Nova Scotia News

PICTOU, N.S.

HALIFAX — Members of a Canadian group representing families of those killed when Iran's military shot down a commercial jetliner in 2020 say the death of Iran's president means he will never face justice for his alleged role in their loved ones' deat

HALIFAX — A trial date has been set for 2026 in a class-action lawsuit regarding the crash landing of an Air Canada flight at the Halifax International Airport during a storm in 2015.

HALIFAX — Last week’s seizure of more than 100 kilograms of baby eels at Toronto Pearson International airport is being welcomed as a significant step by a commercial elver fisher in Nova Scotia.

PICTOU, N.S. — Voters in the rural Nova Scotia provincial electoral district of Pictou West are ready to go to the polls Tuesday in a riding that voted decisively Tory in the 2021 provincial election.

HALIFAX — Hundreds of sexual abuse survivors in New Brunswick could be eligible for compensation following a decision delivered Thursday by the Supreme Court of Canada.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston called on Ottawa Thursday to apply consistent criteria in the funding of important transportation links, saying needs should be assessed the same in every region of the country.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Department of Community Services doesn't have a clear picture of how many active cases involving children and families at risk its social workers are handling, a legislature committee was told Wednesday.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has started drafting a provincial autism action plan. Among other things, the plan will identify existing services and initiatives for children, youth and adults on the autism spectrum and their families.

HALIFAX — A new report on flash flooding in Nova Scotia that killed three children and one adult last year says the municipality of West Hants faced several challenges in transmitting timely emergency alerts to the public.