Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — The federal-provincial inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting last month published a 3,000-page final report with dozens of recommendations.

HALIFAX — As the third anniversary of the Nova Scotia mass shooting approaches, Tammy Oliver-McCurdie is preparing for a simple ritual to remind her of the loved ones she lost.

HALIFAX — Joan Clark, acclaimed Canadian author and Order of Canada recipient, has died. She was 88. Clark wrote more than 15 books for adults and children, including An Audience of Chairs, Latitudes of Melt and The Dream Carvers.

DARTMOUTH, N.S. — One man is in hospital after an early morning stabbing at a Dartmouth hotel. Police were called to the parking lot of the Best Western just before 3 a.m. Sunday. When officers arrived, they found a 43-year-old man with stab wounds.

HALIFAX — Federal fisheries officials shut down the lucrative baby eel fishery in the Maritimes on Saturday amid growing concerns of illegal poaching and violence.

HUBBARDS, N.S. — A man who police say was assaulted with a pipe is now facing a charge for uttering threats during an argument that occurred just before the alleged attack.

HUBBARDS, N.S. — Police in Nova Scotia say they've charged two men after an attack early today in a small community on the southern outskirts of Halifax following an argument that involved fishing for baby eels.

HALIFAX — At the heart of the multi-volume report into Canada's worst mass shooting lies a recommendation calling for governments to replace 19th-century principles about law enforcement with a revised notion of what police are for.

UPPER NAPPAN, N.S. — A largely rural municipality in northern Nova Scotia is looking into replacing the RCMP as its local police force almost three years after a mass shooting claimed the lives of four residents.

HALIFAX — The senior Roman Catholic bishop in Nova Scotia is holding meetings this weekend along the province's Acadian shore to discuss offers on two huge and historic churches.