Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — For the second time in three months, Nova Scotia's finance minister has reported $1.3 billion in additional provincial revenue, thanks mainly to a surging economy.

HALIFAX — Federal conservation officers have seized more than 7,000 lobster traps in the two years since violence flared in Nova Scotia when a First Nation tried to assert a treaty right by fishing out of season.

Halifax police are investigating an early morning robbery after a man wielding an axe entered an Ultramar gas station and demanded money and cigarettes from the attendant. Investigators say the robbery took place at about 3 a.m.

HALIFAX — Public health officials in Nova Scotia are investigating two cases of meningococcal meningitis after one university student died and another was recovering in hospital.

HALIFAX — Flu season is in full swing earlier than usual across Nova Scotia this year, and the province’s chief medical officer of health is urging the public to exercise caution during the holidays. Dr.

HALIFAX — The planned redevelopment of a sprawling Halifax hospital complex is being reworked to add hundreds more beds and new facilities, the Nova Scotia government announced Thursday.

STELLARTON, N.S. — Empire Co. Ltd. is selling 56 gas stations in Western Canada to a subsidiary of Shell Canada for about $100 million in cash. The Sobeys parent company announced the sale of the retail fuel sites to Canadian Mobility Services Ltd.

HALIFAX — A new and unusual theory has emerged about the coyotes that killed a young Toronto woman on a Nova Scotia hiking trail 13 years ago. Researchers say that on Oct.

HALIFAX — The RCMP's new commanding officer in Nova Scotia believes the public wants a renewed relationship with his police force despite its widely criticized response to the 2020 mass shooting.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier announced a new $115.4-million funding package Wednesday aimed at helping low- and middle-income earners with inflation.