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Stress builds as deadline to vacate some Halifax homeless encampments inches closer

Stress builds as deadline to vacate some Halifax homeless encampments inches closer

HALIFAX — With Halifax’s deadline for residents to leave five homeless encampments just one week away, stress among unhoused people is growing and a volunteer at a downtown encampment said he’s losing hope they will find adequate housing in time.
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Woman, 68, dies and driver airlifted to hospital in rural Nova Scotia car collision

Woman, 68, dies and driver airlifted to hospital in rural Nova Scotia car collision

HALIFAX — A 68-year-old woman has died and a 68-year-old man has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after a car collision in Nova Scotia.
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N.S. man's letters indicate suicide risk as short-staffed jail kept inmates in cells

N.S. man's letters indicate suicide risk as short-staffed jail kept inmates in cells

HALIFAX — For days on end, Richard Murray barely left his jail cell, trapped by staffing shortages that forced officials to lock down inmates. "This is total cruelty and I only exist in these four walls of hell ....
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Police in N.L. have issued a warning about illicit drugs following five recent deaths

Police in N.L. have issued a warning about illicit drugs following five recent deaths

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary has issued a warning about illicit drugs following five recent sudden deaths.
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RCMP say missing New Brunswick ice sailor has been found dead

RCMP say missing New Brunswick ice sailor has been found dead

SHEDIAC, N.B. — RCMP in New Brunswick say they have found the body of a 64-year-old man from Grand-Digue who was last seen ice sailing.
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'Resilience and bravery:' Nova Scotia honours first Black man to win Victoria Cross

'Resilience and bravery:' Nova Scotia honours first Black man to win Victoria Cross

HALIFAX — Against a backdrop of unimaginable racism and hardship, William Hall's courage on the battlefield in 1857 led him to become the first Black person awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest military decoration.
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Nova Scotia town fined $100K by Environment Canada for spilling raw sewage into brook

Nova Scotia town fined $100K by Environment Canada for spilling raw sewage into brook

PICTOU, N.S. — A town in central Nova Scotia has been fined $100,000 by the federal Environment Department for spilling raw sewage into a brook.
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Man charged after allegedly impersonating N.S. staffer in racist social media post

Man charged after allegedly impersonating N.S. staffer in racist social media post

HALIFAX — A Halifax-area man faces an impersonation charge in connection with a social media post characterized as antisemitic that led to the firing of a Nova Scotia political staffer last fall.
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Head of N.B. elections gives inside look at agency during political drama of 2023

Head of N.B. elections gives inside look at agency during political drama of 2023

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's chief electoral officer offered an inside look Thursday at the province's elections office as it scrambled to get ready for a snap election that Premier Blaine Higgs hinted would come last year but never did.
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'Economic reconciliation': Mi'kmaw communities invest in Nova Scotia battery plants

'Economic reconciliation': Mi'kmaw communities invest in Nova Scotia battery plants

OTTAWA — A corporation co-owned by 13 Mi'kmaw communities is investing in new battery plants with Nova Scotia Power in what both parties are calling a step toward reconciliation. The project, announced Thursday by Wskijinu'k Mtmo'taqnuow Agency Ltd.
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