, says a legal expert.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says there will likely be changes to legislation that the province’s freedom of information commissioner says weakens the public's right to access government records and documents.

LUNENBURG, N.S. — High Liner Foods Inc. reported a fourth-quarter profit of US$5.9 million, down from US$6.4 million a year earlier, as its sales edged lower. The frozen seafood company, which keeps its books in U.S.

HALIFAX — The health of the six-year-old boy who was stabbed multiple times on Sunday in Halifax has improved and he is now in stable condition, police said Tuesday.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has followed through on his promise to introduce a bill aimed at reducing interprovincial trade barriers, in an effort to boost the economy amid tariff threats by the U.S. president.