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Halifax police arrest 21 people during street protest about Israel-Hamas war

Halifax police arrest 21 people during street protest about Israel-Hamas war

HALIFAX — Police in downtown Halifax arrested 21 protesters Monday after they blocked traffic during a demonstration about the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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Volunteer search group says more talks needed to flesh out proposed Nova Scotia Guard

Volunteer search group says more talks needed to flesh out proposed Nova Scotia Guard

HALIFAX — The president of the Nova Scotia Ground Search and Rescue Association says she’s keeping an open mind as the province gets ready to create a new volunteer corps.
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Protest averted as Newfoundland and Labrador premier helps reach pricing deal on crab

Protest averted as Newfoundland and Labrador premier helps reach pricing deal on crab

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A potentially volatile dispute over Newfoundland and Labrador's crab fishery has been averted with the help of Premier Andrew Furey.
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New Brunswick RCMP investigate fatal shooting of 52-year-old in Pointe-Sapin

New Brunswick RCMP investigate fatal shooting of 52-year-old in Pointe-Sapin

POINTE-SAPIN-CENTRE, N.B. — RCMP in New Brunswick say they are investigating a homicide following a shooting in a community on the province's northern coast. A news release says officers were called to a home on Route 117 in Pointe-Sapin around 2 p.
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'Unrepentant' N.B. Tory worker who called for Higgs's leadership review steps down

'Unrepentant' N.B. Tory worker who called for Higgs's leadership review steps down

FREDERICTON — A New Brunswick Progressive Conservative party volunteer who spearheaded an unsuccessful effort to trigger a leadership review of Premier Blaine Higgs has resigned from his post.
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Striking crab fishers vow to resume protests at Newfoundland and Labrador legislature

Striking crab fishers vow to resume protests at Newfoundland and Labrador legislature

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The man who led a fish harvesters protest that shut down the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature building last month says he and his colleagues plan to return on Monday to keep up their fight for what he calls "free enterprise.
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Nova Scotia mass shooting: RCMP officers cleared of wrongdoing in firehall shooting

Nova Scotia mass shooting: RCMP officers cleared of wrongdoing in firehall shooting

HALIFAX — No criminal charges should be laid against two Mounties who mistakenly shot at a bystander outside a Nova Scotia firehall as police were searching for the man responsible for a mass shooting that would claim 22 lives, Ontario's police watch
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Nova Scotia Teachers Union will focus on deal after overwhelming strike mandate

Nova Scotia Teachers Union will focus on deal after overwhelming strike mandate

HALIFAX — The overwhelming strike mandate that unionized public school teachers in Nova Scotia gave themselves this week is a signal to the provincial government that it needs to get serious at the bargaining table, says the head of their union.
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Nova Scotia teachers vote in favour of strike mandate as conciliation talks near

Nova Scotia teachers vote in favour of strike mandate as conciliation talks near

HALIFAX — Unionized public school teachers in Nova Scotia have voted in favour of a strike mandate. The Nova Scotia Teachers Union said 98 per cent of its more than 10,000 members voted in support Thursday.
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New Brunswick rejects proposal for new regional police force to replace RCMP

New Brunswick rejects proposal for new regional police force to replace RCMP

FLORENCEVILLE-BRISTOL, N.B. — New Brunswick's government has rejected a pitch to replace the RCMP with a regional police force in the western part of the province.
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