Nova Scotia

Union urges Nova Scotians to wear masks while visiting family in long-term care

The president of the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union, which represents about 700 people who work in long-term care, is urging…

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Jury deliberations underway in murder trial over death of Tyler Michael Boyd Algee

The jury in the first-degree murder trial of Justin Ronald Adams-Clarke started their deliberations Thursday morning, after hearing final arguments…

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Kings County, N.S. man gets 4.5 years in prison for breaking into occupied home, burning dead friend’s body

KENTVILLE, N.S. — A man who admitted to burning the body of his dead friend following a botched 2020 break…

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N.S. privacy commissioner to probe data breach that affected at least 100,000

Nova Scotia’s information and privacy commissioner is launching an investigation into a security breach announced in June that compromised the…

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Review committee will investigate actions of provincial court judge

A judicial review committee will investigate concerns about the actions of provincial court Judge Alain Begin of Truro, N.S., who…

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Single dad’s fight against rent hike shines light on need for tenant associations

It’s a problem we see or hear about every day. Tents in the park, people living in cars, being evicted…

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Researchers used Hurricane Larry to prove ocean microplastics can be swept inland as air pollution

As Hurricane Larry lashed Newfoundland in 2021, university students from Halifax headed to a rural area in its track to find…

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Tenants in Halifax public housing dismayed to discover little insulation in building’s walls

When Darrell Aulenback had a new baseboard heater installed in his apartment in Vimy Arms on Gottingen Street in Halifax, he was…

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N.S. expands use of electronic referrals to include ultrasound tests

Nova Scotia is expanding electronic referrals for some diagnostic procedures in hopes it will reduce wait times and keep patients and…

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N.S. court rules Antigonish request for amalgamation is legal

A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has ruled the town and county of Antigonish had the legal right to ask…

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