Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — A federal scientist with the Canadian Forest Service is pointing to the driest conditions since the Second World War as a key factor behind the largest wildfire in Nova Scotia in the past century.

HALIFAX — The federal government is hoping to reach a deal this summer to develop the Atlantic Loop energy project, but Nova Scotia isn't on board.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier pulled no punches Thursday, saying Ottawa should pay the entire cost of protecting the important land corridor linking his province and New Brunswick from climate change-related flooding.

HALIFAX — Two Nova Scotia-based Buddhist organizations are being sued after a high-ranking monk allegedly installed a video camera in a communal shower at a Cape Breton monastery.

HALIFAX — Glen Assoun, the Nova Scotia man wrongfully convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend in 1999, has died, his longtime lawyer confirmed Thursday.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Cybersecurity Minister Colton LeBlanc says his department has identified thousands more people affected by a recent global data breach, and this week it is beginning the process of notifying the “most vulnerable” victims of the

GROSSES COQUES, N.S. — One person is dead following a house fire in western Nova Scotia. The Canadian Red Cross says the fire broke out this morning in Grosses Coques, an Acadian community about 65 kilometres northeast of Yarmouth.

HALIFAX — Animal autopsies on several pilot whales that washed ashore last weekend in Cape Breton indicate the whales were healthy, says a marine animal conservation group.

TATAMAGOUCHE, N.S. — Nova Scotia's Department of Public Works says it has issued summary offence tickets after a rural bridge collapsed when a tractor-trailer drove over it on Tuesday.

HALIFAX — Charges against a Nova Scotia man for alleged sexual offences against children have been stayed due to excessive delays in the proceedings.