Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s ambulance service is in a “critical state” and is failing to meet mandated response times for emergency calls and for patient transfers at hospitals, auditor general Kim Adair reported Tuesday.

HALIFAX — Dozens of unionized hospital administrative staff swapped their keyboards for placards Monday as they rallied for higher pay outside of a Halifax hospital.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is expanding a fast-tracked immigration program to include international students who want to become paramedics and pharmacy technicians, in its latest move to address health worker shortages.

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. — Communities hit last year by post-tropical storm Fiona can access $9 million in federal funding to help bolster facilities that can offer refuge to residents affected by the next big storm.

HALIFAX — Vaughn Mullen has grown weary of Nova Scotia Power's promises for improvement, as fall hurricane season brings lengthy power outages he feels could be avoided.

HALIFAX — The RCMP's promise to apologize for street checks that targeted Black people is being welcomed by the new African Nova Scotian Affairs minister, but she says she is more interested in what it will mean for future police conduct.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia will remove the provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax from the construction of new rental apartment buildings, Premier Tim Houston said Thursday.

HALIFAX — An environmental group has concluded that about 2,300 lobster boats operating off Nova Scotia are suitable candidates to switch from diesel to electric motor, a change that would slash the industry's emissions.

HALIFAX — A woman arrested during a housing protest two years ago in Halifax has been found not guilty of two of four charges after being accused of assaulting three police officers.

HALIFAX — The commander of the Nova Scotia RCMP says his force's planned apology to the province's Black community for street checks should have occurred some time ago.