Nova Scotia News

DARTMOUTH, N.S. — A woman is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries following an early morning shooting in Dartmouth. Police were called to the Portland Street and Portland Hills Drive area just before 5:30 a.m.

HALIFAX — Hundreds of school staff in Nova Scotia plan to go on strike next week after rejecting a new contract offer over wages.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is aiming to increase the ability of its energy efficiency utility to add programs for low-income households.

HALIFAX — As Nova Scotia's electrical utility and government quarrel over the cost of preparing the grid for the next hurricane, some ratepayers are hoping they'll start working together.

HALIFAX — The inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting has released partial recordings of a tense RCMP meeting at the centre of allegations of political interference into the Mounties' investigation of the massacre.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Power was beginning to restore electricity to customers on the province’s eastern shore Thursday following a transmission outage. The outage began around 10 p.m.

HALIFAX — Two advocates for people with disabilities are calling for a provincewide registry of vulnerable persons in Nova Scotia to be included in proposed changes to legislation governing emergency management and 911 service.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s government is attempting to limit a proposed power rate increase sought by the province’s private utility through legislative changes tabled Wednesday.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia tabled legislation on Tuesday for an emissions-reduction plan that would replace its cap-and-trade system for large industrial greenhouse gas emitters, but the new bill doesn't lay out how the province will meet its ambitious cl

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s heavily subsidized ferry that operates between Yarmouth, N.S., and Bar Harbor, Maine, will be the subject of an economic impact study, the premier said Tuesday.