Nova Scotia News

How an award-winning Halifax professor nurtured a network of battery entrepreneurs

HALIFAX — They call themselves the "Dahn lab" graduates, and they're powering an unlikely, Halifax-based research hub for batteries designed to replace fossil fuels.

Oct 22, 2023 4:00 AM Read more >

Nova Scotia ATV driver killed in highway collision with vehicle near Simms Settlement

SIMMS SETTLEMENT, N.S. — A collision on a highway between a vehicle and an ATV has claimed the life of a Nova Scotia man.

Oct 21, 2023 2:12 PM Read more >

Cape Breton Regional Municipality says new provincial bill will increase taxes

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s second largest municipality is vowing to fight proposed provincial legislation it contends will raise taxes for its residents.

Oct 20, 2023 1:55 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia hospital administrative staff vote to accept new collective agreement

HALIFAX — Unionized hospital administrative staff in Nova Scotia have voted to accept a new five-year collective agreement with the province. More than 5,000 workers represented by three unions had been without a new contract since Oct. 31, 2020.

Oct 20, 2023 12:37 PM Read more >

RCMP arrest Nova Scotia man wanted for shooting woman near motel on the weekend

NUTTBY, N.S. — The RCMP in Nova Scotia have arrested a 52-year-old man wanted for a weekend shooting that injured a woman as she sat in a car outside a motel in Brookfield.

Oct 20, 2023 9:40 AM Read more >

Nova Scotia RCMP allege Halifax man used 'dark web' to sell opioids in U.S., Canada

HALIFAX — The Mounties say they've shut down a Nova Scotia-based drug trafficker who was using the dark web to seek customers across Canada and the United States. The federal policing branch of the RCMP says it received information from the U.S.

Oct 20, 2023 9:35 AM Read more >

Nova Scotia to spend $100 million to recruit more skilled tradespeople

HALIFAX — To help meet the demands of Nova Scotia's growing population, the province is investing $100 million over the next three years to help speed up the recruitment and training of skilled tradespeople.

Oct 19, 2023 1:13 PM Read more >

Cape Breton University to lower international enrolment amid job, housing shortages

SYDNEY, N.S. — Cape Breton University says it will scale back the number of international students it admits, after a recent explosion in foreign enrolment, but it's unclear if doing so will ease the housing and part-time job shortages in the region.

Oct 18, 2023 3:24 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia RCMP charge fugitive wanted in weekend shooting near motel

TRURO, N.S. — RCMP say they have charged a 52-year-old man who is still on the loose after a weekend shooting near a motel in Brookfield, N.S., in central Nova Scotia. Darren Trevor Jackson of Truro, N.S.

Oct 18, 2023 2:07 PM Read more >

Modified Atlantic Loop shouldn't thwart drive for offshore wind power: report author

HALIFAX — The author of a new report touting Atlantic Canada as a potential offshore wind energy giant says the scaled-down Atlantic Loop electricity grid announced this week is a start but not enough for the region to fully benefit from its producti

Oct 18, 2023 11:26 AM Read more >