Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — More unpleasant weather marched across much of Atlantic Canada on Monday.

HALIFAX — Early next month, millions of Canadians will gaze skyward to witness a total solar eclipse. But some stand to be disappointed as clouds get in the way. David Hunter plans to have an unobstructed view, and he's inviting others to join him.

HALIFAX — An unexpected power outage temporarily left thousands of Nova Scotia Power customers without electricity on a sunny Saturday free of inclement weather to strain the system.

HALIFAX — The federal government is spending $2.5 million to expand an entrepreneurship program for Indigenous women and create a similar program for Indigenous youth.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier drew fire from both opposition leaders Friday after confirming he will be away from the legislature the week of March 18 to attend a hydrogen energy conference in Germany.

HALIFAX — The federal Fisheries Department says it is still collecting feedback on how to reopen the redfish fishery this spring in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, after collapsing stocks led to a decades-long moratorium.

HALIFAX — Provincial legislation to allow a contentious merger between a town and neighbouring county in northeastern Nova Scotia went through a committee stage Thursday without change.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's wineries are claiming that Premier Tim Houston's government risks decimating the province's vineyards, in part to help a political supporter and personal acquaintance.

HALIFAX — A Liberal member of the Nova Scotia legislature is making a determined plea to the provincial government to provide supplementary breast cancer screening for women with dense breasts.

HALIFAX — Immigrant and migrant women in Nova Scotia, who were an important part of the essential worker labour force during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, suffered physically and mentally from their jobs and continue to struggle, says a new re