News/Canada/Nova Scotia
Halifax man walks off flight to St. John’s over COVID-19 concerns
A man walked off a flight from Halifax to St. John’s before takeoff on Saturday after realizing almost everyone on the flight would need...
Canadian Red Cross goes completely electronic amid COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has launched the Canadian Red Cross into transferring funds electronically to those they support. In the past, when people turned...
N.S. gunman liquidated assets, stockpiled gas and food due to COVID-19 fears, RCMP say
The man who killed 22 people in rural Nova Scotia stockpiled cash, food and fuel due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, but...
‘We can’t afford to put ourselves out there’: Some Nova Scotians not ready for closer contact
While Nova Scotia has begun easing restrictions around the COVID-19 pandemic, 63-year-old Deborah Demeter says she and her husband still don’t feel safe...
Dog that was on the loose after fatal attack in Nova Scotia is now dead
One person is dead in Middle Musquodoboit, N.S., in what police say was an attack by a dog that then went on the...
Escaped prisoner back in police custody in Nova Scotia
Police have recaptured the man who escaped from the Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Pictou County. Kevin Edward Clarke-McNeil, 33, escaped between 8...
Inside the Halifax high-rise at the centre of a Canadian COVID-19 tragedy
Gerald Jackson spent his final days with COVID-19 lying just centimetres from another man’s bed, separated by a curtain in an eighth-floor room....
Family says ‘back and forth’ between N.S., Ottawa over shooting probe ‘unreal’
A Nova Scotia family has made a passionate appeal for the federal and Nova Scotia governments to end the “back and forth” over...
Tip 9 years ago warned that N.S gunman wanted ‘to kill a cop’
Police agencies across Nova Scotia were warned in May 2011 that a denturist named Gabriel Wortman had a stash of guns and said...
Crews pulled overnight from Nova Scotia brush fire where 174 homes evacuated
All crews have been pulled from the site of a brush fire in the Porters Lake area of Nova Scotia Saturday night, but Halifax...
Canadian Hurricane Centre warns to prep for storm season early to avoid lineups amid pandemic
As the Canadian Hurricane Centre warned of another active hurricane season Friday, one of the country’s top meteorologists said the COVID-19 pandemic could...
Province won’t seek outside help to investigate mass killing
The Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service won’t seek help from outside the province as it investigates the deaths of 22 people in last...
Who was called to help and who was not: The police resources behind the Nova Scotia shooting
In the midst of dealing with a complicated active shooter investigation, Nova Scotia RCMP looked to New Brunswick for help, but not to...
The power of earthworm poop and how it could influence climate change
The power of earthworm poop and how it could influence climate change, There is a confounding mystery wrapped up in the tiny turds...
Halifax council allows stadium proposal to proceed, but with conditions
Halifax regional council voted 10-7 Tuesday in favour of a staff report that supports a $20-million contribution to a stadium, but only if a...
CFIA corrects PC infant formula recall possibly contaminated with Cronobacter
A correction has been made to an infant formula recall the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced last week. Initially, the agency said Loblaws...
