Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Opposition parties in Nova Scotia say they’re concerned the province lacks the housing and health-care resources to support newcomers as immigration to the province reaches new highs.

HALIFAX — The case against a former Dalhousie University medical student accused of killing another student during a drug deal and dismembering his body is now in the hands of a jury.

HALIFAX — William Sandeson was motivated by greed when the former medical student carried out a plan to kill another student during a drug deal in Halifax, a court heard Wednesday.

HALIFAX — Police have charged a young hockey player with assault after he allegedly swung his stick at an opponent after a rough game at a Halifax rink.

HALIFAX — Mi’kmaq regalia kept in an Australian museum for more than 130 years will finally be returned to Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia — close to where the items are believed to have been crafted by a Mi’kmaq artist in the 1800s.

HALIFAX — The body of a Canadian woman who was visiting Turkey has been found in the rubble of a building that collapsed on Feb. 6. during the earthquake that has devastated that country.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government has failed to meet its self-imposed deadline of significantly reducing the surgical backlog by February 2023, with 9,500 more people on the wait-list than targeted.

HALIFAX — Excavation equipment started moving rubble Monday at the scene of destruction where a Canadian woman was last heard from during a massive earthquake in Turkey, her brother said. The Feb.

HALIFAX — An ex-drug dealer is challenging a key claim made by a former Dalhousie University medical student on trial for killing a fellow student.

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — A massive hydrogen and ammonia plant has been approved in Cape Breton, giving Nova Scotia a leg up in an Atlantic Canadian race to develop green energy for eager German buyers.