News/Canada/Nova Scotia
Why is this online banking security feature common in other countries, but not Canada?
Google offers it, some video games require it, but three of Canada’s big five banks don’t even want to talk about two-factor authentication (2FA), an extra layer of...
Missed your flight? Denied boarding? Be prepared to pay
Nova Scotia resident Ron Corkery couldn’t believe it when he and wife were told by WestJet they had missed their connecting flight and their return flight...
Days without power: Over 100,000 outages persist in Maritimes after Dorian
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan are in Halifax on Tuesday, three days after power storm...
N.S. schools closed Monday, thanks to Dorian’s power outages
All Nova Scotia public schools will be closed Monday as a result of the damage left behind by Hurricane Dorian, a powerful Category 2...
Nova Scotians grapple with aftermath of powerful Dorian
Nova Scotians were dealing Sunday with streets littered with massive downed trees, branches and snapped power lines in the wake of Dorian — a powerful storm...
Cellular companies attempt to restore service following Dorian
Cellular companies are working to fix network problems now that Dorian has left Nova Scotia. Although widespread power outages are the main problem,...
The blow-by-blow of what to expect from Hurricane Dorian
Hurricane Dorian is on its way, and although its exact landfall remains uncertain, Nova Scotia can expect to be lashed with heavy rain...
Hurricanes threaten infrastructure, farmland in Atlantic Canada
As the season for Atlantic hurricanes starts in earnest, people who live on the border between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia have their...
If you see strange charges from Spotify on your bank account, you aren’t alone
Danielle Parent’s chequing account was in overdraft after Spotify charged the Toronto resident $479.52 in four separate transactions. (Submitted by Danielle Parent) Danielle...
Navy to release health survey from fatal HMCS Chicoutimi fire in 2004
HMCS Chicoutimi makes its way into Faslane naval base in Scotland on Oct. 10, 2004, following a fatal fire onboard during an Atlantic...
Halifax Pride pulls promotional photo over blackface allegations
Halifax Pride has removed this photo from its online promotional materials because it received complaints that the image to the right appears to...
Nova Scotia woman phones number on her bank card, gets a fraudster instead, police say
Police say it isn’t clear how the victim reached the scammer when she called the number on her bank card. (Gajus/Shutterstock) Police have...
Dead right whale towed to Cape Breton in hopes of solving mystery of its death
Punctuation the right whale, seen from the rear, was towed to Cape Breton for examination on Tuesday. (Gary Mansfield/CBC) The second critically endangered...
Cocaine use growing problem on fishing vessels, says industry rep
Fishing boats are tied up in Saulnierville, N.S. Fisherman Hubert Saulnier says the problem of drug use exists in many areas of the...
Canadian Hurricane Centre releases 2019 Atlantic forecast
Hurricane Igor struck Newfoundland and Labrador in 2010. The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season officially starts June 1 and ends Nov. 30. (NASA) Canadians...
Thousands of Saudi students remain in Canada, despite Riyadh’s pledge to axe scholarships
Canadian universities are trying to diversify their international students after the sudden cancellation of a scholarship program funded by the government of Saudi...
